From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Mar 1 14:41:41 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from pilchuck.reedmedia.net (pilchuck.reedmedia.net [209.166.74.74]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF09937B41B for ; Fri, 1 Mar 2002 14:41:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from reed by pilchuck.reedmedia.net with local-esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 16gviV-0000xY-00; Fri, 01 Mar 2002 14:41:31 -0800 Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2002 14:41:31 -0800 (PST) From: "Jeremy C. Reed" To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OS-X question(WAS:GUI question.) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, 1 Mar 2002, Brad Knowles wrote: > BSD 2.9 on a PDP 11/70 with 128KB of RAM), I have been waiting for > someone to deliver an OS with the incredible ease of use of the > Macintosh (I was converted to the one true faith in 1984) with the "Ease of use" is subjective. Can you (or others) share some examples of features or common steps/tasks that represent ease of use on a Macintosh? (And maybe the differences between it and doing it under X11 with a bloated window manager?) I know the new Mac OS looks pretty -- but what type of features makes it easier to use? (Not counting the ability to use standard Unix tools.) I am curious, because I've been using Macs off-and-on since 1985(?) including a couple years in journalism school. I haven't really noticed anything that makes it (Mac OS) easier for me. In fact, the GUI-itself seems little more difficult than Windows 98. Of course, Quark Express on the Macintosh is awesome! Jeremy C. Reed http://www.reedmedia.net/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message