OS Mavericks

[Rajesh R Subramanian]

Does it count if the calendar buttons have a new glossy iGlossy finish?

"Real men drive manual transmission" - Rajesh.

[Dan Colasanti]

Sure, many are overblown, but there are some really good features there. I saw the demos this summer with multi-displays, Finder & Safari improvements - all impressive improvements. In many ways I prefer the latest Mac OS UI to the stagnating & de-emphasized Windows desktop. Wish Microsoft would give the Windows desktop similar attention.

[RaviBee]

Aren't AppNap, compressed memory and timer coalescing new to Mavericks? And isn't it a free upgrade? /ravi

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[Chris Maunder]

Yep. They are great under-the-hood technologies. But I want something shiny I can point at :)

cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP

[Chris Maunder]

My original post was tongue-in-check, but I am disappointed that MacOS seems to be years behind other OSs. Multiscreen support, for instance, really shouldn't be something to crow about. Not in 2013. Regardless, I still love my Macs and my iPads, but I also still love my Ultrabooks and my servers.

cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP

[Chris Maunder]

Sigh. I hate having to explain jokes.

cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP

[Chris Maunder]

Actually you're right - I should have mentioned that.

cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP

[Joe Woodbury]

Is Finder still complete rubbish?

[jschell]

Chris Maunder wrote:

Multiscreen support, for instance, really shouldn't be something to crow about.

Huh? It didn't have multi-screen support before? The Mac II (or some version way back then) had that. Did it get lost along the way?

[Lost User]

Just installed it myself - did you not get the new Map and iBook icon on your desktop too? I hope the map is better because the ad bumph suggests you can plan a route on the desktop and send it to your phone for turn-by-turn spoken instructions. if that works I will love it!

MVVM # - I did it My Way ___________________________________________ Man, you're a god. - walterhevedeich 26/05/2011 .\\axxx (That's an 'M')

[Lost User]

Multi-screen support has been there for ever - what they stuffed up was when they added "full screen" applications - thee take over the whole screen 9as te name suggests) BUT they only took over one screen in a multi-screen set up- disabling all the other screens!. now you can have full screen apps on each of your multiple screens.

MVVM # - I did it My Way ___________________________________________ Man, you're a god. - walterhevedeich 26/05/2011 .\\axxx (That's an 'M')

[Chris Maunder]

Yeah - can't see I'll be reading many books on the iMac, and the Maps are the same as on the iPad (but do look nice on a 27" monitor).

cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP

[AlexCode]

Doesn't look like anything new to me... Was the same some years back when they announced the copy/paste on iPhone :laugh: One thing Windows could actually have natively is the multi-desktop and the independent toolbars but anyway, the multi-desktop can be achieved with many free and payed softwares and I use DisplayFusion for years now to properly manage the toolbars across my monitors. So... yet again... +200 shiny new things? :) I mean, I'm no Apple hater, and I currently use whatever lands in front of me, but we need to admit that one thing Apple always got better that anyone else was marketing! :)