Microsoft has made some interesting announcements regarding their next version of Visual Studio (2015). Microsoft has announced that they will allow Apple iPhone/iPad apps and Android apps to be built for Windows: http://tcrn.ch/1JaMkXR~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
It sounds like Visual Studio 2015 will also allow developers to create
apps for iPhone/iPad and Android apps using C#:
http://bit.ly/1IpFK1w
This is interesting news. It's pretty cool, but I wonder if Microsoft
will end up shooting themselves in the foot by doing this. IBM did
something similar in the 90s by allowing OS/2 to run Windows 3.1 apps.
Many software developers decided to just create Windows apps, since
Windows was more popular.
Microsoft seems to be getting more and more cross-platform with their development tools. I've also heard that Microsoft is bringing Visual
Studio to Linux and Mac:
http://mashable.com/2015/04/29/visual-studio-code/
Well I can say it's about time. I have a feeling they are working towards having Android apps running in Windows as well.
The only thing that would suck if you still need to pay for extra plugin's and features vs. Eclipse where they are all free. I know right now if you want unit tests and and extra functionaly you have to get the Ultimate Edition which is hugely expensive.
For C++ though I like CodeLite alot for cross development in Windows, Linux, OSX. It's a really nice IDE that gets better everyday. It also has some plugins for Astyle Source Formatting, and UnitTest++. All it needs now is a nice Code Coverage plugin.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Well I can say it's about time. I have a feeling they are workingtowards > having Android apps running in Windows as well.
I think the first article did mention they plan to let Android apps run on Windows devices (in addition to iOS apps).
Yeah, I'm disappointed that the 'pro' level Visual Studio has become so expensive. Just several years ago, you could buy Visual C++, Visual C#,~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
etc. for around $110 each, or the entire Visual Studio for around
$300-$500, if I remember right. At least Microsoft has the 'Community' edition of Visual Studio (formerly known as 'Express'), which is free.
Since the move to Android Studio though, Eclipse is no longer the official development platform for Android apps. Android Studio is now the official IDE for Android, and it's based on IntelliJ. I tend to like the IntelliJ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
UI better than Eclipse, although I don't know how good IntelliJ's plugin support is. I suppose a lot of Android developers could still use Eclipse though..
I haven't tried CodeLite. I tend to use Visual Studio when I'm developing~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
in Windows. At one point (about 10 years ago) I tried Code::Blocks (it
had some integrated support for the WxWidgets GUI toolkit), and I thought that was a decent IDE.
Yep, Windows is clawing back to get everything to run on their platform. Good move, but will it be enough. :)
Ya, i've played with the Express version, It seems like such a pain in the butt through, to get anything to compile you have to install the SDK. I was playing with Node.js, and and to compile all of the modules it was looking for visual studio. So i installed it, installed hte SDK then you get issues with paths, environmental variables, and even registry settings missing. It's a horriable mess. I really dislike all the extra manual work you ahve to do with microsoft stuff.
Of course if you using their stuff like C#, VB.NET then it's a little easier. I like VB.NET alot i must admit. After getting useta VB6 with lots of legacy applications then rewritting stuff in VB.NET i found it very easy to work with. It's a pitty everyone hates on it so much. It's just as powerful as C# and the others and just easier to deal with.
Seems like
with C# you always have to cast stuff which gets anoying.
I think time will tell if it's a good move or not. I was reminded of OS/2, in that IBM enabled OS/2 to run Windows 3.1 applications, and developers ended up just writing applications for Windows since Windows was more popular. Perhaps more developers would have developed native OS/2 apps if OS/2 didn't have the Windows 3.1 layer.
developedI think time will tell if it's a good move or not. I was reminded of OS/2, in that IBM enabled OS/2 to run Windows 3.1 applications, and developers ended up just writing applications for Windows since Windows was more popular. Perhaps more developers would have
one,native OS/2 apps if OS/2 didn't have the Windows 3.1 layer.
