The Mac Pro Lives

Post by e12e » Tue, Apr 04, 2017, 5:47 PM UTC

yokohummer7 wrote: post #412

jrimbault wrote: post #269

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But why is it that the PowerShell terminal emulator is (graphically) even worse than a tty ? I've worked on ttys more agreeable on the eyes than Windows terminal emulators. Windows is supposed to have better font support than Linux. Also, if someone here has an answer: Why in the design of Windows aren't programs installed or symlinked in the PATH by default? I guess that was a design choice somewhere along the histo…

> Why in the design of Windows aren't programs installed or symlinked in the PATH by default? I guess that was a design choice somewhere along the history of Windows/DOS. Is there a reason? Windows' way of program executable placement is using the holy Registry. It's called 'Application Registration'[1] and was introduced to reduce the needs to modify the system-wide PATH variable. (They thought it was a bad idea to…

Post by wishinghand » Tue, Apr 04, 2017, 5:54 PM UTC

skummetmaelk wrote: post #457

csomar wrote: post #178

Am I the only one that sees OS X as the biggest reason to switch to Mac? I mean Windows is good, but nowhere good as OS X. And please, don't tell me Ubuntu or other linux flavors. They look good (and are good if you are programming on them) but the UX is still lacking a lot. (Never mind the confusion of the different flavors, packaging systems, and configurations). Also god forbid you have a problem (especially a har…

>Here are things that I'd pay $1,000 on top of the current Macbook Pro model: >- Thiner/Lighter >- Longer Battery Life (5+ hours) >- 32/64GB RAM These goals are diametrically opposed.

Post by e12e » Tue, Apr 04, 2017, 5:54 PM UTC

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> Especially since the whole virtual escape key thing– being a default layout vim user for 20+ years I really don't understand how there can be vim users that haven't remapped escape. Like, if you care about ergonomics enough to complain about making a rarely used key into a touch key, how can you not care enough to remap that key if you use it more often? And Mac OS even has built-in support to remap caps-lock to es…

Some of us have been using vi/vim since before it was even possible to remap keys on our computing devices...

Post by __david__ » Tue, Apr 04, 2017, 6:00 PM UTC

pavlov wrote: post #272

The current Mac Pro, as we’ve said a few times, was constrained thermally and it restricted our ability to upgrade it. So, when creating the 2013 Mac Pro, they knew they had to make a choice: either an upgradable system or a thermally constrained one that might look cool on the desk. What kind of market research suggested that Mac Pro customers wanted the latter? Or were they expecting to capture some new kind of pro…

Post by runamok » Tue, Apr 04, 2017, 6:01 PM UTC

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My number one complaint about OSX is also window management. I've never found anything comparable to the way Windows 7 let you use the left/right arrows to line up windows on half the screen. That is the only thing I miss about Windows, but it's a pretty big one. Also, when dis/connecting monitors on OSX, windows often get lost. ps- if anyone has any suggestions or recommendations, I'd love to hear them!

Not sure what specifically you're talking about here, but if you wanna line up two windows side-by-side you can long click on the green "full screen" traffic light button in the top left of an app's window (e.g. Word), and choose which half of the screen you want it to maximise in. Then do the same for another running app in the other half and it'll split the screen between two apps at full size.