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>:
>>
>> [...]
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>> > 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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Getting a disk mounted
Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:40:09 +0000
I meant to ask you hotshots when we met up, but I was too busy stuffing
my face.
I can organise (have, in fact) to get disks mounted from SWMBO's machine
at startup/login time. But, when I subsequently want to do it, e.g.
because hers went asleep at some point, then it wants a password. Is
this to be expect ...
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ONLINE JOBS
Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:47:56 -0800 (PST)
www.rebelrokz.webs.com ...
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iWork 09...
Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:44:20 +0000
While I'm on software, is there any real compelling reason to get iWork
09 over iWork 08? I have had a look on the Apple site, and I'm
struggling to see what's so different (at least anything that's useful),
apart from maybe the full screen mode.
--
Andy Hewitt
<http://web.me.com/andrewhewitt1/> ...
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