My new Distraction

[Hattig]

Is Mac backwards compatible with any PPC or 68k software?

Yes, it has a PowerPC emulator - Rosetta - and the PowerPC Mac environment includes a Classic environment, which includes a 68k emulator.

They're installed if you require them, not by default.

[persia]

Does it matter when you have swarms of active talented developers writing applications for your platform?

Is Mac backwards compatible with any PPC or 68k software?

[Daedalus]

@persia

Generally that's true alright, I can't think of anything I'd need that hasn't been moved to Intel long ago. Having said that though, I'm pretty glad I don't have to re-purchase my copy of Office 2004 PPC to run it on an Intel Mac...

[KatManDEW]

Whereas in Mac OS X... hmm how do I get that from there to there.. oh I know I'll just drag it from there (Apple Mail) to there (Cyberduck - ftp client) and what'd ya know it just did it.

I can do that with Win 7 and XP, without a special FTP client. Just drag it from email over to Windows Explorer which is logged onto the FTP site. Never used Vista mtself.

[persia]

Microsoft owes everyone a refund for MS Office 2008.  It's right up there with ME and Bob.  2011 rocks though and has no PPC code.

@persia

Generally that's true alright, I can't think of anything I'd need that hasn't been moved to Intel long ago. Having said that though, I'm pretty glad I don't have to re-purchase my copy of Office 2004 PPC to run it on an Intel Mac...

[Iggy]

Frankly, I'm a little baffled when anyone states that there are significant differences between OSX, Windows, and Linux when it comes to everyday use. Except for minor differences in the number of mouse clicks and specific icons that minimize, maximize, and close each window all operate very similarly.
There's not much difference. I can move between all them (and Amiga OS olr NG derivatives) w/o any problem.
I also can't see  any clear advantages (although OSX and Amiga OS do boot quicker).

[chiark]

AmigaOS is the Elvis of operating systems, it had the good sense to die about the time it started going to seed, so we can all morn what might have been unencumbered with the vision of an overweight 70 year old trying to swing those hips.

Superb, you have me laughing out loud at that.  But it's a damn good point well made

[djrikki]

I can do that with Win 7 and XP, without a special FTP client. Just drag it from email over to Windows Explorer which is logged onto the FTP site. Never used Vista mtself.

Ah cool... I try to use Windows as little as possible... I guess MS have caught up a little bit in the drag and drop department. :lol:

I know that can't be done with Finder in Mac OS X.  When you use the 'Connect to server' option from the 'Go' menu to mount an FTP site...it mounts Read-only which makes it pretty useless. :laughing:

[Iggy]

Ah cool... I try to use Windows as little as possible... I guess MS have caught up a little bit in the drag and drop department. :lol:

I know that can't be done with Finder in Mac OS X.  When you use the 'Connect to server' option from the 'Go' menu to mount an FTP site...it mounts Read-only which makes it pretty useless. :laughing:

Yes both OSX and Windows allow you to link web and ftp files as if they were local. It a feature I had no use for until recently and I was surprised to find out how well it worked.

[Argo]

Wow, I was mounting FTP sites on my A1200 15 years ago. It was awesome to just be able to just save to the FTP site like any normal drive.

[Iggy]

Wow, I was mounting FTP sites on my A1200 15 years ago. It was awesome to just be able to just save to the FTP site like any normal drive.

Congratulations on being that far ahead of the curve. I never saw the utility to it until recently (as my current ISP is the only really fast service I've ever had).
Its funny, just when I find ftp sites useful, using them is getting harder (you have to make some changes to Windows' default settings to get ftp transfers to work).
But it is cool being able to treat remote content the same as local.

[motorollin]

AmigaOS is the Elvis of operating systems, it had the good sense to die about the time it started going to seed, so we can all morn what might have been unencumbered with the vision of an overweight 70 year old trying to swing those hips.

Actually I think the Amiga is more like the Madonna of operating systems: desperately trying to remain current, relevant and cool, when in fact she's just an old woman who's embarrassing herself and showing her age.

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moto

[Fairdinkem]

Hi,
 
I'm not what you'd call a prolific poster so therefore it is unlikely anyone would have noticed I've been absent from here for a bit ... It is all because my lovely wife gave me a Macbook Pro for Xmas...
 
I can honestly say that not since the Amiga have I been so happy with a pc , maybe it's just because I've never used an Apple before so it's just the newness of it all but I love the operating system!
I've been bitching for years about how long my Windows Dell laptop or my home made Windows PC takes to boot up but -aside from my amigas- I have now found boot up bliss... in a matter of seconds I'm staring at my desktop... and shutting down actually works.. first go!
 
 
I'm just left wondering what could have been if Amiga had not gone the way it did... I think it would be very similar now to my Macbook!
 
...Let the trolling begin :laughing:

I share your experience; I spent a large portion of my computer experience in the wilderness of Microsoft feeling largely unsatisfied. After progressing from windows 2000 to XP then in awe of the system resource consumption of Vista to the slightly more nimble Windows 7. Windows 7 is well able to meet all my productivity needs well enough, but when I decided to try achieving the same on my Mac setup it surpassed my expectations on exactly the same hardware specs. To say MacOSX is a faster more efficient OS than Windows 7 is an understatement and the software is more polished and intuitive that it speeds up tasks improving my productivity far more than what I achieved on Windows 7.

I also enjoy the boot up time, I enjoy the fact that like AmigaOS4.1 as soon as the desktop appears with dock bar the OS is ready for you to begin work you aren't left starring at a desktop waiting for drivers to finish loading or gadgets to be loaded and updated. I also enjoy the speed at which applications launch and the overall responsiveness of the operating system in comparison as I mentioned before on the exact same hardware I was running my Windows 7 setup!

I too after using MacOSX Snow Leopard along side my Pegasos 2 running both AmigaOS4.1 and MorphOS 2.7 and my classic Amiga 1200 running AmigaOS 3.9 am left noticing the similarities in appearance and feel to Amiga, and the vast differences. For me I find MacOSX beautiful and flexible enough to meet an average everyday users needs that I don't find the need to customise it a whole lot more than a nice background, but I would like however to be able to change the colour of my mouse pointer but apart from that there is no complaints here.

I too think if Commodore were more responsible and AmigaOS was better funded and developed on good hardware with todays creative developers on the likes of Microsoft and Apple platforms AmigaOS would look, feel and perform a lot like MacOSX, but with the more unique Amiga edge and take on things.

[Marcb]

Faidinkem,
 
You've expressed it much better than I did but your post sums up how I feel about OSX...
Spending far too much time playing Minecraft on it at the moment though
 
@Moto leave Madge alone! She features heavily on the soundtrack of my teen years :lol:

[Iggy]

Actually I think the Amiga is more like the Madonna of operating systems: desperately trying to remain current, relevant and cool, when in fact she's just an old woman who's embarrassing herself and showing her age.

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moto

Since I don't regularly use Amiga OS I'm not sure about the Madonna comparison. I never found her relevant when she was current. And my current OS doesn't feel like Madonna with a face lift.
It looks as good as Windows or OSX, boots faster, and while retaining an Amiga feel it seems completely modern.

Besides, Madonna always made my skin crawl, even when she was young.

[motorollin]

@Marcb
I wasn't really talking about her earlier stuff, when she was more legitimate as a pop star/sex symbol. I was really referring to the way she is desperately clinging to those qualities despite being 60-odd

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moto