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Oppressors can tyrannize only when they achieve a standing army, an enslaved press, and a disarmed populace. -- James Madison
The Constitution shall never be construed to authorize Congress to prevent the people of the United States, who are peaceable citizens, from keeping their own arms. -- Samuel Adams, Debates and Proceedings in the Convention of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 86-87 (Pearce and Hale, eds., Boston, 1850) -
Oppressors can tyrannize only when they achieve a standing army, an enslaved press, and a disarmed populace. -- James Madison
The Constitution shall never be construed to authorize Congress to prevent the people of the United States, who are peaceable citizens, from keeping their own arms. -- Samuel Adams, Debates and Proceedings in the Convention of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 86-87 (Pearce and Hale, eds., Boston, 1850)Comment
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FYI. Office for Mac sucks with Spaces. It never stays jailed to the virtual desktop you specify for the given Office application. I use Office sparingly, though, and my investment is low (free; campus site license, no keys required).I started another thread earlier and asked about partitions and windows 7 product keys. Several of you suggested I try VMware fusion so I'm doing that now as i write this. I wanted windows on my Mac because I got a free copy of windows 7 and office 2007 directly from MS. i've tried using office for Mac but I'm not use to it (and i don't want to buy it
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Ok so VMware installed windows 7 in about 30min. I was writing my review above when it finished so i'm not sure how long it took but 30min is about right. My Macbook is obviously running a little slower. the cursor doesn't move as fast but it is good most of the time. VMware is offering a 12 month complementary virus protection from Mcaffe virusscan plus but I think i'm going to pass on that bloat stuff.
aero seems to be turned off, gotta find a way to turn it on.
i'll be back
As far as VMWare vs Parallels. I've been using Parallels since we get it for a low price ($20 per key). I tried earlier iterations of VMWare Fusion and it was pretty decent. If you haven't tried VirtualBox, it's free: http://www.virtualbox.org/
It's an Oracle (was Sun, but Oracle bought Sun) project. It's actually fairly decent. But the 3D support (OpenGL or Direct3D) isn't anywhere as good as in the commercial virtual machine applications (VMWare and Parallels).
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OK. I figured out how to minimize all open windows.
You know the "FN/fn" button on the far left bottom of the keyboard? I never noticed it really. But apparently it is the Function button (I'm guessing on its meaning). Hold that button down as you press the F11 button. And presto! The windows fly off the screen. To restore, press the same buttons again.
For more shortcuts, go to System Preferences/Keyboard Shortcuts. (My favorite is Shift + Command/Apple logo + 4 = size it, then release.)x
"Let those find fault whose wit's so very small,
They've need to show that they can think at all;
Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow;
He who would search for pearls, must dive below." -- John DrydenComment
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That does the same thing as 'Expose' or moving the mouse cursor to the upper left corner of the screen.
System Preferences/Expose & Spaces, click on Expose and set Desktop for upper left.
Set the other corners for what you want.Comment
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It's still a shortcut with the keyboard. And yup, it's under the Expose & Spaces rubric.
casualshooter overlooked adding the fn button.x
"Let those find fault whose wit's so very small,
They've need to show that they can think at all;
Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow;
He who would search for pearls, must dive below." -- John DrydenComment
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sigpic "On bended knee is no way to be free." - Eddie Vedder, "Guaranteed"
"Let your gun therefore be the constant companion of your walks." -Thomas Jefferson, in a letter to his nephew Peter Carr dated August 19, 1785
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Since Macs do run a flavor of Linux, you can take some advantage of programs written for Linux/Unix machines. That does, however, require some willingness to learn some Linux and do some work at the command line, not the GUI. Personally, I like macs, but Win7 is not too bad to deal with.Comment
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Mac OS X isn't Linux based. It's BSD based. Significant difference.
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NRA Certified Instructor (Rifle and Metallic Cartridge Reloading) and RSO
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Mine works without pressing the fn button.
ETA- It works that way on my iMac at work. I will have to try it on my MBP at home to see if it defaults to F11 only.
Also, on my MBP, you can use 4 fingers/ slide (I think- I'll have to test it when I get home) on the touch pad to accomplish the same thing.Last edited by Casual_Shooter; 06-03-2010, 8:31 AM.Guns, dogs and home alarms. Opponents are all of a sudden advocates once their personal space is violated.
"Those who cannot remember the posts are condemned to repeat them"
Why is it all the funny stuff happens to comedians?Comment
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Guns, dogs and home alarms. Opponents are all of a sudden advocates once their personal space is violated.
"Those who cannot remember the posts are condemned to repeat them"
Why is it all the funny stuff happens to comedians?Comment
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Wrong, its based on the Mach kernel.
Mac OS X is based upon the Mach kernel.[11] Certain parts from FreeBSD's and NetBSD's implementation of Unix were incorporated in Nextstep, the core of Mac OS X. Nextstep was the object-oriented operating system developed by Steve Jobs' company NeXT after he left Apple in 1985.[12] While Jobs was away from Apple, Apple tried to create a "next-generation" OS through the Taligent, Copland and Gershwin projects, with little success.Oppressors can tyrannize only when they achieve a standing army, an enslaved press, and a disarmed populace. -- James Madison
The Constitution shall never be construed to authorize Congress to prevent the people of the United States, who are peaceable citizens, from keeping their own arms. -- Samuel Adams, Debates and Proceedings in the Convention of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 86-87 (Pearce and Hale, eds., Boston, 1850)Comment
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As an update for the OP,
As Masameet posted above, on the MBP, you have to press the fn button to activate the function button F11 (which is normally the volume down button).
I confirmed on my MBP at home that using 4 fingers on the touchpad and sliding up activates Expose's "desktop" function. Sliding them different directions will active either "applications" or "show all windows".Last edited by Casual_Shooter; 06-04-2010, 6:44 PM.Guns, dogs and home alarms. Opponents are all of a sudden advocates once their personal space is violated.
"Those who cannot remember the posts are condemned to repeat them"
Why is it all the funny stuff happens to comedians?Comment
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I'm not going into semantics, but OS X is a BSD based Unix OS.
Saying that OS X is originally was related on the Mach kernel is true, but that doesn't make the statement that OS X is a BSD based Unix OS untrue.
If we want to start citing Wikipedia as an authoritative reference, then I toss this out there:
And from the Mac OS X wiki page you posted:Also Darwin, the system on which Apple's Mac OS X is built, is a derivative of 4.4BSD-Lite2 and FreeBSD.
At this point, I'd rather not start comparing and debating kernel concepts, memory management, system modes / privilege theory. I drudged my way through my Operating Systems course in college once. I prefer not relive the horrible nights trying to implement a custom system scheduler working with the 2.0 Linux kernel.It (OS 10.5) was also the first BSD-based OS to receive UNIX 03 certification.
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