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ceagleI am just not sure what to think about Macs any more. :|
I bought an iBook new a couple years ago, and after just a year it was starting to have problems with the screen and keyboard (the logic board was recalled on that one).
Ah just got a used one from a friend 6 months ago, and the screen just gave up some pretty scary portents of things to come. :/
It's a keen machine, but oy... are these things solid any more?
Also got a great used one last year too, and it great as a portable work machine, but it's too slow and the HD is a bit slow to go very far with it. And the batteries are $160. *shudder* (luckily this one hasn't had a single hardware issue.. knock on wood as they say..)
The concept of these machines is terrific, but if they are going with shoddy stuff, then that's a lotta dough to keep believing in. And as many have said around blogs etc. is that the new machines with Intel sounded *awesome* at their release, but they still have a LOT of limitations and support, and they won't allow most of the older software to run (MORE big bucks retooling). Bleah.
:| After the last decade and a half of mac trying to be windows, and windows trying to be mac, I have to admit that there doesn't seem to be a significant difference anymore (except for macs resisting viruses, and who knows how long that'll last. I've caught mac viruses before). And the advantage is nearly cancelled since windows has rewind (restore) and macs don't. BIG drawback.
Just upgraded a customer to Tiger also, and it killed their printer, and neither mac nor the printer manufacturer is releasing an update. Apple just wants you to buy the new OS, and the printer company just wants you to buy a new printer. Oh yeah, and a lake of ink.
Bleah.
I bought an iBook new a couple years ago, and after just a year it was starting to have problems with the screen and keyboard (the logic board was recalled on that one).
Ah just got a used one from a friend 6 months ago, and the screen just gave up some pretty scary portents of things to come. :/
It's a keen machine, but oy... are these things solid any more?
Also got a great used one last year too, and it great as a portable work machine, but it's too slow and the HD is a bit slow to go very far with it. And the batteries are $160. *shudder* (luckily this one hasn't had a single hardware issue.. knock on wood as they say..)
The concept of these machines is terrific, but if they are going with shoddy stuff, then that's a lotta dough to keep believing in. And as many have said around blogs etc. is that the new machines with Intel sounded *awesome* at their release, but they still have a LOT of limitations and support, and they won't allow most of the older software to run (MORE big bucks retooling). Bleah.
:| After the last decade and a half of mac trying to be windows, and windows trying to be mac, I have to admit that there doesn't seem to be a significant difference anymore (except for macs resisting viruses, and who knows how long that'll last. I've caught mac viruses before). And the advantage is nearly cancelled since windows has rewind (restore) and macs don't. BIG drawback.
Just upgraded a customer to Tiger also, and it killed their printer, and neither mac nor the printer manufacturer is releasing an update. Apple just wants you to buy the new OS, and the printer company just wants you to buy a new printer. Oh yeah, and a lake of ink.
Bleah.
*blushes beakily*
Date: 2006-03-14 11:18 am (UTC)and yup!... I'd have that nice 400mhz tank in service every night if I didn' wanna save it for on the road dependability.. and I'm gonna try to squeeze as much time outa this titanium as I can.
My current workaround is.. it seems to be holding steady and working the last few days, since I squeezed the top left corner together by propping things under the bottom left... Maybe something is just loose in there.. *sigh*...
re: photochop.. :9 *warble* ... I'ave had it since version 2 *fluffles feathers*... and I usually use version for quick edits, and 4 for advanced edits. When I'm on X, I use CS.. yup (haven't upgraded that yet..).
oh! and I ventured into .Mac again just today! (for the first time since they took away our freeeeeee lifetime guaranteed membership.. grumble...) ....but yeah, it looks pretty nice. Signed up for a business client. It's a pity they only allow 4G online... I thought the backup iDisk would be better... but at least the software does allow for other media too.
The one thing they forgot to say (or was hidden enough such that I didn't see) is they need to say prominently that one needs to add settings in the System Pref too, after signing up (it doesn't do it automatically!) ;P ...and thus the backup util was still saying trial version until we did that. Everything else went very smoothly.. even fixing a driver that Tiger broke. *hugpats ya muchly thanks*.. :>