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« Last post by f0dder on October 22, 2009, 08:01 AM »Saturday 
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Am I the only one that is personally glad they removed the "Classic" start menu from Windows?Nope-Josh (October 22, 2009, 06:35 AM)
Apple is "High-End" ... In the same context as Paris Hilton, they're both flashy, obnoxious, & transparent.-Stoic Joker (October 22, 2009, 06:01 AM)
). Other than that, pretty much everything else has been a step in the right direction for me.yeah, basically with a 32bit OS, you will not be able to access any extra memory, period.With a 32bit client version of Windows you can't - with server versions, or non-artificially-limited OSes you can.-mouser (October 21, 2009, 01:27 AM)
I also think that Gvim`s color syntax customization is superior to anything out there if you put your time into it. There is not any limit to it really.Isn't VIM's highlighting scheme based on regular expressions, rather than proper lexing?-kartal (October 20, 2009, 12:33 AM)
11. sudo rm -rf /* and then install Windows again.Beat me to it-scancode (October 19, 2009, 12:30 PM)
NP++ isn't bloated in the standard install, which is what I'm talking about - and yet it has full syntax highlighting etc.Standard install of gvim vs standard install of Notepad++You can easily make N++ bloated by using too many plug-ins. You can easily keep your Vim tiny and fast by setting the right options (no colors, vi compatibility and stuff). I must confess, however, that I don't have any benchmarks about that. But I'm sure that Vim is the fastest might-be-used-as-an-IDE editor out there.-f0dder (October 19, 2009, 10:24 AM)-Tuxman (October 19, 2009, 10:33 AM)
I can't see the attractiveness in dozens of toolbars. I don't even need a single one.Which toolbars?-Tuxman (October 19, 2009, 10:49 AM)
this option should be tagged as recommended, i thinkWhy?-fwoncn (October 19, 2009, 10:53 AM)
Standard install of gvim vs standard install of Notepad++ - load speed noticably slower even running on a 10k rpm raptor drive; obviously worse when on a 7200rpm laptop drive.it loads slower than Notepad++Depends on your configuration.-f0dder (October 19, 2009, 01:32 AM)-Tuxman (October 19, 2009, 10:18 AM)
No, it doesn't - it handles "normal size" files just fine, but definitely not "huge" files. I fortunatnely don't need this functionality myself, but some people do.Handle huge files efficiently?Works. (Depending on your definition of "huge", but you should figure out first what a "text editor" is intended to do for you.)-f0dder (October 18, 2009, 05:35 PM)-Tuxman (October 19, 2009, 01:13 AM)
...and me four. The pinning+grouping took a slight bit getting used to, but I find it cleaner and less cluttered.Mine too, I'm lovin' the new Win7 UII would rather say, the "new way of doing things" does not fit anyone's actual work habits, eh?-Tuxman (October 17, 2009, 11:11 PM)
Maybe it is me who is in the minority, but I have fully embraced the new taskbar and start menu in Windows 7. I love the way they work. My taskbar is uncluttered, my start menu works how I want it to....life is good in my corner of the computing universe.-Innuendo (October 18, 2009, 12:29 PM)-Stoic Joker (October 18, 2009, 05:43 PM)
Me three! It's evolutionary, rather than revolutionary, in comparison to Vista, but it's been "tweaked" and I like it a lot. The new taskbar and start menu rock-Darwin (October 18, 2009, 09:43 PM)
They say 64 bit is already protected so you don't need Sandboxie.64bit itself doesn't offer much in regards to protection unless you're running UAC (or, in case of XP, a limited user account) - PatchGuard is a decent thing, but it's a damn shame MS aren't offering legitimate hook points for it.-MilesAhead (October 18, 2009, 04:30 PM)
Phew ... I wonder if there is one thing that EmEditor or UltraEdit can but Vim can't ...Handle huge files efficiently?-Tuxman (October 18, 2009, 03:58 PM)
Srsly, I can't understand people paying for text editors. If they really need a bloated programming IDE instead of a text editor, they should learn about Eclipse...For what it does, Eclipse isn't bloated, especially considering how much of it's functionality is provided through (optional) modules. Somewhat CPU-heavy and slow-loading, but imho it's not too bad when you need an IDE.-Tuxman (October 18, 2009, 03:58 PM)
Looks like the "more well-known anti-virus companies" - including AVG - might be asleep on the job. Kudos to M/soft on this one.Or perhaps WSE suffering form false positives?-IainB (October 18, 2009, 10:03 AM)
Whatever....Oh boy, you really bought the kool-aid, didn't you?
The windows machine will not be built to handle the OSX format.
Their 90% would change. They are not that stupid.
Apple made a marketing move to use intel and bootcamp.
It's about their money, both of them, not what we, the computer users would like.-cmpm (October 14, 2009, 06:33 AM)
You know what would be a cool idea? I large pad on your desk to replace a mouse if you wanted. You use your fingers to move around and do stuff with multi-touch commands and so forth.Cute idea, but touch is still less precise than a mouse - it'd probably work fine for daily use, but if you need any kind of precision work (graphics, whatever) I doubt it's going to play out that well.-superboyac
The price for a Mac on the lower end is more expensive, but as you scale up, the price isn't that much different, I've found.Wasn't like that last time I looked - sure, if you need the exact same kind of connections and features, you might be right... but for "standard" needs, every time I've looked I was able to get substantially faster hardware for the same price tag, or comparable hardware for a substantially lower price.-wraith808
pc's can't do it like a mac can(windows) PCs can't do what like a (pc) mac can? If it wasn't for Apple's monopolistc artificial restriction crap, I could take a snow leopard DVD and install it right on my current standard Windows box - or in a virtual machine. Funnily enough there's no problems installing Windows on Apple hardware, only the other way around. (But hey, hack up the install OS X DVD and you'll be able to run it on a lot of standard machines).-cmpm
But you cannot open huge files in RTF/UTF-8 mode or in Plugins mode, because RichEdit control and most of plugins try to load the whole file contents and this will be very slow and will fail.That sounds a bit weird - there's nothing about the RichEdit control that requires a full file to be loaded into memory, you can stream in and out as you desire.-Curt (October 14, 2009, 04:52 AM)
Afaik the scancode for "that fancy mac button" is the same as the Win-button.AFAIK, mac uses other keyboard shortcuts (for expose and such), not present in regular keyboards. Also, I'm not sure if it'd make any sense to use a regular keyboard with a mac, since you'd always be thinking "where do those symbols on the screen link?" (regarding alt, ctrl and apple buttons).Hmm.. Wouldn't it be a bit unfair to install OSX on a regular pc and not a mac? (I know about macs being x86, I mean a computer without the keyboard shortcuts, camera, gigantic screen, etc)You do have the keyboard shortcuts on a regular keyboard, as long as it has the Windows keys-jgpaiva (October 13, 2009, 05:15 AM)-f0dder (October 13, 2009, 05:16 AM)-jgpaiva (October 13, 2009, 05:21 AM)
Hmm.. Wouldn't it be a bit unfair to install OSX on a regular pc and not a mac? (I know about macs being x86, I mean a computer without the keyboard shortcuts, camera, gigantic screen, etc)-jgpaiva (October 13, 2009, 05:15 AM)
