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| This Mac thing is just a phase. Between the dominance of Windows and the energy of the open source desktops, it's hard to believe it will last. Nice hardware though - assuming it wears well. The following are some notes on trying Mac OS X on a Macbook Pro. | | <noinclude> |
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| == Software ==
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| All the following are free software or open source.
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| VLC - http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-macosx.html - Isn't it cheesy how Quicktime only shows video in a tiny window, and Microsoft doesn't provide a media player for the Mac anymore? This player plays almost anything, with full resizing.
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| NeoOffice - http://www.neooffice.org/ - Mac OS port of OpenOffice
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| AdiumX - http://www.adiumx.com/ - multi protocol instant messager
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| Virtue - http://virtuedesktops.info/ - virtual desktops - a few glitches but decent
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| Shell - Built in ;) - but iTerm - http://freshmeat.net/redir/iterm/49825/url_homepage/iterm.sourceforge.net - is better
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| == Best Shortcuts ==
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| Amusingly, the Mac has some of the most complicated and inconsistent keyboard shortcuts ever invented.
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| - in the finder, and saving files using the default open/save dialog
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| === Copy screenshot to clipboard ===
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| Cmd-control-shift-4 - press space if you want to switch to the "window" camera, then use the mouse to select your capture area.
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| == Peeves ==
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| Too many to list. Let's just say "overrated" is probably going to be the summary after a couple of weeks of dedicated use.
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| - An article on UI that pointed out how valuable edges are - so much easier to "select" than any screen area (since when you overshoot you've still got it) - really turned me onto the sensibilites of a good UI design. So why, then, are the shortcuts for ejecting a CD and opening the insipid Front Row located in these key positions? (the latter is miskeyed when using the switch-between-windows key)
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| - Cursor keys - different combinations in every app. Why?
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| - The whole keyboard muddle makes switching between operating systems especially frustrating.
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| - Frustratingly, the guideline of there being "no maximized windows" is upheld in apps such as firefox, where you can't "press f11 for full screen mode."
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| - Speaking of function keys... what the #($((#*?
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| == Looking forward to ==
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| - https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=145890
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| - http://kberg.ch/q/
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| - Decent power management/external screen support for Linoox
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