One step closer

There have been quite a few Apple vs. PC conversations on this site, but there has not been one that was OSX vs. Windows.  I wonder why? [guffaw]

Anyway, via Penny-Arcade I found ObjectDock for Windows.  Basically, it gives you OSX’s Dock, with nearly all of the glitz and the glam.  Taskbar / Program Launcher Thing.  They make a full Object Desktop, but some of the other “features” just introduce more cruft.  Of course, I haven’t ran ObjectDock yet, but VirtualPC is booting right now so I can try it.  That way, when someone sends me a Microsoft Publisher file thinking that they are sending me artwork, I can open it on this machine and still kind of fake myself into thinking that I’m not running Windows, even for one second.

Posted Thursday October 23, 2003 in Around the Internet by Derek Jones

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Object dock Crashes a lot, but it looks neet. THe cool part is that the website linked has literaly THOUSANDS of icons so you can make your dock more OSX like, which i like… when a better versoin comes out, i will use it.... it will be a nice combo of mac and PC, theres still a lot of things i Prefer about windows even after using OSX daily for 8 months… *sniff* it went so fast, boss…

Im tempted to gut that Imac of yours and put a pc in it now.

By Greg Ferrell on October 27, 2003 at 07:00pm link

Say that after one night of trying to do anything with video transfer or editing on your PC, mate. wink

By Derek Jones on October 27, 2003 at 07:02pm link

gimme a vid cam and the stupid amount of cash it takes to buy an apple. and i will..

By Greg Ferrell on October 27, 2003 at 07:07pm link

You say that now, but wait until you have to actually do it.  Or talk to someone that has a DV cam that has had to do something even as simple as copy 20 minutes to the PC to burn to a DVD--no editing.  A very savvy buddy of mine with a super-sweet rig (you know him Greg--I’m talking about Mike Bergman) wasted 4 DVD-Rs and an entire day of his weekend trying to do just that.  Mini-DV, firewire dedicated vid-cap card, Adobe Premiere, and a Pioneer DVR.  There are some things that a PC is just no good for.  Hence why no Hollywood production department has PCs.  Cheaper and “able-to” mean nothing compared to real world results.

By Derek Jones on October 27, 2003 at 07:35pm link

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