Back then, Microsoft gave away copies of their SDK to anyone who wanted
and IBM charged an arm and a leg for theirs -- and the app ecosystem for Windows took off.
I remember when Borland Turbo C++ was big on the market in the early-mid~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
90s, and it was very affordable. I'd think one good way to get developers
to develop apps for a platform is to make the development tools
affordable. I suppose there are good affordable/free IDEs available for Windows (including Microsoft's own 'Express' tools), but it would still be nice if the professional Visual Studio didn't cost an arm and a leg.
I don't mind that so much - Having to cast makes the code more explicit, which can be good when you're reading through the code 6 months later and don't remember everything about it.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Good enough" was the thorn on IBM's side. With a 386, you pretty much~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
needed to run OS/2 apps to multitask decently. I used to run a 386DX/25
with 8 megs of RAM and OS/2 2.0 at work, and connected to AS/400s, a MS
Lan Manager Network, and could dial out at 9600 baud -- all on OS/2 apps. Throw Windows or DOS apps into the mix and things got a bit more
complicated.
With a 486 and more memory, OS/2 could handle Windows apps sufficiently
that you didn't need to find an OS/2 app to get the job done.
DOS was similar. I took a DOS Maximus/Squish/BinkleyTerm setup for my BBS
and ran it under OS/2 while I migrated to OS/2 native apps, and I felt
like I could run multiple nodes with less load than one DOS instance put
Back then, Microsoft gave away copies of their SDK to anyone who wanted~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
one, and IBM charged an arm and a leg for theirs -- and the app ecosystem
for Windows took off.
It will be interesting to see how mobile development will be affected going forward.
I'm waiting for mobile dev to be as easy as compiling a
simple program in linux on the command line.
If you code it right and use descriptive variables when naming, then the code should tell you what it does. Casting doesn't do much but make you jump through more hoops. And for anything not obvious or tricky, thats where a k comment comes in handy.
We all have our own preferences, which is why there are so many different languages to choose from.. heh
Yep, although the only thing OS/2 is good at now a days is multi-tasking DOS apps. It's a pretty dated and useless OS to say to the least. You basically need old hardware to run and install it. Which might be fine for some reto programs like BBS software, but for anything else it's pretty useless.
We've been doing that at work. We're using Gradle as a build system for Android, which works on the command line (it's like makefiles on steroids), and Apple's XCode has a command-line compiler that lets you build your XCode projects (including mobile apps for iOS) from the
command line.
If you code it right and use descriptive variables when naming, then code should tell you what it does. Casting doesn't do much but make y jump through more hoops. And for anything not obvious or tricky, that where a k comment comes in handy.
True, but there are times when type conversion can be somewhat ambiguous when left up to the compiler to automatically convert types for you. I suppose it affects some languages more than others, too. I think it's particularly true for languages that aren't explicitly typed. I suppose it is jumping through hoops, in a way, but if the language infers types for you, sometimes you have to do something to ensure that a variable becomes the type you need it to be for a certain scenario.
When I ran DOS, OS/2 rocked. On not much more hardware than I ran DOS natively on, I could multitask the BBS, a window for my own stuff, and a DOS VDM for networking that didn't run on OS/2.
OS/2 faded for me as soon as Windows95 and Netscape came out. Windows IP support was so much easier than OS/2s, and once windows apps came out
that Windows apps could multitask, I didn't have a need for A Better DOS
It's funny how quickly stuff fades. By the time you get useta one thing, along comes the next big thing with all of it's bells and whistles.
Nightfox wrote to Poindexter Fortran <=-
and IBM charged an arm and a leg for theirs -- and the app ecosystem for Windows took off.
I suppose that would be a significant factor in software development.
Yeah, sometimes I have the impression that companies can't really make up their minds on what they think works best. One example is Windows 8.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Just when I think the Windows 7 user interface works well and looks good, Microsoft decided to significantly change the Windows user interface with Windows 8, thinking a mobile-like UI is the way to go. Personally, I
think the Windows 8 interface looks flat and monotone; it's ugly compared
to Windows 7. Apple has been making similar changes to OS X in the past
few years, too..
