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Doesn't this have a large crossover with Super User? A lot of the questions about use of the desktop/laptop hardware and software are certainly Super User questions. It's really only for the iPhone, iPad and iPod questions that aren't allowed on Super User. – ChrisF May 27 '10 at 13:40

The only Apple questions that can't be answered are the ones on their mobile devices (iPod, iPhone or iPad). These would probably benefit more from a generic gadgets site (like AskAboutGadgets.com) as opposed to SlideToAsk/ForceClose. It also keeps the same analogy within the sites, where developers and users are separated somewhat. Yet I think that the SO team doesn't mind if we get separate sub-groups, as long as they have a strong community... – Ivo Flipse May 27 '10 at 16:52

this site is unnecessary. Super User handles the Apple PCs and networking equipment, Server Fault the servers, and the gadget site would handle everything else (iPod/iPhone/iPad/Apple TV). – quack quixote May 29 '10 at 23:22

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it's not a poll – effkay Jun 18 '10 at 21:40

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A better question would be "How can I replicate as much as possible the offerings of Mobile Me with open source software?" – Peter Murray Jun 20 '10 at 2:30

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	How do you "papers on with it?" – Gelatin Jun 19 '10 at 0:12
	@Simon, well, one day I sat down and I accidentally a whole papers on with it! I hope this clears things up. – Adam Davis Jun 19 '10 at 0:32

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closed as off topic by mrdenny, waiwai933, Sim, marcnicol, Nifle Jun 9 '10 at 14:59

This question does not relate to the topic of the proposal.
It was closed as part of an automated migration of off-topic to close votes on September 29, 2011.

Subjective, argumentative, etc. Suggest these kinds of questions be closed. – Chris W. Rea May 27 '10 at 3:35

the key phrase that really does not work is "better than". – Troggy May 27 '10 at 4:08

But what if the question was more specific and asked about the features of an OS that the reader thought were good-to-have and those that were not? eg. OS-X inability to merge directories must be responsible for a large amount of data loss (or am I the only one?). – philcolbourn May 27 '10 at 9:56

@philcolbourn: May I suggest submitting a new question to test the idea you have in mind. This is a generic "which is better" without specifics. That, and it is in a subject known to have spark never ending holy wars, repeatedly, over the past few decades. – Stu Thompson May 27 '10 at 10:05

This question is perfect if you're planning on starting a flame war. Other than that, it should be closed no matter what site it's on. – alex May 27 '10 at 14:07

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This isn't a question, belongs on wikipedia. – Rog May 28 '10 at 2:29

Especially after the next iPhone and OS come out many questions will be, "Can I do X on my iPhone?" and without a handy reference for people to know what they're running in terms of hardware and OS, it's going to be difficult to help them. Such a reference is important to this site, and we shouldn't rely on, or expect, other sites to handle this for us (ie, let's not send people away for information that should be on our site). – Adam Davis May 28 '10 at 7:04

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This discussion would go on forever.... – Tyler Carter May 27 '10 at 3:46

Maybe an easter egg type of question, but like @Chacha102 said, it could on forever. – Troggy May 27 '10 at 4:56

It can always be a community question. – Martín Marconcini May 27 '10 at 8:39

Definitely on-topic. There are thousands of questions like this over on stackoverflow. Stupid inane 'fun' questions that are very relevant to the forum topic and may occasionally through up a valuable gem of knowledge. – Kirk Broadhurst May 27 '10 at 11:10

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No votes left for today, but this would be perfectly at home on Super User. – ChrisF May 27 '10 at 11:08

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For me it is "Why do I have to install a whole Windows OS on a VM just to run Ebay's Turbo Lister?" – philcolbourn May 27 '10 at 10:06

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	Careful, it's a trap. If you open the game "valve" (hoho), it's hard to close. The fact that there are less games on OS X is not really a good reason enough to allow such questions, in my opinion. – Gnoupi May 27 '10 at 8:16
	Perhaps the title is the trap. “what are good games” is subjective. What’s good for you might not be good for me. But the question is somehow valid given that the Mac still has not a lot of titles (despite Valve and all that). So you really have a small choice today. – Martín Marconcini May 27 '10 at 8:37
	Gaming in general is, I think. If you open to this, you open to that as well. – Gnoupi May 27 '10 at 8:43
	Community wiki, I'd think? – Jaydles May 28 '10 at 3:23

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It seems like this would question would have a ton of cross-over with serverfault.com – Justin Niessner Jun 17 '10 at 18:20

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	please note the last part of the question. This is NOT subjective. – Good Person May 31 '10 at 8:51
	Although you ask for specific examples, the question will easily lead into flame wars, as has been proven on SU in the past. People don't read the question completely, and choose to answer what they feel is relevant. – Diago May 31 '10 at 8:59
	I'm also of the opinion that this kind of questions, even if looking for objective information, will quickly turn into a flame war. – Juan A. Navarro May 31 '10 at 12:46

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Clearly on-topic, but how are duplicates handled on stackexchange? area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/151/apple/… – Juan A. Navarro Jun 1 '10 at 7:01

@Juan, good catch. I somehow missed that one. On a "live" site, a true dupe (I'd say mine qualifies) would get voted on to be closed, with a reference the earlier question. – Jaydles Jun 1 '10 at 13:19

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I think this question is too open, best resources for what? – Juan A. Navarro Jun 1 '10 at 6:59

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There's a photoshop for Mac OSX. – jayhawk Jun 5 '10 at 5:09

GIMP, it's free and open source. There is also Seashore which is made using Cocoa, so you do not need X11 for it. – Mark Szymanski Jun 14 '10 at 21:24

Pixelmator! It's really nifty and has nice GUI. Made entirely in Cocoa and uses GPU for image processing. – Eimantas Jun 18 '10 at 15:28