Dream OS
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sohum
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I actually don't like the Mac UI design at all. The Mac toolbar is good, but apart from that I prefer the windowed-layout that Windows is known for. I quite dislike how the top toolbar changes based on what has focus--it makes things much more cluttered and disorganized.
King Pietersen
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I've got the solution for you, you buy a Mac, and just use that wallpaper (Y) Hope it helped 
ive already got a mac, a member with the username macworld and he doesn't own a mac. That would just not make any sense,
i agree with sohum slightly, i like the way the file edit... is at the top in a mac but then windows can get clustered, on a pc you just click the toolbar much easier than using expose. it is cooler but takes time to get used to.
i agree with sohum slightly, i like the way the file edit... is at the top in a mac but then windows can get clustered, on a pc you just click the toolbar much easier than using expose. it is cooler but takes time to get used to.
Kev
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Unless your real name was Mac World
Sort of reminds me of when Homer changes his name to Max Power in The Simpsons or the bookmaker Paddy Power - Yes that is a real persons name!
I'm not sure I like the Mac interface much at all. I like the Vista one just fine. I have used Macs and found them very easy to get used to, but I just prefer Microsoft's OS's.
no of course my real name isn't mac world
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Anyway, lets keep on topic.
The Mac UI is great but if windows and mac worked together to create a WinMac OS then it would be good.
in the future i would like to see OS's have built in voice recognition, touch features, actual transparent icons.
I would love to see a boot camp emulator for windows so we could install OSX on a pc.
:Anyway, lets keep on topic.
The Mac UI is great but if windows and mac worked together to create a WinMac OS then it would be good.
in the future i would like to see OS's have built in voice recognition, touch features, actual transparent icons.
I would love to see a boot camp emulator for windows so we could install OSX on a pc.
Kev
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I'm sorry, but I've just found this sense of humour on the floor, did you drop yours?no of course my real name isn't mac world
sohum
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You mean... all the stuff Vista already has?
MattW
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Back in the 80s when screens were tiny and multitasking wasn't very developed, it made some sense to have the single menu bar. But there is a good reason why Amiga OS 4 is the only modern OS I can think of besides OSX that still has the single menu bar idea.
When you are full screen working on one program, it doesn't matter at all, but if you use multiple things at once, and have something off in a small window and have to go right up to the top of the screen for its menu bar, it doesn't make sense. The UI isn't being helpful, the closer the controls are to where you need them the better.
As such, there is nothing I'd take out of Mac OS as being something in a dream OS, as the rest of it isn't exactly special.
I also don't get random transparency, if I wanted to see my wallpaper all the time, it'd be on my wall as actual wallpaper. Nor do I like this massive icons trend. I also don't like the dock, it is too big for what it achieves, the Start bar just seems to make a lot more sense, especially when combined with a quick launch toolbar.
That said, I'm quite a fan of GNOME's solution, two menu bars, one at the top to be a spread out start menu (Applications is like the All Programs menu, Places is things like My Computer/Documents, and Settings is for the Control Panel and logging off/shutting down) and the bottom one as a taskbar. It uses less space compared to a dock + menu bar, but is less cluttered than the windows equivalent.
http://library.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/2.24/figures/gnome.png
For my current usage, it just needs to be Windows underneath, as much as I like the interface of GNOME, I can't run Linux/BSD all the time (though looking around I've found that VirtualBox may fix some of my current problems). So that leaves me just wanting the GNOME shell on Windows, which is actually possible in theory.
I don't dream to have a fancy desktop, I just want something where I can be most productive, which is the whole point of a computer.
So to answer the question: the interface of GNOME, the speed of BeOS, the stability of concrete and the compatibility of Windows.
When you are full screen working on one program, it doesn't matter at all, but if you use multiple things at once, and have something off in a small window and have to go right up to the top of the screen for its menu bar, it doesn't make sense. The UI isn't being helpful, the closer the controls are to where you need them the better.
As such, there is nothing I'd take out of Mac OS as being something in a dream OS, as the rest of it isn't exactly special.
I also don't get random transparency, if I wanted to see my wallpaper all the time, it'd be on my wall as actual wallpaper. Nor do I like this massive icons trend. I also don't like the dock, it is too big for what it achieves, the Start bar just seems to make a lot more sense, especially when combined with a quick launch toolbar.
That said, I'm quite a fan of GNOME's solution, two menu bars, one at the top to be a spread out start menu (Applications is like the All Programs menu, Places is things like My Computer/Documents, and Settings is for the Control Panel and logging off/shutting down) and the bottom one as a taskbar. It uses less space compared to a dock + menu bar, but is less cluttered than the windows equivalent.
http://library.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/2.24/figures/gnome.png
For my current usage, it just needs to be Windows underneath, as much as I like the interface of GNOME, I can't run Linux/BSD all the time (though looking around I've found that VirtualBox may fix some of my current problems). So that leaves me just wanting the GNOME shell on Windows, which is actually possible in theory.
I don't dream to have a fancy desktop, I just want something where I can be most productive, which is the whole point of a computer.
So to answer the question: the interface of GNOME, the speed of BeOS, the stability of concrete and the compatibility of Windows.
Kshitiz_Indian
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Not really keen on defining my dream OS, as anything I would like to work daily would be my dream one. Vista's doing that job perfectly for me. 
And yeah, Mac, Vista even has speech recognition and can operate with your speech, and it can even write documents in word according to what you say!
And yeah, Mac, Vista even has speech recognition and can operate with your speech, and it can even write documents in word according to what you say!
