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Re: How I Use My Dell

#11

Post by unalone »

davejohnson wrote: post #6
unalone wrote: post #4

What is amazing is that most Apple users even agree with me that it is completely terrible. How is that remotely amazing? Mac users tend to be honest about what their stuff is like. Liking an operating system doesn't mean you can't be critical of parts of it. Although, I like Finder more than I do Windows Explorer. What features does Explorer have that put it leagues above Finder, like this article would suggest?

Yah Exploring is not for everyone nor is Finder. I think that the tree view in Exploring while still showing the contents of the tree is great (compared to thee sliding panes in Finder for example) and the context menu integration of many apps is also good (eg win merge and tortoise).

I think that the tree view in Exploring while still showing the contents of the tree is great

But that's something that Finder handles, also. The CMD-2 view. Or am I missing something?

Also, what are in Merge and Tortoise? I don't get what context menu integration means.

Re: How I Use My Dell

#13

Post by DenisM »

jwilliams wrote: post #10

The author claims that with a 2.4ghz/2gb Mac they couldn't run Eclipse... I've been running Eclipse on a similar/lower spec (2yo MBP) for ages - and this is a Java,C/C++/Flex workspace. No problems at all.... In fact it seems to churn the disk considerably less than my colleague's Vista Dell machine. So not sure where that is coming from at all. The MBP is almost the ideal Eclipse workstation imho.

Maybe yor are running different version of Eclipse? I have a feeling that Ganymede is slower than Europa.

FWIW, I also find eclipse (Ganymede) to be a bit slow on my 2.4Ghz Mac Book Pro (Mac OS X). I think I'll splash out for a solid state disk as soon I find one with good ratings.

Re: How I Use My Dell

#14

Post by wizlb »

donw wrote: post #3

Um, if you were happy with Windows before, why did you switch in the first place? One of the biggest things that keeps me from using a Windows machine, is the lack of a proper shell. One that exists as a first-class citizen, and not as some bastard add-on hack. Cygwin really doesn't cut it for me, and the only other real option is to run VMWare, at which point I might as well run Ubuntu.

What do you need a terminal for in Windows?

I'm not being snarky, it's a serious question. I'm a programmer, but I use Visual Studio 2008 and I rarely have to touch a command line to do anything that I need to do...

Re: How I Use My Dell

#15

Post by elai »

unalone wrote: post #11
davejohnson wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yah Exploring is not for everyone nor is Finder. I think that the tree view in Exploring while still showing the contents of the tree is great (compared to thee sliding panes in Finder for example) and the context menu integration of many apps is also good (eg win merge and tortoise).

I think that the tree view in Exploring while still showing the contents of the tree is great But that's something that Finder handles, also. The CMD-2 view. Or am I missing something? Also, what are in Merge and Tortoise? I don't get what context menu integration means.

the cmd-2 view shows files & folders in one window, while explorer shows a tree of folders only on the left and the contents on the right.

Re: How I Use My Dell

#16

Post by wizlb »

unalone wrote: post #11
davejohnson wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yah Exploring is not for everyone nor is Finder. I think that the tree view in Exploring while still showing the contents of the tree is great (compared to thee sliding panes in Finder for example) and the context menu integration of many apps is also good (eg win merge and tortoise).

I think that the tree view in Exploring while still showing the contents of the tree is great But that's something that Finder handles, also. The CMD-2 view. Or am I missing something? Also, what are in Merge and Tortoise? I don't get what context menu integration means.

Context menu integration (more commonly known as shell integration) means that when you install certain programs like Tortoise, the program will add extra menu items to the context menus that show up when you right-click files of a specific type or a folder.

I love my Beyond Compare shell integration. Right-click on Folder A, choose "select left side", find Folder B, right click, choose "compare to Folder A" and then Beyond Compare pops up and diffs all the files in the two folders.

Re: How I Use My Dell

#17

Post by jwilliams »

DenisM wrote: post #13
jwilliams wrote: post #10

The author claims that with a 2.4ghz/2gb Mac they couldn't run Eclipse... I've been running Eclipse on a similar/lower spec (2yo MBP) for ages - and this is a Java,C/C++/Flex workspace. No problems at all.... In fact it seems to churn the disk considerably less than my colleague's Vista Dell machine. So not sure where that is coming from at all. The MBP is almost the ideal Eclipse workstation imho.

Maybe yor are running different version of Eclipse? I have a feeling that Ganymede is slower than Europa. FWIW, I also find eclipse (Ganymede) to be a bit slow on my 2.4Ghz Mac Book Pro (Mac OS X). I think I'll splash out for a solid state disk as soon I find one with good ratings.

Yeah I'm running Ganymede - was running Europa - seems a bit slower, but not significantly.

I'm using Java and C/C++ at the moment - but I used a base install and then added the bits I wanted. Maybe the J2EE/whatever Eclipse releases have a whole lot of other cruft? Not sure, but it's plenty usable for me.

Re: How I Use My Dell

#18

Post by unalone »

elai wrote: post #15
unalone wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think that the tree view in Exploring while still showing the contents of the tree is great But that's something that Finder handles, also. The CMD-2 view. Or am I missing something? Also, what are in Merge and Tortoise? I don't get what context menu integration means.

the cmd-2 view shows files & folders in one window, while explorer shows a tree of folders only on the left and the contents on the right.

Sounds a bit excessive. But whatever works, works. Thanks for clarifying!

Re: How I Use My Dell

#19

Post by unalone »

wizlb wrote: post #16
unalone wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think that the tree view in Exploring while still showing the contents of the tree is great But that's something that Finder handles, also. The CMD-2 view. Or am I missing something? Also, what are in Merge and Tortoise? I don't get what context menu integration means.

Context menu integration (more commonly known as shell integration) means that when you install certain programs like Tortoise, the program will add extra menu items to the context menus that show up when you right-click files of a specific type or a folder. I love my Beyond Compare shell integration. Right-click on Folder A, choose "select left side", find Folder B, right click, choose "compare to Folder A" and then…

Oh, gotcha.

I don't know. I never really used that as a Windows user. It seemed to add clutter, and that always bugged me. But I guess it helps for some things.

Beyond Compare sounds nifty.

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