Thinking back, the software landscape was all shareware -- and the price~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
of entry could be quite low for a small team (or single author) to get
into the scene. Having to pay for an SDK could very easily swing a
platform decision.
good, Microsoft decided to significantly change the Windows user
interface with Windows 8, thinking a mobile-like UI is the way to go.
Personally, I think the Windows 8 interface looks flat and monotone;
it's ugly compared to Windows 7. Apple has been making similar
changes to OS X in the past few years, too..
Oh i can't agree more!! I just installed a new all in one system for my mother and that was my first real look at Windows 8. that monotone actually makes the windows look and feel bulky with the theme colors just offsetting whatever your looking at. I hate it. I even have it in a VM for some cross compiling and testing and let alone those metro apps that stay always running in the background just like a phone. When i click close, i mean CLOSE! haha
Yes :) Thankfully, Windows 8.x still support desktop software, and~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Windows 8.1 can boot directly to the desktop if you want. And I heard Microsoft is putting a more traditional Start menu back into Windows 10 (although there are add-ons for Windows 8.x available now that do that).
That start button in 8.1 is ridclious, it just puts you to the Metro Desktop, they should call it a puke button instead.. :)
Windows 10 will be intersting, i saw something about free os for PI,
so i might look into geting a seperate SDcard and checking it out. Of course it will be as useless as Windows RT.. ;)
That start button in 8.1 is ridclious, it just puts you to the Metro Desktop, they should call it a puke button instead.. :)
Addon's i've seen some floating around, i remember using cools ones for 98, and xp called window blinds that gave different window types and buttons. That was good stuff back in the day. Of course addon's and windows never seems to work that great together.
will be as useless as Windows RT.. ;)
I think they're still doing trial versions of Win10, but I'm sticking with 7 and 8.1 for awhile, at least until they're no longer supported. :)
It seems Microsoft has changed their Windows model a bit, in which
they'll be releasing new versions of Windows more often, and I believe they'll be cheaper or in some cases, free upgrades. So, I think older versions of Windows will be going obsolete sooner. I just did a quick search online, and it sounds like Windows 10 will be free "for one
year" for Windows 7 and 8.1 users:
http://bit.ly/1zg3R05
I hope "for one year" means you can upgrade for free within a year of
its release (rather than Microsoft going to a yearly subscription
model). If that's the case, I suppose there wouldn't be much reason
not to sign up for a copy.
I think they're still doing trial versions of Win10, but I'm sticking with~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
7 and 8.1 for awhile, at least until they're no longer supported. :)
8.x out there. The one I'm using on my laptop right now is Classic Shell - It's free and I think it's fairly nice and works well: http://www.classicshell.net~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
There are others available too. Lenovo has one (it's not too bad, but I
like Classic Shell better). Stardock also has one (I used to use their Object Desktop tools, which were pretty cool), but they charge money for
it. I've heard good reviews about Stardock's though.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~will be as useless as Windows RT.. ;)
I agree Windows RT is fairly useless. I'd think Windows RT only creates confusion in the market - I'm not sure how many people realize the significance that it can't run desktop software (because it runs on ARM rather than Intel x86). People who don't know much about computers &
tablets yet would probably be fairly confused by it. I'm not sure how
many people are using Windows RT devices, but I can see how it might end
up being a flop. Possibly only Microsoft Bob was one of Microsoft's worse decisions (if you've never heard of Microsoft Bob, look it up).
I also thought they had already made an EOL for Win7? Wasn't it like 2017~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
or something? Let's me know I'm still okay for a couple more years. At
least probably until I'm ready to buy/built another computer.. and by that time I'll just get the current Windows copy at the time preinstalled with
a backup disk like I did with Win8.1. *shrug*
I have 7 for my desktop, and really no plans to upgrade. I always
wait a while untill most of the kinks are worked out. The first few releases are always crap when it comes to Microsoft. hehe But i
suppose for the most part Windows 8 is working as it should. Just no
need of it's features really. I don't see any value in windows 8
other then being anoying with it's idiocies.
