Apple Mac OS X Leopard Arrives Tonight, A Users First Thoughts and Unboxing

[Sam]

Bah. I'm addicted to the "two finger on the pad" right click. I wish all my laptops had that feature.

I agree, I prefer this method over having a dedicated right click button.

Although with that said, I don't see what harm it could do for Apple to finally implement the right click button. At least it'll quiet down the haters a bit .

[MYK]

I agree, I prefer this method over having a dedicated right click button.

Although with that said, I don't see what harm it could do for Apple to finally implement the right click button. At least it'll quiet down the haters a bit .

That's like giving in to Bill Gates Or maybe it could be an excellent marketing tool for the future. Like the Mac ad (I'm a Mac, and I'm a PC) about office and windows. "Now we have a right click button too, then the windows' guy shoots himself in the head"

[Sam]

Or maybe it could be an excellent marketing tool for the future. Like the Mac ad (I'm a Mac, and I'm a PC) about office and windows. "Now we have a right click button too, then the windows' guy shoots himself in the head"

Haha, yes, I remember that ad .

[ltcommander_data]

Doesn't Command+H always work?

Well, it doesn't seem to work in UT2004. I came across a developer board a while back talking about game porting and hiding. It seems Windows games don't really have a hide command since the Windows key or Alt+Tab does it at the OS level. So when Windows games are ported over, a hiding feature would have to be written in by the porter, which they may just not bother to do it or they may feel that it's not in the interest of the game to have that feature, due to lack of pause ability or accidentally hitting it, etc. Still I think there should always be a way to hide programs including full screen games.

[bluecoyote]

Of the two OS's from my experience, Mac OSX is hands-down better. My reason behind this is that while OSX and Windows may have similar features, things in OSX tend to be far better implemented.

An example is the dock. Someone brought up they think that the dock is inferior to the Windows taskbar. I think quite the opposite- the dock is a massive improvement, but only once you understand why it works the way it does.

The taskbar in Windows is now a mess in my opinion. It has become far too cluttered given the amount of applications and tasks run in the background. With 10 windows open of different applications, finding the one you want via the taskbar is tedious, whereas the dock in OSX will show a live preview. That's a little thing that makes a huge difference. Little things that require tiny icons (bluetooth, WiFi, clock) are kept separate in the upper right hand corner (no "hide inactive icons" necessary.)

The dock also is used to launch applications. For example, in the Mac OS, it is possible to drag an image from a document or webpage directly to Photoshop's icon and have it open instantly for editing.

I could go on and on. Someone can look at the features of Mac OSX and say "oh whoop, big deal" , but excruciating detail (in most cases, anyway) is paid to every feature and I think it's what has pushed OSX well ahead.

[yuio]

so if apple putting a right click on there laptops is giving into gillgates... what is bootcamp?

as for the taskbar, I NEVER use it, try Alt+Tab or Windows+Tab

[wobble987]

yeah i prefer 2finger pad right click. it is more quick that way.

[Lysander]

yeah i prefer 2finger pad right click. it is more quick that way.

But makes playing FPS practically impossible.

That being said, I may grab a MacBook in a few weeks, depending on how good the next hardware refresh is. If they are going Santa Rosa, I might consider.

[Sam]

But makes playing FPS practically impossible.

That being said, I may grab a MacBook in a few weeks, depending on how good the next hardware refresh is. If they are going Santa Rosa, I might consider.

Do you really game with the trackpad? I don't know about you, but I prefer using a mouse .

[roor]

meh, i prefer the taskbar to the dock.