[Discussion] [MAC]

[Thomas Clayton]

Don,

IF you have an _Intel_ based Mac, THEN go for "Snow Leopard". (10.6.x runs ONLY on Intel Macs.) Supposedly, Apple has 'tightened' and tweaked the code. In addition it's price is (was?) in the $30 range - instead of the usual $130.

FYI, on the Mac that I have (G3 with 'Hw upgrades'), I run OS X 10.3.9. I've refused to "trade up" to a higher OS vn. because of 'bloatwware' concerns _and_ attendant Hw requirements.

Lastly, I've just this week have gotten my old (and older) OS/2 3C and 4's (system and data part'n.s) to copy off the HDDs they were on, to the HDDeS that will be kept to run with "Tom'sPet" (which _used to be_ called, Tom'sWarpPet). But THAT's another story for another time.


Sincerely,

Thomas Clayton


--- On Fri, 11/6/09, D Burch <theunk at telus.net> wrote:

> From: D Burch <theunk at telus.net>
> Subject: [Discussion] [MAC]
> To: "POSSI Discussion List" <discussion at lists.possi.org>
> Date: Friday, November 6, 2009, 8:31 AM
> 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