OSX - Making Computing Beautiful (Mac OS)

Member Name: smithac

Product:	Mac OS
Date:	11/04/01 (105 review reads)
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Advantages: Great to look at, great to use

Disadvantages: Short of applications

In March, Apple released their next generation operating system - OSX. This is a big change both under the covers, and for us, the users. The Mac has always suffered from the fact that if one application crashes, it can bring the whole system down - not with OSX! Now there's full memory protection. In addition you don't get the half-updated windows in the background if you're in a modal dialog, and all dragging is live - you don't just get window outlines as they move.
In terms of appearance, everything looks great - bright shining colours, and transparency is used very effectively. It all complements the current design of the Mac hardware.
However, there is a catch - lack of native applications - some will run in an emulator within OSX, but, for instance, I can't write CDs and I can't watch TV or DVDs.
But this is a first release, and I'm eagerly anticipating what's to come over the next 12 months.

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