Why is this article so Mac oriented?
So here's tip 9:
Use a nice Linux or similar machine with a pleasant to use clicky keyboard and a mouse which allows text highlight and middle click paste.
So here's tip 9:
Use a nice Linux or similar machine with a pleasant to use clicky keyboard and a mouse which allows text highlight and middle click paste.
I never saw the appeal of Linux. Yes, it's free, and I can buy a cheap PC to run it on but why would I do that? My Macbook Pro has the best keyboard I've ever used (the 2008 "pro keyboard", not the chicklet keys Apple uses these days) and the trackpad is better than ALL trackpads out there. Seriously, Apple knows how to make trackpads. And on top of that, OS X is as much Unix as Ubuntu or any other distribution of Linux and I can do whatever work I would have done on Linux on my mac. If I don't have a command line tool, I just use homebrew to install it or build it from source if homebrew doesn't have that formula. And you know what I get including those nice things? The wealth of awesome OS X apps, like Textmate, Keynote, iTerm, Kaleidoscope, QuickSilver/Alfred, XCode, Pixelmator, Time Machine etc that are available. So I ask you, why would I use a Linux machine when OS X is supremely better in almost every way?
2) A trackpad can NEVER replace a regular mouse with scrollwheel and many buttons. Maybe the apple.com website triggers your emotions. But the following website triggers mine: http://www.razerzone.com/gaming-mice
3) OS X may be supremely better for you, but not every person is the same, you may be their target audience, other people are not and, gasp, may actually prefer a different design philosophy.
4) Being free or cheap is not usually a reason why one runs Linux on a PC. Can you imagine someone can actually prefer something, independent of cost?
5) Mac OS X has apps. Other OSes also have apps. They all have their selection of awesome apps. Usually one prefers the ones they're used to I guess.
2. Sure, I never said it could replace a mouse. Only, I rarely ever use a mouse because I don't want to carry around a mouse just for middle click when I can use a Modifier key + single click to achieve the same thing. I also use my keyboard more, even to switch between applications and rearranging my windows using a Window Manager app like Slate. I also never said Apple's website triggers any of my emotions so I don't know where you got that from. I just said Apple has the best trackpads around and you can actually not use a mouse if you don't want to since Apple's trackpad is so good. Also, a Mac app called "BetterTouchTool" further enhances the track pad so you can do almost anything with trackpad gestures, something you really can't do easily on Linux.
3. Yeah, that was just my opinion. I wasn't speaking on behalf of other people.
4. Okay, got it. Many of my friends use that as a reason when I ask them why they run Linux though. They say it's cheap and they don't want to pay $2000 for a Mac which is fair enough. They just want a Unix machine and they can run Ubuntu on a VirtualBox without paying a cent.
This may be heavily opinionated, I know, but like I said, the reason Linux never appealed to me is because I can run Linux apps on the Mac since open source usually means I can run it on different platforms. Take any linux app, and I can bet 99% of the time, it's also available on the mac and I can further bet 80% of the time, there's an alternative on the Mac which is better (in my opinion). The truth of the matter is, there are many Mac exclusive apps that are far better than anything available on other platforms. This is just my opinion, that's all. You may view it differently than me, that's okay!
I disagree. I find the multi-touch trackpad on my MacBook Air much better to use than a mouse.
Less effort, good accuracy, great multi-touch controls like two fingers for scrolling, pinch in-out for zooming, three-finger swipe for 'back' on the browser.
4) Being free or cheap is not usually a reason why one runs Linux on a PC.
It's a reason that's often cited as being in its favour.
A long time ago, OS2 was better at running Windows apps than Windows was. The same is true for OS X running Linux ..