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TheSpaz · 03:49 PM

Mac OS X VS. Windows (vocab)

Applications --- Programs
Macintosh HD -- My Computer
Restart -------- Reboot
Dock --------- Task Bar
Quit ---------- Exit
Open --------- Bring up
Close --------- X out
Force Quit ----- Restart/Call Tech. Support

RevEvs · Jan 25, 2004, 03:49 PM

Never heard of "X out" or this "bring up" you speak of. If anything other than :open" i would guess people would say "launch"

anyway, pretty random thread

revs

CharlesS · Jan 25, 2004, 03:50 PM

Trash a preference file ------ Reformat the hard drive, reinstall the OS from scratch, load all your data from backup, and spend 2 weeks hunting down the install CD's and download locations for all your apps so you can get your system back to a semblance of what it was

TheSpaz · Jan 25, 2004, 03:50 PM

This thread isn't entirely serious... Just something I was thinking about.

TheSpaz · Jan 25, 2004, 03:52 PM

My friends PC didn't come with install CDs, so when his system freaked out... there was nothing he could do. This is a brand new computer...

He doesn't have to worry anymore... I sold my iMac to him. He's all set now.

CharlesS · Jan 25, 2004, 03:53 PM

Use a digital camera ------- Call tech support trying to figure out why the $@#% your camera drivers aren't working

SupahCoolX · Jan 25, 2004, 04:19 PM

Macintosh HD > My Computer isn't a good comparison.
My Computer is more like the Finder on a Mac. Macintosh HD is like a default name for the "C drive."

Lew · Jan 25, 2004, 04:36 PM

Desktop Picture -> Wallpaper
Screen Effects -> Screen Saver
Get Info -> Properties

madmacgames · Jan 25, 2004, 04:52 PM

Originally posted by TheSpaz:
Quit ---------- Exit
Open --------- Bring up
Close --------- X out
Force Quit ----- Restart/Call Tech. Support

As a long time Windows user, these 4 should be changed to (primarily the middle 2.. WTF?):

Quit ---------- Close/Exit
Open --------- Open (where have you herd "Bring up")
Close --------- Close (X out? WTF?)
Force Quit ----- End Task

andrew davidoff · Jan 25, 2004, 05:34 PM

Originally posted by madmacgames:
As a long time Windows user, these 4 should be changed to (primarily the middle 2.. WTF?):

Quit ---------- Close/Exit
Open --------- Open (where have you herd "Bring up")
Close --------- Close (X out? WTF?)
Force Quit ----- End Task

i hear people say 'x out' all the time, in reference to clicking the 'x' button (yes, the close button).

however, i have never heard "bring up".

andrew davidoff

bmedina · Jan 25, 2004, 05:54 PM

Originally posted by Mimizuku no Lew:
Screen Effects -> Screen Saver

Bzzt! Check System Preferences.

DaedalusDX · Jan 25, 2004, 08:15 PM

Originally posted by bmedina:
Bzzt! Check System Preferences.

In 10.2 it used to be Screen Effects.

d0ubled0wn · Jan 25, 2004, 08:28 PM

Originally posted by RevEvs:
Never heard of "X out" or this "bring up" you speak of. If anything other than :open" i would guess people would say "launch"

We say "X out" all the time at work, ie "X out of that window."

As far as opening up apps, there isn't really a common phrase. I hear "start up", "launch", "open up" more often than anything else.

SS3 GokouX · Jan 26, 2004, 10:13 AM

Preferences -- Properties/Settings, hidden under the most bizarre menu possible.

larkost · Jan 26, 2004, 10:21 AM

My personal favorite:

Router -> Gateway

devmage · Jan 26, 2004, 11:00 AM

Originally posted by andrew davidoff:
i hear people say 'x out' all the time, in reference to clicking the 'x' button (yes, the close button).

however, i have never heard "bring up".

andrew davidoff

'bring up' is commonly used in tech support. At least when I did tech support. Though we always said close or exit out index of x out, though I have also heard x out.

Drakino · Jan 26, 2004, 11:48 AM

Restart -------- Reboot

Restart -------- Restart

From Windows XP shutdown panel "What do you want the computer to do?

Restart

Ends your session, shuts down Windows, and starts Windows again."

Reboot just seems to be a general term people use on either side.

There is:

Sleep ------ Stand by

And

? ------ Hibernate

car1son · Jan 26, 2004, 11:55 AM

Ethernet Address -> MAC Address
Airport ID -> MAC Address

Maflynn · Jan 26, 2004, 12:33 PM

Mac Address -> Where my mac lives

Sorry couldn't resist

Mike

larkost · Jan 26, 2004, 01:09 PM

car1son: just a note, both Ethernet Addresses and AirportID are types of MAC addresses. Apple differentiates them because many of their customers will have both. Windows doesn't because they don't provide 802.11 devices to most of their customers, and so let the other drivers handle that.

alphasubzero949 · Jan 26, 2004, 01:52 PM

Trash --- Recycle Bin

fizzlemynizzle · Jan 26, 2004, 04:12 PM

Originally posted by larkost:
My personal favorite:

Router -> Gateway

you realize that these aren't quite the same thing, right? they can overlap but are not two words for the same thing.

