It's not quite clear on most of the tests based on a quick glance if the tests were done using USB devices.
Macs (because they are pushing firewire) do not support USB2, only USB1. So if the tests (except for the obvious firewire one) were using USB devices the tests are faulty in themselves.
However, speed is not that critical of a factor for the average consumer, usabiity is! It is so much easier to quickly get tasks done on my mac than when I was using windows.
I learned in the napster days that P2P was useless. The download was spotty and P2P was only useful for finding others with similiar interests.
So those of us who liked the same genre set up FTP servers (using non-standard ports to thwart the ISP scans) and created accounts for everyone in our small group. Lots of goodies and faster transfer rates than napster.
I've had it with their overpriced CDs and the crap they keep putting out. The last four CDs I bought (by bands I liked in the past) just absolutely sucked. What a waste of my money.
So now I am going to do the ethical thing (ethical to my wallet) and download via P2P to evaluate their latest crap before I fork over any money.
"You're not getting older, the music really does suck"
Bad academic research propogation is like genealogy. One idiot reference to data without verification generates many idiots who spout the same nonsense.
Yes, but let's suppose his annual property tax bill goes to his physical address. He torches it with the other junk. Township takes his place for non payment of taxes. Yes!!!
Here's what would stop a lot of spam. The standard ISP agreement says you can't spam, but it has no penalties other than killing your account. Their agreement should say that if you get caught sending spam you have to pay $1 per email address.
Sure, send out your spam if you want to 1 million people. That will be $1M please....
I remember typing in the code. The game was great and my friends all wanted to play it. Typing in the hex was sure harder than typing in BASIC on my 1K Sinclair that I built from a kit.
No, this is not the way to go. What we need is for a standardized driver format so a manufacturer only has to write the driver one time. The file would have specific fields containing info of the device and its capabilities. The customer's OS would then read the file and use the data to interpret how to use the device.
I wonder if you could take them to small claims court to compensate you for the time you spent uninstalling the program?
Sure, it wouldn't amount to much money, but taking them to court would get their attention that people don't want that spyware stuff on their machines.
The nerve they have to install that spyware and not have the decency to even let their customer know. This is a severe abuse of your privacy.
I was a die-hard Windows fanatic who was hired by my college to support 400+ Macs. I absolutely hated OS9, it locked up more than Windows 3.1 did. I could not understand the devotion Mac users had to apple. Yes, it's user friendly, but the damn things crash all the time. My WinDoze box never locks up, why do you insist on using Apple's crap?
But OSX rocks, it's stable, fast (under 10.2, not 10.1), and I've now given my PC to my son and only use my G4 powerbook.
My opinion is that those of you trashing OSX likely have used 10.1, not 10.2 10.2 is fast baby and the experience is beyond belief. As the saying goes, "Don't knock it until you tried it."
Comparing 10.1 to 10.2 is like comparing Win95 to Win2K. Those of you out there that this applies to should be ashamed at your faulty application of systems analysis and design (and general problem solving analysis methods.)
You obviously have not played with OSX. I was a die-hard PC fantatic who was hired by my college to do Mac support.
Yes, I absolutely hated Macs. But when OSX came out I changed my tune. OSX is much more reliable than OS9 and Windows.
And talk about fast load times: Powerpoint loads in about 7 seconds. The hellacious caching they are doing in OS 10.2 makes reloading PowerPOint down to 4 seconds. Try doinng that on a PC!
And so what if I have to do installs on 20+ machines? I normally burn a few copies and install on several machines at the same time to save hours on the task.
The first vendor that won't allow me to do that, I will be call up their customer server head honcho to demand an unprotected copy.
Yeah, I know the response "well you should have several legal copies you could use at the same time."
B.S.! I buy several licenses and get one media copy. There will be hell to pay for the SOB companies that pull this crap on me.
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Bull! There will always be idiot users that need their hand held.
It's not quite clear on most of the tests based on a quick glance if the tests were done using USB devices.
Macs (because they are pushing firewire) do not support USB2, only USB1. So if the tests (except for the obvious firewire one) were using USB devices the tests are faulty in themselves.
However, speed is not that critical of a factor for the average consumer, usabiity is! It is so much easier to quickly get tasks done on my mac than when I was using windows.
