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Apple Says New OS X ‘Mavericks’ Will Be Offered for Free

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Re: Apple Says New OS X ‘Mavericks’ Will Be Offered for Free

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Post by epmatsw »

FreezerburnV wrote: post #305
epmatsw wrote: post #300

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Yep. I was pretty dumbfounded by how much less functional it was in Lion. I basically went from using Spaces constantly to probably not having used it in the past 2 years. I ended up completely replacing it with a bunch of keyboard and gesture shortcuts in BetterTouchTool.

I discovered http://totalspaces.binaryage.com recently. I haven't tried it yet because I didn't want to buy it when Mavericks was so close, but it certainly looks like it brings back the original Spaces functionally. And now it's compatible with Mavericks, so I'm gonna be grabbing the trial when I get it installed. Hopefully it'll help you get your original productivity back. (and mine as well) (and here's hoping tha…

Wow, that actually looks pretty impressive. Might have to give it a go.

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Post by yuhong »

yaddayadda wrote: post #302
3825 wrote: post #256

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No, but there was no technological measure preventing you (serial number or phoning home) that would stop you as far as I can recall. You can buy a single copy or a family pack for five computers. http://www.amazon.com/Mac-10-4-Tiger-Family-Pack/dp/B0007LW1... http://www.amazon.com/Apple-Mac-10-4-Tiger-VERSION/dp/B0002G...

Apple has taken measures to technologically limit your ability to do so. When I bought my most recent MacBook Pro it came with Lion. Because of network issues at work I could't use Lion (still can't), so I tried to put Snow Leopard in a VM (using the copy I had previously put on my now defunct MacBook Pro) but Apple and VMWare had put in technological blockers to prevent putting SL on a Lion VM or Lion on a SL VM. So…

Yea, you had to use the server version of Snow Leopard.

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Post by brymaster »

parasubvert wrote: post #267
brymaster wrote: post #212

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Oh yes, you're right. They don't work just as well, they work better . AirParrot has additional features like sending only one specific application window to the ATV and control over quality. Beamer lets you seamlessly stream any kind of movie format you want and also gives control over subtitles. Both work all the way back on 10.6. I don't suppose you could give me any advantages of Apple-branded AirPlay Mirroring h…

This has been discussed before. http://arstechnica.com/apple/2012/07/mountain-lion-airplay-m... Tried Airparrot - quality was terrible in comparison.

Year old review (software improves) and you may have missed this: http://cdn.arstechnica.net//wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Scree...

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Post by eropple »

csense wrote: post #275
tacticus wrote: post #272

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Your usage requirements are not everyones. You are comparing an ultraportable with a luggable. Perhaps you should try and least make fair comparisons.

> ultraportable > fair comparisons Okay, here goes: In 2010 I bought an Eee PC. It has great battery life, a small screen, and less-than-stellar specs. It's very light and portable. It's perfectly fine for email, web browsing, document editing, or even light development work. It was less than half the price of the notebook.

That still doesn't make for a fair comparison for what the Air is, but what you'd use it for. The two are not the same.

As far as performance goes, my 2011 11" Macbook Air was my primary development machine for a year (in both Xcode and IntelliJ/Scala). That Air also sported better battery life than any of the Eee PC line. It was more expensive, sure, but $500 is not very much when I'm using the machine for 6+ hours every day of the year. It was also more capable than that Eee PC and ran an operating system I found actually enjoyable to use (versus merely tolerable in the case of Windows or Linux); I have no problem paying $200-$300 more simply because of the feature that is OS X because for me, it's better.

And I haven't even touched on the build quality, which--in rather stark contrast to your attempted handwaving of an Air being "insubstantial" in another comment in this thread--is fantastic and makes me feel happy to use it, makes me enjoy working with it more. (Form is not superfluous. Pleasing form makes interacting with the computer more enjoyable, much like a well-designed tool in my shop or my kitchen.)

