Its too bad that SL is turning out to be the new Vista...
Not sure what just happened. There I was, sitting at my desk savoring life in 10.5.8 a happy MAC user. I decided to take the plunge and UPGRADE to 10.6 Snow Leopard. I inserted the upgrade disk into my Mac Mini drive. The install GUI came up. Yes, Yes, No, Remind me later, then I pushed ENTER... and THAT's when it happened. THE WHOLE FREAKING THING JUST DISAPPEARED! THE WHOLE THING! GONE! It was right there! Can I reinstall from Time Machine??!!
But the moment someone even hints at a "bug" in an Apple OS, everyone is all over it, even if only a handful of users have reported it.
Ever since the iPhone appeared Mac got more or less shelved. Good thing it's October...![]()
I pretty much agree with you but will make a broader generalization: Ever since Apple went head first into the Entertainment and Consumer Electronics industry (iPod, iPhone, Apple TV, etc.) the Macs have stayed expensive and offered little power-for-your-money compared to the PC world as well as a lack of choices (1 desktop line, 2 laptop lines, 1 Workstation line). Sure, the Mac OS is pretty good compared to XP, but I'm talking about the lack of hardware options/choices such as during Applestore Checkout...
This is the Steve Jobs mantra - "fewer choices, fewer choices, fewer choices," and the Jobs Doctrine: "Don't confuse the lowest common denominator of your customer base with too many choices."
Worked great for Vista, didn't it?
Worked GREAT with 7. Look it up.
Seems to be working out just fine.
Not impressive. It took MS 8 years to release a decent OS.
The relationship between public/closed betas and bugs (for either Apple or MS) is tenuous at best.
It would be very difficult to make the case that the perception of problems with Vista was due to actual bugs in Vista. It's been pretty solid from the original November 2006 release.
I disagree here. Vista's networking and file transfer applications were clearly broken on release. Sure, they were fixed but it took Microsoft rather a long time to do it.
That's why I wasn't able to surf or mount file shares from November 2006 until May 2008.
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Seriously, though, networking and file transfers worked fine for me - what in particular are you saying that they changed in May 2008?
That's why I wasn't able to surf or mount file shares from November 2006 until May 2008.
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Seriously, though, networking and file transfers worked fine for me - what in particular are you saying that they changed in May 2008?
Until there's mass public outcry, like with Vista, and/or a mass push to downgrade to an earlier version of the OS, that contention is nothing more than smoke and FUD that lives and dies in the Apple fansite bubble (perptuated mostly by Windows sufferers camping Apple fansites.)
They worked fine for you. Many other people had a lot of issues with it. Vista has been fine since SP1 in terms of stability though.
And by that I guess you mean that Apple is making profits, which is true, but in my opinion they could make better computer products and still make money. I've been a long time Apple customer and I've never been as disappointed in their computer line as I am right now.
That's why I wasn't able to surf or mount file shares from November 2006 until May 2008.
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Seriously, though, networking and file transfers worked fine for me - what in particular are you saying that they changed in May 2008?
Most of my friends/guests generally don't need to save any stuff on my computer. Most of them just want to use the Internet, or if they do save an occasional file, they would want to save it off to a USB or email it to have at their own home later anyway. For the few that come over all the time and actually do work where they need to save files permanently on my computer, I do in fact set up real, non-guest, accounts for them.
First of all, who said that *all* my guests are friends? Sometimes I have people over whom I have met just recently and/or otherwise don't know.
Second, my friends wouldn't knowingly screw up my computer, but some of my friends (as with some friends of most people, including you, I expect) aren't the most computer literate and might innocently change some settings or download/install something seemingly minor into my root/admin account. Again, not a purposeful screw-up, but why take the chance? Especially when it's so easy to point them to the existing Guest account, which is exactly its purpose!
Third, you said it yourself: "Most of my friends that come over are true friends so they...". OK, so, what about the other friends? I suspect you meant the same thing I did--that they might accidentally screw something up or change settings which you may not want in your account.
Fourth, why are you getting personal about what kind of friends I have?
Immature? Again, why are you getting personal about it?
That's why I wasn't able to surf or mount file shares from November 2006 until May 2008.
Seriously, though, networking and file transfers worked fine for me - what in particular are you saying that they changed in May 2008?
So because it worked for you, it means everyone else who experienced problems is making it up eh?![]()
Which is why those "I'm a Pc. And I'm a Mac." ads are so incredibly laughable.![]()