Just don't blow yourself up is my general advice based on your previous chemistry experience.
My brother got slashdotted for Christmas and all I got was this lousy T-shirt.
I learned in the napster days that P2P was useless. The download was spotty and P2P was only useful for finding others with similiar interests.
So those of us who liked the same genre set up FTP servers (using non-standard ports to thwart the ISP scans) and created accounts for everyone in our small group. Lots of goodies and faster transfer rates than napster.
You stand as someone who's really in need of upgrading his system.
I've had it with their overpriced CDs and the crap they keep putting out. The last four CDs I bought (by bands I liked in the past) just absolutely sucked. What a waste of my money.
So now I am going to do the ethical thing (ethical to my wallet) and download via P2P to evaluate their latest crap before I fork over any money.
"You're not getting older, the music really does suck"
Bad academic research propogation is like genealogy. One idiot reference to data without verification generates many idiots who spout the same nonsense.
"And then I hired an ugly fat man to service my wife. Oops, I meant service my pool."
Yes, but let's suppose his annual property tax bill goes to his physical address. He torches it with the other junk. Township takes his place for non payment of taxes. Yes!!!
Here's what would stop a lot of spam. The standard ISP agreement says you can't spam, but it has no penalties other than killing your account. Their agreement should say that if you get caught sending spam you have to pay $1 per email address.
Sure, send out your spam if you want to 1 million people. That will be $1M please....
I remember typing in the code. The game was great and my friends all wanted to play it. Typing in the hex was sure harder than typing in BASIC on my 1K Sinclair that I built from a kit.
No, this is not the way to go. What we need is for a standardized driver format so a manufacturer only has to write the driver one time. The file would have specific fields containing info of the device and its capabilities. The customer's OS would then read the file and use the data to interpret how to use the device.
One driver, no fuss, no muss.
I wonder if you could take them to small claims court to compensate you for the time you spent uninstalling the program?
Sure, it wouldn't amount to much money, but taking them to court would get their attention that people don't want that spyware stuff on their machines.
The nerve they have to install that spyware and not have the decency to even let their customer know. This is a severe abuse of your privacy.
Here's my of 58 dual-processor G4s
Put the AOL CDs in the business reply envelopes the junk mailers send you.
If you cut those in half (made two semi-circles) you could use them instead of shingles for your house.
Plus, it sure would keep the sun from heating up your house in the summer.
Are you actually Mark Stanley from the Univ of OK? I'd recognize that giddyup anywhere.
I was a die-hard Windows fanatic who was hired by my college to support 400+ Macs. I absolutely hated OS9, it locked up more than Windows 3.1 did.
I could not understand the devotion Mac users had to apple. Yes, it's user friendly, but the damn things crash all the time. My WinDoze box never locks up, why do you insist on using Apple's crap?
But OSX rocks, it's stable, fast (under 10.2, not 10.1), and I've now given my PC to my son and only use my G4 powerbook.
My opinion is that those of you trashing OSX likely have used 10.1, not 10.2 10.2 is fast baby and the experience is beyond belief. As the saying goes, "Don't knock it until you tried it."
Comparing 10.1 to 10.2 is like comparing Win95 to Win2K. Those of you out there that this applies to should be ashamed at your faulty application of systems analysis and design (and general problem solving analysis methods.)
Regards,
Dave (Alma College)
"I don't do Windows"
You obviously have not played with OSX. I was a die-hard PC fantatic who was hired by my college to do Mac support.
Yes, I absolutely hated Macs. But when OSX came out I changed my tune. OSX is much more reliable than OS9 and Windows.
And talk about fast load times: Powerpoint loads in about 7 seconds. The hellacious caching they are doing in OS 10.2 makes reloading PowerPOint down to 4 seconds. Try doinng that on a PC!
Don't knock it until you've tried it......
Kind of like how AOL brings out the idiots onto the internet?
And so what if I have to do installs on 20+ machines? I normally burn a few copies and install on several machines at the same time to save hours on the task.
The first vendor that won't allow me to do that, I will be call up their customer server head honcho to demand an unprotected copy.
Yeah, I know the response "well you should have several legal copies you could use at the same time."
B.S.! I buy several licenses and get one media copy. There will be hell to pay for the SOB companies that pull this crap on me.