[Discussion] [MAC]

[D Burch]

Thanks Joe.

Joseph J. Hansen wrote:
> November 9, 2009
>
> Don,
>
> Snow Leopard (10.6) does remediate a lot of Leopard's weak points. 
>  For $29 ($25 from Amazon.com <http://Amazon.com>) and with very easy 
> installation, it's well worthwhile.
>
> As you may know, Mac OS X is basically a big UNIX shell.  If what you 
> miss most about OS/2 is getting under the hood, you might like to read 
> _Learning Unix for Mac OS X Tiger_ by Dave Taylor.  It partly explains 
> how OS X works and is full of OS X UNIX hints and tweaks, as well as 
> replacements for some of the OS X apps that you may not like.  It 
> doesn't presuppose any prior knowledge of UNIX .  Amazon has it for 
> $13.75.  See:
>
>    http://www.amazon.com/Learning-Unix-Mac-OS-Tiger/dp/0596009151/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1257807169&sr=1-1 
> <http://www.amazon.com/Learning-Unix-Mac-OS-Tiger/dp/0596009151/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1257807169&sr=1-1>
>
> Best regards, Joe Hansen
>
>
> On Nov 7, 2009, at 8:29 PM, Bob Wonderly wrote:
>
>> I'm about 18 months into using my Mac running OS X 10.5... I "never" 
>> (almost) shut it down. The few times I do are when I get it hung so 
>> hard nothing else works (very seldom does this happen) and when it 
>> wants me to allow software upgrades that require restart. And once in 
>> a g-r-e-a-t while to freshen it up.
>>
>> In other words it runs for weeks at a time, sleeping when I am not 
>> using it. The same as I did my Linux boxes and OS/2 boxes before that.
>>
>> D Burch wrote:
>>> 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
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