2017 is a long time away sorta. By then windows 2020 will be ready to release or something new. It seems by the time release they OS, they
are already working on the next one which they will make you buy and upgrade to. It's a never ending cycle really. They need to stick with one, and keep fixing and upgrading features. Not keep rewritting it
every could years so you have to keep buying new versions.
I rmember a sweet fix for windows 98 back in the bad when it's desktop blew chunks. There was this cool distrobustion called 98Lite. And bascially it would install windows 98, but it would overwrite the shell with windows 95 explorer, which at the time had much better performance and stability.
I laughed real hard when RT was announced. It be a little different if they followed what Apple did with the PowerPC emulation when they moved to Intel, then at least users on RT could run windows app still. But not being the case, i don't even see RT being advertised anymore.
2017 is a long time away sorta. By then windows 2020 will be ready to release or something new. It seems by the time release they OS, they are already working on the next one which they will make you buy and upgrade to. It's a never ending cycle really. They need to stick with one, and keep fixing and upgrading features. Not keep rewritting it every could years so you have to keep buying new versions.
Honestly, I haven't noticed any "kinks" in either Win7 or Win8.1 since I started using them. Maybe they finally got the point after all the complaints that came from Vista. It had to be a pretty hard kick in the balls to M$ hearing people say that Vista was about as worthless as WinME, which came out what, in the 90s? :)
I used WinME for a little while, and I didn't have any problems with
it.. The problems people complained about WinME seem a bit
exaggerated to me, but I didn't use it for very long before upgrading
to XP.
I used WinME for a little while, and I didn't have any problems with
it.. The problems people complained about WinME seem a bit
exaggerated to me, but I didn't use it for very long before
upgrading to XP.
You may very well have been one of the very few lucky ones then. To this day you can probably google all the issues and complaints people had about WinME, and apparantly Vista wasn't much better. From what I remember, it was sluggish and slow as all hell compared to it's predecessor. Always having popups saying something was wrong when in fact there was nothing wrong. Otherwise, it was so long ago I don't remember much else about it.
That's exactly the reason they do it! They wouldn't make any money if they stuck with one version and kept fixing it up forever. That's the Linux way~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
of doing things, because it's free. MS has to keep coming out with new products or their business would fold pretty fast.
There's a group who is developing an open-source OS called ReactOS, which aims to provide an open-source Windows-compatible operating system: https://www.reactos.org/~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I've been interested in that for a while, but even after the 8+ years I've been watching their web site, ReactOS is still at an alpha stage
(currently it's at version 0.3.17). Their site says it's not ready for everyday use (it likely has significant features missing or incomplete),
but it looks interesting.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I laughed real hard when RT was announced. It be a little different ifto > Intel, then at least users on RT could run windows app still. But not
they followed what Apple did with the PowerPC emulation when they moved
being the case, i don't even see RT being advertised anymore.
I doubt that ARM processors (used in the WinRT machines) are fast enough
to run an Intel emulator at a decent speed.
I think Microsoft is moving somewhat to something like that kind of model. Windows 8.1 was a free update for Windows 8.0 users (at least, for a~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
certain amount of time, I think), and from what I heard, Microsoft made Windows 8.0 obsolete quickly in favor of 8.1. And I heard Windows 10 will
be a free upgrade for Windows 7 and 8 users (at least for a limited time).
I'm a little nervous that Microsoft might go to a subscription model for their OS, where you would actually need to pay them money to continue
using Windows and be forced to upgrade, rather than just buying a copy of Windows and using it for as long as you want.
The subscription model has been adopted by other companies, and I really don't like the idea of having to keep paying a monthly/yearly fee to use software. I've been getting more into photography lately, and I've heard Adobe now uses a subscription model for Photoshop and Lightroom. Those
are programs that I wouldn't use regularly - only off and on - and I'd
rather just pay for the software once and use it whenever I like.
