![]() ![]() Here’s some random tips based on spending some time using Windows 8: Something I’ve honest missed with the OS X Mavericks update which can be sluggish (The best OS X version I’ve used so far was definitely Snow Leopard which was so fast it was unbelievable. For whatever reason later OS X versions seem to have been progressively slower after this release). On the whole though, on my i7 MacBook Pro with 4GB, it’s really very snappy and responsive. The two are so separate that it seems odd to have both running at the same time. It’s like your computer can’t make up it’s mind whether it’s living in a ‘post-PC’ tablet influenced world or whether it’s desperately holding on to the past. I can only wonder if there were internal strategic arguments within Microsoft whether the world was ready to go all Metro and whether that was a safe bet, or whether it would have alienated too many existing users. The Metro home page vs the regular desktop dual behavior seems a curious design decision to say the least. The general press coverage is that it’s completely awful – it’s not bad, but it’s definitely very different in some areas. Since new PCs are coming with Windows 8 now, I feel somewhat obligated under the ‘friends and family IT support plan’ (which everyone who does any work in IT is automatically enrolled in) that I should at least take a look at Windows 8 so I can pretend I know what I’m talking about □įirst thoughts: it’s really not that bad. For some of these I can get them to work just fine using Wine/Winebottler on the Mac (like JT65-HF which works great under Wine). Occasionally I do need to run a Windows app, especially for some ham radio type apps. For almost everything I do my Mac works great. My primary computer and OS for home is a MacBook Pro, with OS X Mavericks (I updated to Mavericks as soon as it was released). ![]()
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