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2 years ago
in I tried, I really did | A View from Judi Sohn on A View from Judi Sohn
I suppose that I am coming from a different view point with my own experience. I have only worked in Small and Medium Sized businesses, where there tends to be more flexibility in the tools that you use. The most in the week I have worked in terms of employed hours was about 39 in a week. I'm still a student so haven't got out into the real world much. I'm still in a postion where if I don't like a tool such as IE, I don't need to use it.
I do have a strong background in terms of open source and Mac applications, so this is what I am generally used to.
My university is using MS Outlook. In my humble opinion Outlook Web Access is very poor, even compared to the previous squirrelmail. I now use Apple Mail to read and send my University Mail (it supports Outlook accounts).
If I do work for a company, I will just use the tools that they give me or supply my own, though will try to use other better options if possible (I have done both). This is essentially what you are doing, so I shouldn't be complaining.
Come July I will be graduating and have a choice of the business I work for (or myself), and which tools to use. In the past year or two, I have had many employer presentation from companies who use open source apps as their main platform for developing software for their clients.
Over time businesses may change to more open standard and cross platform apps. Hopefully it will be sooner rather than later when bigger businesses start to adopt these platforms.
There are many different view points on the subject. I'm sure that they are all based on our own experience, and what we are able to do to earn a living, whether or not it is the most enjoyable tools that we have to use.
Finally, if you can afford it, I would seriously recommend upgrading your RAM to 2GB or more. You will see a preformance boost that is noticeable.
I do have a strong background in terms of open source and Mac applications, so this is what I am generally used to.
My university is using MS Outlook. In my humble opinion Outlook Web Access is very poor, even compared to the previous squirrelmail. I now use Apple Mail to read and send my University Mail (it supports Outlook accounts).
If I do work for a company, I will just use the tools that they give me or supply my own, though will try to use other better options if possible (I have done both). This is essentially what you are doing, so I shouldn't be complaining.
Come July I will be graduating and have a choice of the business I work for (or myself), and which tools to use. In the past year or two, I have had many employer presentation from companies who use open source apps as their main platform for developing software for their clients.
Over time businesses may change to more open standard and cross platform apps. Hopefully it will be sooner rather than later when bigger businesses start to adopt these platforms.
There are many different view points on the subject. I'm sure that they are all based on our own experience, and what we are able to do to earn a living, whether or not it is the most enjoyable tools that we have to use.
Finally, if you can afford it, I would seriously recommend upgrading your RAM to 2GB or more. You will see a preformance boost that is noticeable.
2 years ago
in I tried, I really did | A View from Judi Sohn on A View from Judi Sohn
I have got to the point now that if a web site requires IE, I will not use it. I have used Outlook, and didn't find it that brilliant. Instant notification of mails coming in, can be a pain. I use Apple's Mail, which I have had to reduce the frequency of mail checking to prevent me getting distracted each time a new mail comes in. I believe that it is possible to live in the business world without M$. Though it will take some time if you work in a larger organisation.
I recently upgraded my RAM to 2GB from 1GB and found a vast improvement in the performance of my computer. I can even use it while compiling OpenOffice.org without noticing much of a performance hit, though do notice the fans on.
I recently upgraded my RAM to 2GB from 1GB and found a vast improvement in the performance of my computer. I can even use it while compiling OpenOffice.org without noticing much of a performance hit, though do notice the fans on.
2 years ago
in I tried, I really did | A View from Judi Sohn on A View from Judi Sohn
If those plugins that you use were written for the Mac Office or OpenOffice.org or ..., then you would be able to work without Parallels?
2 years ago
in Why I’m Ditching My iMac G5 for Windows on Adrian Smith's Blog
I think the problem that you have been experiencing with you iMac and its slowness is down to you not having enough Memory. One unfortunate problem with Mac OS X, is it is a little memory hungary. You really need 1 GB or more if you can afford it. For large apps like Eclipse 1.5 or 2 GB of RAM is better.
