Posted by Dean Wampler
Tue, 24 Oct 2006 13:43:00 GMT
I got sufficiently frustrated with Windows that I installed Kubuntu on my Thinkpad in a dual-boot configuration. (I’ll have to use Windows occasionally.) This will give me a real developer’s OS while I wait until I can justify buying a Powerbook. ;)
Linux as a desktop OS could really replace Windows, if it had the polish that Windows and OS X have. (Yea, I know that there are a lot of enterprise apps that aren’t compatible…) I still haven’t gotten my laptop to talk to my WiFi router that’s using WPA for security. Also, there are way too many configuration options and the out-of-the box “look and feel” is ugly, even while much more attractive options are a few (hundred?) clicks away. So, it’s still way beyond the capabilities of the average computer user to use Linux on the desktop, IMHO.
It’s been getting better, though, and the Ubuntu project, in particular, is promising. Hopefully, linux will still grow as a desktop OS, although I suspect that most companies and individuals who can drop Windows will chose OS X, instead.
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Posted by Dean Wampler
Sun, 06 Aug 2006 22:46:35 GMT
I’m happy to report that I joined Object Mentor (http://www.objectmentor.com) as of a few weeks ago. I will continue to blog on AOP here, but for blogs on general topics, please see http://butunclebob.com.
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Posted by Dean Wampler
Sat, 01 Jul 2006 22:09:00 GMT
I’m looking for an excuse to retire my (almost new) ThinkPad and replace it with a new MacBook Pro. I use an iMac at home, but I foolishly bought the ThinkPad believing it would integrate better into my client’s environments.
Actually, when I’ve taken my old G3 PowerBook to client offices, it’s always been easier to integrate into their networks than the ThinkPad, but today I discovered yet another reason why Mac OSX is a better business OS.
I bought a Targus Wireless Presenter, since I give a lot of presentations. The documentation says it supports a PC only. Yet, try as I might, I can’t get it to work on my ThinkPad. So, for grins, I plugged it into my iMac. The iMac figured it was some sort of wierd keyboard, but guess what? It works just fine with PowerPoint on my Mac.
Now that you can run Windows and OSX simultaneously (and well) on the new Intel-based Macs, why would you ever buy PC hardware again?
Okay, maybe to run a *nix variant…
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