Should I Get a Mac?

[DJGM]

Ok, here's default desktop wallpapers from Mac OS X v10.3 Panther, v10.2 Jaguar, and v10.1 Puma.

Just click on any image, to download the full-size wallpaper. Oh, and to ensure that I don't end up
with Apple's lawyers breathing down me neck with a "cease and desist order" these wallapaers
will only be available for a strictly limited time only, so hurry, while stocks last . . . !


Aqua Blue from Mac OS X v10.3 Panther (622KB) . . .




Aqua Blue from Mac OS X v10.2 Jaguar (258KB) . . .




Aqua Blue from Mac OS X v10.1 Puma (290KB) . . .

[Stuart]

Not true at all - the Mac OS has excellent file compatibility with the Windows world.

Ah right. Things have changed for the better then.

Not at all ... compatibility and ease of file exchange has always been a strong point.

Right from the early days Macs were able to read and format MS-DOS floppy disks

Sorry - WRONG

Until recently (2 or 3 years ago), the Mac had a completely different file system to any other OS. This involved splitting a file into 2 "streams" rather than the sequential file that most OS's used.

I can't remember the details, but that was a problem.

Stuart

[James Hatts]

Until recently (2 or 3 years ago), the Mac had a completely different file system to any other OS. This involved splitting a file into 2 "streams" rather than the sequential file that most OS's used.

It's true that Mac files used to consist of a resource fork and a data fork.

However, for most cross-platform file exchange purposes this was irrelevant. I stand by my comments above.

And my point about Macs having being able to read and format MS-DOS disks since the early days remains perfectly valid.