[X4U] De-fragmentation (revisited)

[Crandon David]

Don,

Mellow out man...it's debateable how much of any issue fragmentation is.

There's nobody on this list I trust more for unbiased accurate 
information than Randy. Take a look at his sig line.

David


On Jul 3, 2004, at 11:01 AM, lists3-200402 wrote:

> Randy B. Singer <randy at macattorney.com> wrote:
>
>> lists3-200402 said:
>>
>>> why would you recommend ANY defrag utility? apple's knowledge base
>>> and just about every competent tech will tell you it's simply not an
>>> issue anymore. the system does a fine job managing fragmentation
>>> without any third party assitance (read: no need to spend money).
>>>
>>> to beat on this dead horse shows you have waayyy too much time on
>>> your hands...maybe your time would be better spent learning/preaching
>>  >unix?
>>
>>
>> If you prefer to have blind faith in Apple, that's fine.
>>
>> What I do have (and unfortunately, it's not an excess of free time) is
>> quite a lot of experience with Macs, and a lot of feedback from users.
>>
>> If you prefer to learn the hard way, just ignore my advice.  My 
>> advice is
>> a word to the wise.
>>
>> Randy B. Singer
>> Co-Author of: The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th and 6th editions)
>
> it's not a matter of blind faith...it's a matter of common sense. 
> fragmentation was an issue in 9.x...it's NOT an issue in osx. stop 
> surfing magazines and start trusting apple. as far as advice goes, ask 
> those responsible for managing hundreds of macs in high intensity 
> shops...ask them what THEY think of fragmentation in osx.
>
> ps, stop surfing magazines and looking for angles to sell your book 
> and start trusting apple.
>
> don
>
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