( Codecil ) : I'm speaking as a Classic Mac Pro Owner Addict.
Firstly .. . I'm extremely happy to say that my 15 year old ( bought in Japan ) A3 format Laser printer still works in 10.13.1 ( with some Terminal hacks ). The afore mentioned Canon A3 laser printer cost me a very hard earned U.S. $ 1,100 in 2002 in Japan. ( Why do we have to throw away things that WORK because Apple or Windows say so ? )
..also I'm leaning more and more to .. "Why doesnt Apple support at the very least Securtity updates ( at the very least ) for Lion + Snow Leopard to Mavericks - in short - upgrades for all releases of OS X ?
Also : does anyone agree that El Capitan is just one of Apple's whims ? .. all the El Capitan prelease hype .. all for nothing.
Does Apple think so little of the thousands of people who believed their Keynote Bull***it at that the cMP 1,1 release keynote which came across so sincerely as " Apple will support you FOREVER !" ?
Steve Jobs had character faults but not when it came to Apple products ( except for not making avalable a 64bit EFI for 1.l & 2,1 cMP's ).
Tim, please release upddates for ALL OSX releases from Lion - Snow Leopard up to Hi Sierrs.
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Just think of the ( instant ) world wide P.R. value there is in making such a decision.
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iCloud will never become universal. MY HARD DRIVE IS RIGHT HERE IN MY HOME. I can actually see it, use it, even touch it.
During a hyperthetical North Korean nuclear attack upon the USA .... no one, anywhere will be able to access their iCloud files.
I have have given up watching Apple Keynotes . . do we really need emojis ? Please fix, perfect the OS.
It is honestly so sad to see how Apple has fallen to the scorn levels many of us once held Microsoft to yet if there is a future release of a Microsoft Win 11 .. it is entirely plausible that it could be a more appealing, practical & option for fed up Mac owners .. fed up with forever having to forever download or hack drivers that even Win 8.1 does with ease. . .to out of pure business neccessity . . chage over to Windows.
Apple once applauded us for buying 32 bit Mac Pro 1,1's .. 2,1 's now they stand Apple abandoned - my first 2,1 Mac Pro cost over US$ 5,400 in Japan .. now it is Apple abandonware - reluctantly sold and replaced with a 4,1 cMP that got upgraded to a 5.1 with modern hacked video cards + USB 3.0 + USB 3.1 + SSD's + M.2 SSD drives + bootable NVMe etc. .. all by myself and with the unstoppable & invaluable help of the talented online cmP community. Kudos to you all.
Michael in Japan
NOTE : Right now I am attending a Japanese ( early ) " Bo Nen Kai " party = "End of The Working Year "
party ( liquored up nicely too) where these poor overworked, underpaid b*****rds get one annual
chance to drop the mask, let their hair down .. so did I too tonight in this post . . so . .feel free to
ignore my heartfelt rant against Apple going for PRETTY ( emojis ! ) in the 10.13.1 upgrade
against PRACTICAL being .. for example a fixed, reliable, working Apple File System that works
with all Macs including Fusion equipped Mac Mini setups.
( Also. . feel free to flame, downvote me - I'm presently on my third flask of Sake !)
My next cMPwill be a Hackinosh.
PS : Apple when will we be able to ( officially, boot from NVMe M.2 's ?
Firstly .. . I'm extremely happy to say that my 15 year old ( bought in Japan ) A3 format Laser printer still works in 10.13.1 ( with some Terminal hacks ). The afore mentioned Canon A3 laser printer cost me a very hard earned U.S. $ 1,100 in 2002 in Japan. ( Why do we have to throw away things that WORK because Apple or Windows say so ? )
..also I'm leaning more and more to .. "Why doesnt Apple support at the very least Securtity updates ( at the very least ) for Lion + Snow Leopard to Mavericks - in short - upgrades for all releases of OS X ?
Also : does anyone agree that El Capitan is just one of Apple's whims ? .. all the El Capitan prelease hype .. all for nothing.
Does Apple think so little of the thousands of people who believed their Keynote Bull***it at that the cMP 1,1 release keynote which came across so sincerely as " Apple will support you FOREVER !" ?
Steve Jobs had character faults but not when it came to Apple products ( except for not making avalable a 64bit EFI for 1.l & 2,1 cMP's ).
Tim, please release upddates for ALL OSX releases from Lion - Snow Leopard up to Hi Sierrs.
=================
Just think of the ( instant ) world wide P.R. value there is in making such a decision.
======================
iCloud will never become universal. MY HARD DRIVE IS RIGHT HERE IN MY HOME. I can actually see it, use it, even touch it.
During a hyperthetical North Korean nuclear attack upon the USA .... no one, anywhere will be able to access their iCloud files.
I have have given up watching Apple Keynotes . . do we really need emojis ? Please fix, perfect the OS.
It is honestly so sad to see how Apple has fallen to the scorn levels many of us once held Microsoft to yet if there is a future release of a Microsoft Win 11 .. it is entirely plausible that it could be a more appealing, practical & option for fed up Mac owners .. fed up with forever having to forever download or hack drivers that even Win 8.1 does with ease. . .to out of pure business neccessity . . chage over to Windows.
Apple once applauded us for buying 32 bit Mac Pro 1,1's .. 2,1 's now they stand Apple abandoned - my first 2,1 Mac Pro cost over US$ 5,400 in Japan .. now it is Apple abandonware - reluctantly sold and replaced with a 4,1 cMP that got upgraded to a 5.1 with modern hacked video cards + USB 3.0 + USB 3.1 + SSD's + M.2 SSD drives + bootable NVMe etc. .. all by myself and with the unstoppable & invaluable help of the talented online cmP community. Kudos to you all.
Michael in Japan
NOTE : Right now I am attending a Japanese ( early ) " Bo Nen Kai " party = "End of The Working Year "
party ( liquored up nicely too) where these poor overworked, underpaid b*****rds get one annual
chance to drop the mask, let their hair down .. so did I too tonight in this post . . so . .feel free to
ignore my heartfelt rant against Apple going for PRETTY ( emojis ! ) in the 10.13.1 upgrade
against PRACTICAL being .. for example a fixed, reliable, working Apple File System that works
with all Macs including Fusion equipped Mac Mini setups.
( Also. . feel free to flame, downvote me - I'm presently on my third flask of Sake !)
My next cMPwill be a Hackinosh.
PS : Apple when will we be able to ( officially, boot from NVMe M.2 's ?