OwlBoy · Jan 26, 2004, 07:11 PM

HDD (Hard Disk Drive) -- HD (Hard Drive).

That one irritates the **** outta me.

Whats the point of that middle D?!?

-Owl

Chuckit · Jan 27, 2004, 01:53 AM

Originally posted by TheSpaz:
Macintosh HD -- My Computer

Actually, "Macintosh HD" is closer to "C drive." And "My Computer" is equivalent to�whatever your computer name is.

hunkhuang · Jan 27, 2004, 02:22 AM

my favourite :::

X ---> XP

http://www.xvsxp.com

solitere · Jan 27, 2004, 06:41 AM

Originally posted by TheSpaz:
Mac OS X VS. Windows (vocab)

Applications --- Programs
Macintosh HD -- My Computer
Restart -------- Reboot
Dock --------- Task Bar
Quit ---------- Exit
Open --------- Bring up
Close --------- X out
Force Quit ----- Restart/Call Tech. Support

Kernel panic ---- Bluescreen of Death
Applications-----Programs
Settings---------System Preferences
Find------------Search
Utilities---------Acessories
Network--------My Network Places

macintologist · Jan 27, 2004, 01:39 PM

Originally posted by alphasubzero949:
Trash --- Recycle Bin

Recycle bin is technically a better name because you are actually taking the data that you want to erase and when you empty the trash, the data is being recycled back into the hard drive as neutral 0s and 1s. Data is never actually "deleted" or "trashed". Maybe I didn't explain myself well enough.

jasonsRX7 · Jan 27, 2004, 02:12 PM

I always hear people refer to their computer as their 'hard drive' or 'modem'.

When I worked in tech support for an ISP, I would often ask people to bring their computers in for us to look at. And they would ask, "do I need to bring just the hard drive?" And I would sometimes say, "No, I need you to bring the whole computer, don't take out the hard drive."

Also, they often refer installing as downloading. I can't tell you how many times I've "downloaded the Windows 97 program" onto someone's computer.

-Q- · Jan 27, 2004, 02:47 PM

Originally posted by macintologist:
Recycle bin is technically a better name because you are actually taking the data that you want to erase and when you empty the trash, the data is being recycled back into the hard drive as neutral 0s and 1s. Data is never actually "deleted" or "trashed". Maybe I didn't explain myself well enough.

From a very literal sense, that's exactly what happens. But I'd argue that the 'Trash' metaphor is a much more direct, and clear, interpretation of what someone wants to do with a particular app/document.

Simon · Jan 27, 2004, 03:25 PM

Originally posted by -Q-:
From a very literal sense, that's exactly what happens. But I'd argue that the 'Trash' metaphor is a much more direct, and clear, interpretation of what someone wants to do with a particular app/document.

You're absolutely right, but in the end we could argue all day about what is more direct, makes more sense, was first, etc. yada...

Fact is, there was a Trash. It was offered on Mac desktops built buy Apple. Many others wanted to make use of the idea, but they didn't want to ask or pay Apple for their intellectual property. Therefore, they just stole it and to make sure the lawyers and courts didn't give them the chopper they used some ridiculous name that should hide the origin of their theft.

So, call it what you want, if it's not a Trash, it's a cheap (and illegitimate) copy of the Trash. Of course it might work just as good, but it's still theft.

So, the rant's over. Now I feel better.

-Q- · Jan 27, 2004, 04:28 PM

Originally posted by Simon:
So, the rant's over. Now I feel better.

Glad I could help.

SupahCoolX · Jan 28, 2004, 04:20 PM

Originally posted by hunkhuang:
my favourite :::

X ---> XP

Blasphemy! How dare you!

rtav · Jan 30, 2004, 11:45 AM

Macintosh Finder ----- Windows Explorer

---- I guess "Windows Seeker" or "Windows Searcher" was just too ironic - after all, no one seeks after Windows, it's forced on them.

CambAngst · Jan 30, 2004, 02:25 PM

Read About Latest PC Virus -- Cower In Fear Until My Virus Defs Are Updated

dfiler · Jan 30, 2004, 02:57 PM

Not mentioned yet:

Folder <--> Direcotry
Alias <--> Shortcut
Finder <--> Explorer
Options <--> Properties
N/A <--> Virus

Brass · Feb 1, 2004, 08:29 PM

Macintosh HD = C:
(not My Computer)
although the actual name is user configurable

Go -> Computer = My Computer
(ie, in the Finder's "Go" menu, or any Finder window with the side bar open)

Brass · Feb 1, 2004, 09:02 PM

Originally posted by macintologist:
Recycle bin is technically a better name because you are actually taking the data that you want to erase and when you empty the trash, the data is being recycled back into the hard drive as neutral 0s and 1s. Data is never actually "deleted" or "trashed". Maybe I didn't explain myself well enough.

Not strictly true. The part of the hard disk where the data was stored may be recycled, but the data itself is NOT. The data is deleted (or more like is put on the side of the road to be picked up by the garbage truck - ie, it is deleted when it is overwritten).