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Post by lukifer »

lucasnemeth wrote: post #295
lukifer wrote: post #81

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Just give it up, and call it "liberated software" or something. Language is defined by usage, and no one outside the FOSS community thinks that's what "free" means. (And while we're at it, the media is never, ever going to adopt the word "cracker" either.)

free fre·er, fre·est, adverb, verb, freed, free·ing. adjective 1. enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people. 2. pertaining to or reserved for those who enjoy personal liberty: They were thankful to be living on free soil. 3. existing under, characterized by, or possessing civil and political liberties that are, as a rule, constitutionally guaranteed by representativ…

lit·er·al·ly

1. in a literal manner or sense; exactly.

2. used for emphasis or to express strong feeling while not being literally true.

Words are literally defined by how they are actually used by humans over time. If I hold up a sign saying "Free Donuts", no one is going to think I mean that pastries should be liberated. To unnecessarily cling to the word "free" when it has a more obvious secondary meaning is to tilt at windmills; there is no shortage of synonyms.

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Post by eropple »

csense wrote: post #249
PilateDeGuerre wrote: post #242

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Your laptop is huge, hot, and feels cheap. The MacBook Air is svelt, runs cool, and not only feels but is solid.

None of that matters to me enough to make me spend hundreds of dollars more and be content with a laptop that does less. > hot Only when you're actually running a game or using all the CPU cores. > feels cheap I don't like spending money unnecessarily. I regard my laptop with pride. Not just because it's a practical tool for day-to-day work and play. Not just because the specs give me bragging rights. But also becaus…

> None of that matters to me enough to make me spend hundreds of dollars more and be content with a laptop that does less.

But it's enough for you to get absurdly combative and trollish?

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Post by chm »

chm wrote: post #290
wonderyak wrote: post #118

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I love SL and I was really hesitant to upgrade to Lion. When I did, it was weird but I got over it. Lion and ML feel so much faster.

I'm just worried that I'll be upgrading for eye-candy rather than increased power usability.

Reading the review has convinced me to try it. I'll backup SL and download Mavericks next week!

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Post by CrankyPants »

yaddayadda wrote: post #302
3825 wrote: post #256

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No, but there was no technological measure preventing you (serial number or phoning home) that would stop you as far as I can recall. You can buy a single copy or a family pack for five computers. http://www.amazon.com/Mac-10-4-Tiger-Family-Pack/dp/B0007LW1... http://www.amazon.com/Apple-Mac-10-4-Tiger-VERSION/dp/B0002G...

Apple has taken measures to technologically limit your ability to do so. When I bought my most recent MacBook Pro it came with Lion. Because of network issues at work I could't use Lion (still can't), so I tried to put Snow Leopard in a VM (using the copy I had previously put on my now defunct MacBook Pro) but Apple and VMWare had put in technological blockers to prevent putting SL on a Lion VM or Lion on a SL VM. So…

I suspect there were other factors which prevented your success.

There were no measures to technologically limit one's ability to perform multiple installations from a purchased OS X install disc. You could buy two different Tiger installers and they'd checksum the same, and there were no serial numbers to be entered. It was an honor thing.

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Post by CrankyPants »

dylangs1030 wrote: post #251
aaronem wrote: post #218

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Seems like a lot of effort, that. What do you get for it?

It's not as much effort as it sounds. My home laptop has had Ubuntu, Mint, Mageia, Suse, Fedora, Arch, Windows 7, 8, OS X 10.7, 10.8, and just today, 10.9 on it in about a month (it's a mac). I have an external hard drive with all my documents, projects, music, movies, etc. on it. What's absolutely essential is recopied to my hard drive each time. It's kind of addictive to dive into a new operating system and learn i…

I'd be interested to see your thoughts on each distro, even if it's just a sentence or two. Switching quickly, while obviously making some types of perspective difficult to develop in such a short timeframe, probably makes it easier for you to notice some things most people wouldn't through more typical usage habits.
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