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12/22/02 09:49 PM: OS X!
Well, I went and did it. Yesterday I became the proud owner of a new iBook. Yeah, I’ve become a Mac user. I shall state now that those who are not interested in computers should probably just stop reading now, as the rest of this post will be me talking about my new computer.
First off, the thing is tiny. It is so small, yet so powerful and portable. I love it. The keyboard is so nice, too. In fact, it’s one of the nicest keyboards I have ever used. It’s the perfect size. The 12” screen is not at all too small, at least for me. And it’s brilliantly bright. You can see some pictures of the iBook here. Also, those last two are some screenshots from when I was playing around with XDarwin.
This brings me to the next thing. The great thing about OS X is the ability to run *NIX applications. Since OS X is built on BSD, the possibilities of running *NIX programs are endless. I installed this handy utility called Fink, which allows you to eaisly grab ported apps for OS X. I also installed XDarwin, which allows me to run programs that require X11. I’m also running OroborOSX which is a window manager that looks like Aqua and makes running Aqua and X11 programs side by side almost seamless.
There are things with the XDarwin I haven’t completely gotten working yet—such as copying and pasting—but I can work on that tomorrow or something. I was just pleased to get XChat and the GIMP working. This is not to say I don’t like OS X or Aqua, that’s not at all true. I love Aqua, and I believe that OS X is by far the most advanced and also best OS out there. It’s by far much better than Windows XP, in my opinion.
Oh, and Office v.X is pretty nice also… Entourage > Outlook XP.