Yep, although it was just announced.
Microsoft to stop producing Windows versions: http://m.bbc.com/news/technology-32658340
Looks like Windows 10 will be the last major version, then everything
else will be enchancements and upgrades to the same system. I bet
this will lead to a full subscription model at which time i will say
good bye microsoft.
Ya I was taking a peak at that last night. I just installed Mint on my wifes box as Windows 7 kept crashing, i figured i'd test if it's Windows 7 drivers or if it's hardware and linux has the same issues. I was looking to setup vmware with windows OS for iTunes since there is no linux version which sorta sucks. But it doesn't look quite ready at this time. I ended going for XP Pro 64 bit. But the latest itunes is not to friendly with it, so i have to try some work arounds and see if i have any luck. otherwise i'm really surprised how fast it runs in vmware.. Makes everything now a days feel over bloated to say the least.
The thing that will suck is they will faze windows 7 and the like out just like XP, Windows update will no longer work and you'll be stuck with programs that will not install on it anymore which is really underhanded with version checks in the .msi files.
I bet they don't want to scare anyone, but this could be the push that chrome os and others like linux need.
Mac is just as bad at time, but
myabe they will see this as an perfect change to out do microsoft and offer their stuff for free. Just OS/X has that pesky busniess about only wanting to run on apple hardware to deal with first. My wife loves apple though, he next laptop will most likely be a Mac Pro.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Yep, although it was just announced.
Microsoft to stop producing Windows versions: http://m.bbc.com/news/technology-32658340
Looks like Windows 10 will be the last major version, then everything
else will be enchancements and upgrades to the same system. I bet
this will lead to a full subscription model at which time i will say
good bye microsoft.
I'd have to agree there. I'm not subscribing to anything. :)
I used to run Windows XP 64-bit. I found a workaround to install iTunes~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
on it some time back, which involves editing the MSI installer for iTunes
to add support for installing on XP 64-bit. This might help: http://bit.ly/1zWGABE
Unfortunately, I believe the 64-bit version of Windows XP isn't officially supported by Microsoft as an end-user OS (or something to that effect), so many programs refuse to install on it, which does suck a bit.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~The thing that will suck is they will faze windows 7 and the like outjust > like XP, Windows update will no longer work and you'll be stuck
with > programs that will not install on it anymore which is really underhanded > with version checks in the .msi files.
All companies do that with their products though.. Old products end up getting fazed out as they are replaced with the newer products. It's not just a Microsoft thing.
I'm not big on Apple myself, but OS X can be hacked to run on non-Apple hardware. There's a whole community around building "hackintosh"~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
machines, and there's a web site that has lots of good information
(including a pretty good hardware buying guide) if you want to build one:
Of course, i just read a follow-up somewhere else stating that "what
they mean is" That by versions, they mean no home, pro, ultimate..
etc.. and that there bascially all in one OS and not "seperate
versions". lol Most likely there will be windows 11 etc..
Bad reporting is anoying. heh
I used to run Windows XP 64-bit. I found a workaround to install
iTunes on it some time back, which involves editing the MSI installer
for iTunes to add support for installing on XP 64-bit. This might
help: http://bit.ly/1zWGABE
Yep, i just tried all of that in a VM, and it i got it to install but it won't run with the latest version. Just complains that is not a valid Win-32 executable. So i gave up on it. Doesn't look like that stuff works anymore. It's a shame, it's so fast and vaiable for older computers, but now it's just horse broken with update blocking etc.
