[OT] Mac Office Software
David Dorward
david at dorward.me.uk
Thu Aug 24 07:53:57 BST 2006
Paul Makepeace wrote:
> On 8/23/06, David Dorward <david at dorward.me.uk> wrote:
>> [2] Linux spoilt me. I found OS X to be a constant cycle of "Focus
>> follows mouse? $15 shareware.
>
> Have you found an app that does this properly?
Nope
>> Virtual desktops? $15
>
> Virtue Desktop is free, no?
Never came across that one
>> shareware. Something else you take for granted at home? $15
>> shareware".
>
> For most working in tech that's substantially less than an hour's
> work.
Well, all the $15s add up, I try to avoid buying in not-Stirling on my
credit card, I can't run the software at home, and <mutter><mutter> it
should be built in anyway.
> For me I'd hand over $15 without even blinking if it meant I
> never ever had to looking Xorg conf, or indeed deal with any part of
> X. The only reason I can any longer tolerate X on my desktop is that I
> have someone else entirely managing it, and even then it's at the
> level of tolerance.
My X "just works".
> Paul, just doesn't have the patience or interest to tinker
I love tinkering :)
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