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absurd
September 2nd, 2001, 12:51 AM
OS X is really nice. There is no way anyone can bash it. atleast thats what i think. It even comes with sshd, ftpd, and httpd. It uses tcsh as the default shell. I just got an ibook (white) running OS X :D . Its my first non-PC venture. I have no regrets. what do others think about OS X?
Quad
September 4th, 2001, 07:11 PM
OS X is just BSD with a windows GUI...Nothing new but still good.
absurd
September 5th, 2001, 03:38 AM
Just BSD? BSD alone rocks. Adding a superior GUI to it makes OS X the best OS I have ever used.
Dhej
September 20th, 2001, 05:15 AM
Originally posted by NoNeckJoe
OS X is just BSD with a windows GUI...Nothing new but still good.
If it were "just BSD" it would be a whole hell of a lot easier to compile BSD apps for it.
OSX is Apples new Microkernel OS. Since BSD has a monolithic kernel this makes it fairly different. I am not extoling the goodness of microkernel vs. monolithic, I am not a kernel hacker, not does that really interest me. What interests me is the fact that it is a consumer OS with true protected memory.
OS X has many good points, it has many bad points. (Like everyother OS has flaws, even Windows 95 ;) ).
Before you go lambasting something you might want to find out what it is.
Once OS X 10.1 comes out I will be a happy man.
Once I can start setting up my BSD box, and playing with it. I will be a very happy man.
Mac OS X gui is a little on the flashy side, but then so is Windows XPs.
Dhej
absurd
September 21st, 2001, 05:37 AM
OS X looks far better than XP to me. XP looks cartoony and can only begin to emulate OSX features. The lack of skins for OSX is a minor disapointment. I ha ve heard of usermade skins though. Anyway, I like the feel of OSX vs. XP although they both are pretty nice. The bottom line is, OSX=BSD WinXP=WinNT. BIG difference.
absurd
September 21st, 2001, 05:50 AM
OS X looks far better than XP to me. XP looks cartoony and can only begin to emulate OSX features. The lack of skins for OSX is a minor disapointment. I ha ve heard of usermade skins though. Anyway, I like the feel of OSX vs. XP although they both are pretty nice. The bottom line is, OSX=BSD WinXP=WinNT. BIG difference.