AndrewNoNumbers
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Hi guys. I'm good.
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Comment · 14 years ago
That is the truth. I've had Ubuntu on my Dell laptop for years, and it was an entire learning experience to perfect the setup completely to my liking. It was great when I was young and had the time to play around, but recently I made the sad jump to a MacBook, because when it came time to actually work on real projects, I needed a rock solid desktop experience where I didn't have to constantly fiddle with my own computer. My Mac is nowhere near as fun or personal as my Linux setup, but it is what I rely on to do my work. Hopefully this Sputnik project makes Linux what Apple does in terms of the complete hardware/software package
Comment · 14 years ago
I'd politely like to ask..
What, besides A/V work, is a 6+ core OS X machine necessary for?
Comment · 14 years ago
Ditto to Hackintosh. The Mac Pro never was a good buy.
Half the reason one buys an Apple product is because of the terrific build quality and design. That's extremely important in a notebook computer, something you'll carry around day in day out and have to depend on to not fail when you're in the field.
There's far less incentive in buying a terrifically sturdy and pretty machine that will sit under your desk and not be moved for years on end.
Comment · 14 years ago
Am I the only one for whom this never worked? It didn't work 6 hours ago and it's not working now. Still Hacker News'd or just me?
Comment · 14 years ago
You, sir, are clearly thinking like an engineer.
Comment · 14 years ago
Attributed to a certain Steven Duffy on this article. http://lifehacker.com/5913295/theres-no-speed-limit-the-less...
Comment · 14 years ago
Why would they use the Mac App Store? To throw profits to Apple?
Comment · 14 years ago
Your note about using a cool UI animation as incentive is fascinating. Just. Fascinating.
I know it would work on me.
Comment · 14 years ago
As a broad observation about everyone on this thread, I'd say* a small percentage of the population (me included) naturally notices and thinks through details like these. Most other people (users and developers) don't give a crap and function just fine in their lives.
*no scientific evidence
Comment · 14 years ago
I agree; it's also very distracting to me.
The large, handwriting typeface works well for the list items as it makes you focus on it, but the "Today" heading should be different if only to clearly separate the middle section as your "list". Overall terrific design though.
Comment · 14 years ago
I never really use sort by price because I find that the cheapest results are usually not very relevant
That's exactly part of the problem. If I'm searching for something specific like 'iPod Touch 32GB' I should not get results for $0.99 iPod cables and cases.
Comment · 14 years ago
Ditto on the horrible credit card interface.
Should've waited a few years and outfitted with Squares.
Or better yet, a NYC-based Square competitor if there is one!
Comment · 14 years ago
Comment · 14 years ago
What's sad is that they couldn't get the original Chrome OS to feel any faster in use than Windows 7 on Atom.