OSX Public Beta Rocks

alternateorg on September 18, 2000

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.

Microsoft 'Accidentally' Overcharges?

alternateorg on September 17, 2000

(from WiredNews)
Apparently, some MSN customers credit cards were ‘accidentally’ overcharged from $500 to over $1000.

‘By early afternoon, MSN said it had discovered the source of the problem — a glitch in its new billing system software.

“What happened was, MSN was in the process of testing a new billing system, and somehow an erroneous test script got sent out” to the credit-card-processing company in the wee hours of Friday morning, said Melissa Banks, a spokeswoman for Microsoft. ‘

When Bill Gates was questioned about the erroneous charges, he replied “You don’t think I got this rich by writing checks, do you?”
Those scripts, boy. They’ll bite you in the ass. Do you think it’s a coincidence that the spokeswoman’s name is ‘Melissa’? Heh. All of a sudden, my Earthlink account looks like it was a really good idea.

I'm Such A Dork

alternateorg on September 15, 2000

It’s friday night, and I’m downloading a beta unix-based OS via Hotline over DSL, while watching The Matrix in the dark. Jeez. Who’d of thought I’d ever be that much of a dork?

I Dare You

alternateorg on September 15, 2000

Try to find info on Movie Maker ( the iMovie ripoff included with Windows ME) on Microsoft.com.

Go ahead. Try it. We’ll wait.

So not only are their OSes impossible to use, but so is their website.

Huh?

alternateorg on September 14, 2000

From WiredNews: ‘Microsoft has released Windows Millennium Edition, or Windows ME, the first version of the Windows operating system designed specifically for home users.’

Uhm…. Huh? Do you mean to tell me that Windows 95 and Windows 98 were intended for PROFESSIONAL users?

Now, THIS quote is makes a little more sense: ‘But one outstanding application doesn’t compensate for the system crashes and slow performance exhibited on our test machines.
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Also, this one: ‘Windows ME also tested slower than Windows 98. ‘

‘The “Home Networking” wizard helps users set up file, printer, and Internet-based sharing over a peer-to-peer network, a worthy feature but one that has been a basic part of the Macintosh operating system for years.’

That makes sense. Why don’t you put out new software that’s SLOWER and WORSE than the software it’s supposed to replace? Why the hell is Bill Gates so fucking rich? These people should be BEGGING people to buy their software, not mandating it.

Check this out: ‘Some analysts think that ME is correctly targeted at less savvy consumers and does not offer much for experienced computer users.

“Windows ME is clearly aimed at home users. It doesn’t have the sort of cutting-edge benefits and features a sophisticated user would want or need,” said Victor Pagano, an analyst with Andersen Consulting.’

That’s cool. As a home user, I wouldn’t need STABILITY, or anything ADVANCED like that. I’m just an idiot with an internet account and a checkbook. I don’t NEED my computer for anything. I don’t really care that it crashes so much, I just need it for stupid shit in the first place.

OSX Beta To Be Released

alternateorg on September 12, 2000

This article has some interesting things to say on the upcoming release of OSX Public Beta. Nothing too new, however. It just states over and over again how important the success of OSX is for Apple. Remember the iMac? This will be better.

However, the article did say that it has ‘…advanced new technologies that pull it past Microsoft’s new Windows Millennium Edition…’ The implication of course being that the current MacOS is BEHIND Windows Me. Which is ridiculous.

New iBook? New PowerBook?

alternateorg on September 11, 2000

Apparently, MacMall is testing their website out on how to add new Macintosh products:

This screenshot was forwarded to me, and you can see it for yourself by going to MacMall.com, and searching for ‘iBook.’ It’s fun. Give it a try.

*Disclaimer: Due to the fact that I don’t want to look like an ass because of my MOSR rip below, I am not in any way attempting to spread ANY rumors

This Is The Worst Article Ever Written

alternateorg on September 10, 2000

Those wonderful writers over at ABCNews.com have put out yet another literary masterpeice. This one’s about Transmeta and the Crusoe chip being used in the new Sony VAIO. Only don’t expect a cohesive article. Fragments of sentences include: “Intel, the world’s leading chip maker.” That was the whole sentence. In the middle of the paragraph, for no reason. They’re brilliant over there, I tell you.

MacOS Murmurs

alternateorg on September 9, 2000

I don’t know about the rest of you, but after MacOS Rumors ruined the surprise of the PowerMac Cube for me by getting ALL THE DETAILS WRONG before it was released, I’ve stopped reading MOSR. At least daily, anyway. I might pick through it once a week, but suddenly, I was no longer interested in finding out about upcoming Apple products before they were introduced. Maybe because I’m always happier with what is actually brought on stage than what MOSR hears through their fermented grapevine.

Anyway.

Here’s a site for you all to check out: MacOS Murmurs. It’s a spoof on good old MOSR. And it’s funny. Oh, so funny. Also, he’s got some good insights on how Mac users tend to be a little bitchy.