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...faded. “The move Apple made to the Intel architecture, which allowed people to run Windows and Mac OS side by side, [allowed Macs] to effectively emulate Windows applications,” Moriarty said. Both CIOs also mentioned that since Mac OS is based on the Unix operating system, having that functionality is also appealing to people who have a more scientific or technical bent. But for some students on campus, Macs’ appeal is a little more aesthetic. “They’re just pretty,” said new Apple-owner Barbara...
...chunk of viruses" won't work on the new OS. Unlike Windows XP, Vista almost always asks the user for permission to install new software, so it catches many more sinister programs before they strike. Says Enderle: "Vista is much more like the Mac OS, Linux and Unix in the way that it behaves and the way that it is secured...
...your crush from section is online and ready to chat, and generally spruce up your macking skills. For those lovelorn technological incompetents out there, here’s the breakdown—nice and simple. At the “fas%” prompt, type in the Unix code “finger,” followed by the username of your on-campus sex god to find out if they’re online and ready for some unadulterated Unix fun. If lightning strikes, and Unix says your beau has been “on since?...
...always on AIM, it is easy for him to check shuttle times. “You don’t have to go to the website,” Quinn said. “This saves me valuable seconds.” Malan also developed the original Shuttleboy, a Unix program on fas.harvard.edu, in 1998. This program allows users to access full route information. Malan wrote in an e-mail that he conceived of the idea after taking Computer Science 50: “Introduction to Computer Science” and Computer Science 51: “Introduction to Computer...
Until quite recently it was painfully difficult for ordinary computer users to reach the Internet. Not only did they need a PC, a modem to connect it to the phone line and a passing familiarity with something called Unix, but they could get on only with the cooperation of a university or government research...