Re: What can Apple learn from Windows 7?
Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:26:00 +0000
[...]
> I was making a distinction between SL's implementation (which requires
> the distinct click-and-hold interaction per application) and Windows 7's
> implementation, which does not. At first blush it would seem the latter
> is better, but I'm not sure.
I find the Windows 7 preview thing bloody irritatin ...
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Re: What can Apple learn from Windows 7?
Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:00:12 +0000
James Dore <james.dore@new.ox.ac.uk>:
> On Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:01:20 -0000, zoara <me18@privacy.net> wrote:
>> Ben Shimmin <bas@llamaselector.com> wrote:
>>> zoara <me18@privacy.net>:
>>> > I'd be interested in hearing the "highlights" from a Mac user's
>>> > perspective...
>>>
>>> I've played around with it a ...
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27" iMac prices
Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:30:39 GMT
I checked prices of the new 27" iMacs at the Apple Higher Education
Store [1] to find that a 2.66GHz Quad i5 is actually slightly cheaper
than a 27" 3.33GHz Core 2 Due BTO with the same specs (memory, HD,
graphics).
Somehow I had expected the opposite.
Hans
[1] because I need to replace my G5 iMac who ...
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Re: What can Apple learn from Windows 7?
Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:28:47 -0000
On Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:01:20 -0000, zoara <me18@privacy.net> wrote:
> Ben Shimmin <bas@llamaselector.com> wrote:
>> zoara <me18@privacy.net>:
>>
>> [...]
>>
>> > I'd be interested in hearing the "highlights" from a Mac user's
>> > perspective...
>>
>> I've played around with it a fair bit now, so here are t ...
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Re: What can Apple learn from Windows 7?
16 Nov 2009 12:01:20 GMT
Ben Shimmin <bas@llamaselector.com> wrote:
> zoara <me18@privacy.net>:
>
> [...]
>
> > I'd be interested in hearing the "highlights" from a Mac user's
> > perspective...
>
> I've played around with it a fair bit now, so here are the highlights
> from my perspective:
>
>
>
> b.
Heh. That good, huh ...
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Re: What can Apple learn from Windows 7?
16 Nov 2009 12:01:19 GMT
Rob <patchoulianREMOVE@gmail.com> wrote:
> zoara wrote:
> > I know a few of you have had a reasonable play with Windows 7, and
> > I'm
> > curious... What stuff has Microsoft done with it that Apple could
> > really
> > learn from for the next version of OSX?
> >
> > At first I thought I liked the feature whe ...
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Re: What can Apple learn from Windows 7?
16 Nov 2009 12:01:18 GMT
Woody <usenet@alienrat.co.uk> wrote:
> zoara <me18@privacy.net> wrote:
>
> > I know a few of you have had a reasonable play with Windows 7, and
> > I'm
> > curious... What stuff has Microsoft done with it that Apple could
> > really
> > learn from for the next version of OSX?
> >
> > At first I thought I li ...
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Re: What can Apple learn from Windows 7?
16 Nov 2009 12:01:18 GMT
David Empson <dempson@actrix.gen.nz> wrote:
> zoara <me18@privacy.net> wrote:
>
> > I know a few of you have had a reasonable play with Windows 7, and
> > I'm
> > curious... What stuff has Microsoft done with it that Apple could
> > really
> > learn from for the next version of OSX?
> >
> > At first I thoug ...
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Re: What can Apple learn from Windows 7?
16 Nov 2009 12:01:16 GMT
Rob <patchoulianREMOVE@gmail.com> wrote:
> SteveH wrote:
[snip: the "throw a window on each side of the screen and have them take
up exactly half the space" feature]
> > The only time I ever use that feature is when I'm working in Excel,
> > which has had it for years anyway.
> >
> > Suppose it's a 'nice ...
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Re: What can Apple learn from Windows 7?
16 Nov 2009 12:01:16 GMT
J. J. Lodder <nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> wrote:
> zoara <me18@privacy.net> wrote:
>
> > I know a few of you have had a reasonable play with Windows 7, and
> > I'm
> > curious... What stuff has Microsoft done with it that Apple could
> > really
> > learn from for the next version of OSX?
> >
> > At first I tho ...
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