9 Dec
2007
9 Dec
'07
6:34 p.m.
On Dec 9, 2007, at 4:49 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
It seems that Apple is getting closer to MICROS~1
every day. I
powered up my old G3 with Panther installed the other day and learned
that there was something like 59MB in security updates waiting for me
to install.
Updates aren't bad. An OS being so poorly designed and implemented
that it can't function WITHOUT updates is bad. That's the difference.
I can't imagine how a user with slow modem
access deals
with this kind of thing. And the US is full of people with modem as
their only available internet access--and not at anywhere near 56K.
As someone who has worked in the ISP industry for many years, and
currently manages a (quickly shrinking) dialin bank, I say "bunk".
Dialup is very nearly dead.
A friend upgraded to Leopard from Tiger on his G4 and
lost every bit
of his saved email.
Leopard is problematic in a number of ways, it seems. I won't be
moving to it for some time.
And Apple is now flogging the new Macs as great
Windoze machines.
Good times.
Yep. I might have to move back to Sun for my main desktop platform
if Apple keeps trying to turn themselves into a PeeCee company.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL