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Re: desperation
$8.95 a month? How is that less painful? That adds up to $107.40 a year. If it makes it less painful to think in monthly terms for you, then it is $8.25 a month.
.Mac is a matter of choice. I had to think long and hard about renewing, but in the end the value offered and the convenience was worth it to me. If you use what it offers, then it is worth it.
$8.95 a month? How is that less painful? That adds up to $107.40 a year. If it makes it less painful to think in monthly terms for you, then it is $8.25 a month.
.Mac is a matter of choice. I had to think long and hard about renewing, but in the end the value offered and the convenience was worth it to me. If you use what it offers, then it is worth it.
Re: Re: desperation
Dang. I bet that's it. This January Apple is going to announce a partnership with Playboy. Playboy content directly into your iDisk
They will call the new feature iCandy.
Dang. I bet that's it. This January Apple is going to announce a partnership with Playboy. Playboy content directly into your iDisk
They will call the new feature iCandy. Re: Re: Re: desperation
And the funny thing about that, is that the number one industry in the internet is pornography!
But Apple's mainstay in education would forbid its getting associated with that.
Originally posted by SiliconAddict
Dang. I bet that's it. This January Apple is going to announce a partnership with Playboy. Playboy content directly into your iDisk
And the funny thing about that, is that the number one industry in the internet is pornography!
But Apple's mainstay in education would forbid its getting associated with that.
Re: Re: Re: Re: desperation
Not if they spin off a new division called Apple: Core - Hot Wench division. I can hear it now. *AOL voice* Youve got hot wench!!
PS- Sorry I was at our local renaissance fest about a week ago. Got the word suck in my head
PPS- I do hope everyone is noticing the Im not a chauvinistic ***.
Not if they spin off a new division called Apple: Core - Hot Wench division. I can hear it now. *AOL voice* Youve got hot wench!!
PS- Sorry I was at our local renaissance fest about a week ago. Got the word suck in my head
PPS- I do hope everyone is noticing the
Im not a chauvinistic ***. 
Re: Re: Re: Include MacOS and I'll join today
Ya know. I see someone like this in every .Mac discussion on MacCentral.
Someone want to know why he should get .Mac and says he can't use PHP or his own domain on .Mac and that iDisk is too small and then he mentions he runs his own server.
.Mac is a consumer service for the most part. If you're at a level where you have your own server .Mac is not for you, and it should be just as obvious to you. You can already do your own IMAP mail, iDisk space, ect. with what you have and can be far more flexible in your website. So why are you asking us to sell you on .Mac. It doesn't make any more sense for you to get it from our point of view either.
Ya know. I see someone like this in every .Mac discussion on MacCentral.
Someone want to know why he should get .Mac and says he can't use PHP or his own domain on .Mac and that iDisk is too small and then he mentions he runs his own server.
.Mac is a consumer service for the most part. If you're at a level where you have your own server .Mac is not for you, and it should be just as obvious to you. You can already do your own IMAP mail, iDisk space, ect. with what you have and can be far more flexible in your website. So why are you asking us to sell you on .Mac. It doesn't make any more sense for you to get it from our point of view either.
Re: My Account Does.
I find the reliability of my .Mac mail is influenced greatly by who it is I connect to the internet with. When I was on Earthlink, .Mac mail was virtually flawless. But now I'm using AOL to connect (because it's free for me right now) and I routinely have problems accessing me messages with Outlook Express. If you contact AOL "tech support" they say you aren't allowed to use other mail programs while on their service and bid you good-day. So I think a lot of the problems people have with .Mac are related more to their internet connection that the actual .Mac servers.
I find the reliability of my .Mac mail is influenced greatly by who it is I connect to the internet with. When I was on Earthlink, .Mac mail was virtually flawless. But now I'm using AOL to connect (because it's free for me right now) and I routinely have problems accessing me messages with Outlook Express. If you contact AOL "tech support" they say you aren't allowed to use other mail programs while on their service and bid you good-day. So I think a lot of the problems people have with .Mac are related more to their internet connection that the actual .Mac servers.
Re: Re: My Account Does.
Well the reliability extends to webmail, it wasn't always possible to log on there either. Don't know what the matter was. I've been on Earthlink DSL, Comcast, Starpower, and a very reliable DSL company called Atlantech.
Well the reliability extends to webmail, it wasn't always possible to log on there either. Don't know what the matter was. I've been on Earthlink DSL, Comcast, Starpower, and a very reliable DSL company called Atlantech.
.Mac reliability
I have problems no matter how I connect and if you log in through Apple's web page, go to support, there is a .Mac status link.
Most of the time when I am having problems if I check the status it says that .Mac is having problems. So I doubt that how you connect makes much difference.
Apple just tends to have a lot of trouble keeping their servers up and running. That was exceptable when iDisk and email were free for life. But now that we are all paying customers I think that their reliablity problems are inexcusable.
Apple also needs to improve support. I find their bulletin board help system extremely slow and usually worthless.
I have problems no matter how I connect and if you log in through Apple's web page, go to support, there is a .Mac status link.
Most of the time when I am having problems if I check the status it says that .Mac is having problems. So I doubt that how you connect makes much difference.
Apple just tends to have a lot of trouble keeping their servers up and running. That was exceptable when iDisk and email were free for life. But now that we are all paying customers I think that their reliablity problems are inexcusable.
Apple also needs to improve support. I find their bulletin board help system extremely slow and usually worthless.
In my opinion it's well worth it.
On the Contribute subthread in this message:
With reguards to contribute. It is an excellent content editor but needs a formal design using a tool like dreamweaver or a prebought template. It does, however, allow you to write sites collabouratively and for one or more persons [say editors] to administer the sites restricting the ability of others [say content writers].
It does work well with iDisk under Jaguar. I heard about a few problems under panther -but since installing it works fine for me.
I have a question however -- has anyone managed to get it working with a set of local files eg the Panther mirror of the iDisk
If i could get it working with panther's local copy of iDisk then it would be the iDeal tool.
On the Contribute subthread in this message:
With reguards to contribute. It is an excellent content editor but needs a formal design using a tool like dreamweaver or a prebought template. It does, however, allow you to write sites collabouratively and for one or more persons [say editors] to administer the sites restricting the ability of others [say content writers].
It does work well with iDisk under Jaguar. I heard about a few problems under panther -but since installing it works fine for me.
I have a question however -- has anyone managed to get it working with a set of local files eg the Panther mirror of the iDisk
If i could get it working with panther's local copy of iDisk then it would be the iDeal tool.