I'm not big on Apple myself, but OS X can be hacked to run on
non-Apple hardware. There's a whole community around building
I have to agree, i'm not the biggest fan of their interface either. It has some nice bells and whistles but feels very klunky to me and simple stuff like creating a new document or folder on the desktop quickly, easiy puts me off of it. I've got a few VM's with different OSX versions, mainly Lion, and for beng older it sure does run a bit slugish in a VM. I have yosimite somewhere but it's fricking huge, not sure i want to throw that beast into a vm and waste all of that space. :)
Well, as long as they include all the stuff from Ultimate into the all-in-one, I'd be fine with that I suppose.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~won't run with the latest version. Just complains that is not a valid Win-32 executable. So i gave up on it. Doesn't look like that stuffworks > anymore. It's a shame, it's so fast and vaiable for older
computers, but > now it's just horse broken with update blocking etc.
That's too bad. I suppose Windows XP support had to be dropped at some
point though.
I find some parts of OS X a little clunky myself. OS X software sometimes doesn't seem to make use of keyboard shortcuts as much as Windows/Linux software (although some keyboard shortcuts are there). I tend to like keyboard shortcuts for tasks I do very frequently. One thing I noticed in~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
OS X that seems to lack a keyboard shortcut is renaming a file or
directory - In Windows, I've gotten used to pressing F2 to do that, but in
OS X, you have to click on the filename with the mouse in order to rename
it.
I go nuts when i want to copy / paste. I guess OSX has this special clover key they use instead of control. And i haven't been able to figure out the sequence or key in vmware for it so i have to keep using the menu. haha
The only nice thing is at least Code::Blocks supports the normal CTRL C/V combo's.
Nightfox wrote to Mercyful Fate <=-
That's too bad. I suppose Windows XP support had to be dropped at some point though.
I believe that key is called the Apple key. If you're using a Windows keyboard, the Windows key can be used in place of the Apple key - at least that's the default in recent versions of OS X. If you're viewing your~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
VMware machine in a window though, the Windows key might still trigger
your Windows Start menu - so if there's a way to make your VMware window maximized to take up the full screen, you might need to do that in order
to use the Windows key as the Apple key in your VMWare session.
Alternatley, I believe there's a way to change the key configuration in OS
X from one of its control panel items.
The only nice thing is at least Code::Blocks supports the normal CTRLC/V > combo's.
I hated XP64; supported that for a while back in 2008 on 30 desktops~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
and we always ran into weird quirks with it. Server 2008 ended up
being a better 64 bit platform until Windows 7 came out.
Mercyful Fate wrote to Poindexter Fortran <=-
Ya, I think by the time 64 bit came to XP they were getting ready to
move on to other things. I have to admint Windows 7 is a pretty decent
64 bit platform.
I agree -- running a server OS for a desktop was a pain, being able to~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
run the same OS on admin desktops as well as developer workstations
made life much easier.
It's pretty crazy that our "standard" desktop became a 3 ghz Core i7
with 8 gigs of RAM and an SSD.
thing I noticed in OS X that seems to lack a keyboard shortcut is
renaming a file or directory - In Windows, I've gotten used to pressing
F2 to do that, but in OS X, you have to click on the filename with the mouse in order to rename it.
thing I noticed in OS X that seems to lack a keyboard shortcut is
renaming a file or directory - In Windows, I've gotten used to
pressing F2 to do that, but in OS X, you have to click on the
filename with the mouse in order to rename it.
Pressing Enter on a filename in OS-X's Finder lets you rename it.
Ya i think it include the basic's at least, maybe not everything. We'll~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
have to wait and see. Shouldn't be too much longer i suppose.
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Mercyful Fate wrote to Poindexter Fortran <=-
Ya, i've gota basically the same with my work laptop. I do like how
fast the SSD drives boot. Makes me want to get one.
That's right, I forgot about that.. That's another thing that bugs me a little though - In Windows, pressing enter on a directory opens the directory. I had tried doing that on a Mac and found that it would let
me rename the directory instead. :)
I'm a big fan of Hybrid SATAs - they're spinning drives with a slab of~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
FLASH RAM stuck to the side, effectively working like a 4 or 8 GB
cache. Startup is like a standard SATA, but once it fills up the cache
it flies. They're cheap, too.
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