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Give me a reason to renew Dot Mac
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It all depends on what you use it for, do you use all the fetures? if so it's worth that, but most people don't use them and often there's no point paying for what's often found for free.
p.s. did anything come out of that not-mac thing does anyone know?
p.s. did anything come out of that not-mac thing does anyone know?
It's been said before. It's up to you.
Why should we give you a reason when your the only one who's going to either benifit or not benifit.
Personally mines up and I'm renewing.
Why should we give you a reason when your the only one who's going to either benifit or not benifit.
Personally mines up and I'm renewing.
My renewal is due next month and I'll be going ahead with it. Why? I make very heavy use of iDisk (for files that I need to be accessible between several machines in different locations) and the sync features are extremely handy. With several gbs worth of data on iDisk, I get my money's worth.
Frankly, though, if you have to ask the question, then it suggests that you don't have a compelling reason to renew - in which case, you should save your dough...
Frankly, though, if you have to ask the question, then it suggests that you don't have a compelling reason to renew - in which case, you should save your dough...
It's fairly expensive for the services it provides, so if you aren't making pretty significant use of them, I would let it expire.
For myself, I use it to host my iWeb site, provide my off-site backups (via iDisk) and sync the various Macs floating around here. I find it warrants the cost, just for the convenience of it all, though I'm sure I could find alternate web hosting and backup for cheaper.
For myself, I use it to host my iWeb site, provide my off-site backups (via iDisk) and sync the various Macs floating around here. I find it warrants the cost, just for the convenience of it all, though I'm sure I could find alternate web hosting and backup for cheaper.
Not sure if this helps with your problem, but you can buy .Mac for much less off Amazon for $69.99.
I believe you can just use to the code that comes in the box as a renewal code.
Even at a 30% discount, does it warrant a purchase? In my view, no.
I believe you can just use to the code that comes in the box as a renewal code.
Even at a 30% discount, does it warrant a purchase? In my view, no.
Always check eBay before buying a .Mac renewal, as you can find good deals there too. Last year I got a family pack for $60.
I had the same quandary a couple of months ago, chose to wave goodbye after three years and yes I do miss .mac.
I do like my money tho- I bought some shiny things with it. Now I use gmail instead, and maybe will forever.
The end.
I do like my money tho- I bought some shiny things with it. Now I use gmail instead, and maybe will forever.
The end.
Here's an excellent reason :
If you do it I won't see this topic in spy.macrumors.com anymore.
If you want it get it. If you don't. Don't. Simple.
If you do it I won't see this topic in spy.macrumors.com anymore.
If you want it get it. If you don't. Don't. Simple.
If you can wait a little bit and play around with MobileMe then do wait.
My renewal is due in August . I never really used .Mac . I am on Google Apps and I am amzed by Dropbox.
I want o see if the iDisk will be as smooth as Dropbox and if there is a not-so-complex way to set up my personal email in the SMTP configurations.
My renewal is due in August . I never really used .Mac . I am on Google Apps and I am amzed by Dropbox.
I want o see if the iDisk will be as smooth as Dropbox and if there is a not-so-complex way to set up my personal email in the SMTP configurations.
I haven't tried Dropbox yet (although I have an invite, just haven't done it yet), but iDisk IMO is practically worthless because of its speed (or serious lack thereof). The three primary reasons that I wanted .Mac were 1) email 2) syncing (esp. bookmarks), and 3) iDisk. I have seen far too many email outages in the 1 year I have had it, syncing creates duplicates and conflicts far too often, and iDisk in my experience is useless. I can only hope that MobileMe will be better, but I won't have very long to try it since my subscription ends in August; if it hasn't convinced me by then I'll say goodbye to .Mac for good.
Yeh it's kind of the same here. But you should definitely check out DropBox. You will fall in love instantly, believe me! This is by far the best web service that I have ever tried and the integration in the Finder is awesome! Besides, the upload speed is amazing and since it's based on Amazon S3, the premium subscriptions should be fairly cheap