OSX Public Beta Rocks
While I am not writing this from within IE5 for OSX, I should be. I have successfully installed and used OSX Public Beta. The best I can say: go fucking buy it or download it or get it any way you can. I would be using it as my only OS if I did not have to connect to NT Servers via Dave. It is a pleasure to use. I haven’t felt this way about a Mac OS since I first saw the ‘Switcher’ in System 7. The dock is awesome. The Finder is awesome (sort of, it takes some getting used to). The desktop does, however, need some work. Sometimes you have to log out and back in to see things in your desktop. Also, I downloaded OmniWeb, and it didn’t show up in the Finder right away. I had to do a Sherlock search to find it, and then open it OUT of Sherlock, because it wasn’t showing up in the Finder where Sherlock said it should have been. But hey. It’s a beta OS.
And it took 7 minutes (!) to install. UNIX BSD layer and all. Awesome. The entire setup process is a pleasure to go through, and the OS is beautiful. I really enjoy the graphite button option.
So, again. Get your own copy of it.