[MacDV] Re: OS X 10.2.4

[Gerhard Kuhn]

On Tuesday, March 11, 2003, at 04:18  AM, Charles Martin wrote:
> James Lileks, on Apple's iMovie versus XP's Moviemaker:
> "Was [my bro-in-law's] machine cheaper? Yes. But time is money; I've 
> never had to claw my way through the sodden mess of a corporate 
> website looking for the one driver that will let me do what I want to 
> do. I've never had to spend a Sunday afternoon trying to understand 
> what iMovie wants me to do, because it does what *I* want it to do. He 
> said that Moviemaker made him feel stupid, because he couldn't figure 
> out the simplest tasks.
> I'll say this for his machine, though: if he ever wants to back up 
> that 3.3 GB movie file on floppy disks, he's all set."
Boguuusss!!!  I run both OS X and Windows XP and an older machine with 
98 and I would say that I have had at least as many frustrating moments 
(if not more) with OS 10.1/ OS10.2 than XP.  The 98 machine is more of 
a challenge at times but still usable.


Gerhard
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