[Discussion] [MAC]

[D Burch]

Well not a year in and I still miss OS/2 and am slowly losing touch with 
Windows use. I still seem to think OS/2 first, MAC second.

I have found nothing to compare to PMView for image management or 
Filestar for basic file management. I find Finder flakey and doesn't 
even come close to the WPS.

There appear to be memory leaks or locks as over time the available 
memory decreases to about .5 GB but never goes lower. A reboot restores 
it to over 1.0 GB.

Close applications doesn't alway close them so you have to keep an eye 
on the Active lights under the application in the Dock.

Older hardware like scanners, printers and some newer is usually 
detected at the machine level, but the software doesn't respond, hasn't 
been kept current with the OS, etc.

I guess MAC users tend to shut their machines down daily, maybe I should 
start.

For the casual user I think there is a sense of mindlessness. That may 
not be the right term, but after nearly 20 years of becoming quite 
intimate with the inner workings of my machine, I find that the MAC 
approach to computing is similar to MS in that you have to "trust" that 
everything will work properly as many of the preference settings are 
lacking.

I have read that the version of the OSX I have - Leopard is not the 
finest example of OSX ever written, so I may spring for the upgrade and 
see if it helps.

Don Burch