Rather than the toolkit chaos of Linux, with GTk, KDE, Motif and dozens of window managers offering more options than anyone can grasp, Mac applications build on one elegant toolbox of shared code and concepts, preloaded in ROM. The surprising thing is how little you need to learn in order to use a Mac, and how soon you find yourself discovering and using new things by experiment, rather than scouring MAN pages or online HTML. Uniquely among computer designs, the Macintosh ‘Operating System’ deserves that title. This is partly because the Mac excels in publishing and print applications, but it also stems from the strengths of MacOS itself. Uniquely among computer designs, the Macintosh ‘Operating System’ deserves that title.Notwithstanding our enthusiasm for Linux, and the number of Windows systems heating other Future offices, Linux Format magazine and dozens more is designed and laid out on Apple Macintosh systems. Notwithstanding our enthusiasm for Linux, and the number of Windows systems heating other Future offices, Linux Format magazine and dozens more is designed and laid out on Apple Macintosh systems. Goodwin emulates three generations of ‘insanely great’ Macs.
