Thread: More Vista trouble

Linux is for Developers, OSX is for people. It's soooo much easier to use than windows, everything is right where you're expect it to be and all apps work exactly the same way.

Originally Posted by ninja9578

Linux is for Developers, OSX is for people. It's soooo much easier to use than windows, everything is right where you're expect it to be and all apps work exactly the same way.

I haven't used one of the newest apple products...but there quite a few things that annoy me with Macs at my school. I'm not sure how old they are, but there are things that really annoy me...and sometimes I just don't know how people say "Photoshopping is better on a Mac than a PC."

I mean, I've been using a mac for a few years now at my school, and I'm a quick learner, but it's these little things that always get me when I'm trying to photoshop on a mac.

Like for instance, the desktop. I hate how all the program icons are in the taskmenu thing at the bottom (or on any other side, it's just that thing they're in). Whenever I'm trying to photoshop and go near the bottom, I will sometimes move my mouse over the taskmenu and accidentally click on a program and open it up. Now, that may just be a problem of my own, but I think some will agree that thats a problem with macs.

Again, it may just be my school's computers that suck with that taskmenu thing, but when I use Photoshop on my Windows XP, I don't have to worry about accidently selecting the desktop to minimize Photoshop, or click on a program on my taskbar since everything is on the desktop.

But then again...I am using a Windows XP, which is a bagillion times better than Vista imo.

Photoshop was better on the Mac because it was 64-bit and the Win version was 32 bit, much much faster for image manipulation. Now they've completely swapped that, the Mac version is 32 bit and slow as fuck while the windows version is 64 and faster I like the layout much better on the Mac, all the useful toolbars and windows are right up at the top with the menu.

Might I recommend autohiding the dock?

Originally Posted by ninja9578

Photoshop was better on the Mac because it was 64-bit and the Win version was 32 bit, much much faster for image manipulation. Now they've completely swapped that, the Mac version is 32 bit and slow as fuck while the windows version is 64 and faster I like the layout much better on the Mac, all the useful toolbars and windows are right up at the top with the menu.

Might I recommend autohiding the dock?

I've tried auto-hiding the dock but I still manage to put my mouse down far enough for it to come up and annoy me XD

What do you mean the useful toolbars and menu is right at the top? You mean where you can select File/Edit/Image etc.?

Windows has that too .__.

Strange, here I am using RocketDock to emulate the Mac Dock.

I dunno, I never have that problem, slayer. I'm not sure on Mac, but can't you alter the show/hide time in milliseconds or something? I can with mine on Windows... That way it only shows if I hover at the right spot for the right amount of time. I've got it set so it's just right and ntuitive for me personally. Because I don't like having to show the desktop just to find my program icons.

Originally Posted by slayer

I've tried auto-hiding the dock but I still manage to put my mouse down far enough for it to come up and annoy me XD

What do you mean the useful toolbars and menu is right at the top? You mean where you can select File/Edit/Image etc.?

Windows has that too .__.

No, I mean the feathering options, the tools. I don't remember photoshop in windows, but doesn't it also have a menu in every single window instead of one nice clean one at the top? that's annoying as fuck.

Originally Posted by Man of Steel

Strange, here I am using RocketDock to emulate the Mac Dock.

I like RocketDock, I have it at work.

Originally Posted by ninja9578

No, I mean the feathering options, the tools. I don't remember photoshop in windows, but doesn't it also have a menu in every single window instead of one nice clean one at the top? that's annoying as fuck.

I think I know what you're trying to say, and the Photoshop for windows is very similar to that of Macs.

The only difference is that on Windows, you have a background on it, and on Macs, you don't (unless you full-screen, but then you don't have those little bars to move your image around. I assume you can still use the hand tool, but I never use that tool. It's the same with Windows if you full-screen.)

And this really surprises me when I see people using Photoshop on Windows. They never know how to minimize one image. They know how to do it on a Mac, but they never look right under the red X to notice the minimize and close button for the picture they're working with.

They always seem to close out of Photoshop, then open it back up...I'm always having to tell people in my school that they don't have to close out of Photoshop just to open another image...

Then again, our teacher who uses the Macs tells us to always quit out of Photoshop before opening a new picture...she tells us that for every program we use. It's really annoying...sometimes I don't think she knows what she's talking about...

And there is only one menu bar with all the options like feathering and stuff. It carries over to all other images your working on just like a Mac.