[X4U] Well, well

[Ed Gould]

On Jul 23, 2008, at 11:56 PM, Zane H. Healy wrote:
> ------------------SNIP-------------------------
> I'm trying to decide if you're being sarcastic, or serious.  On one  
> hand, yes, the mice suck.  What is up with only one mouse button on  
> the laptops?  At the same time, you're saying that with four HD  
> drive bays + two optical drive bays, the Mac Pro isn't expandable  
> drive wise?  You're complaining that the Mac Pro only goes up to  
> 32Gb of RAM, and not 128Gb?!?!?!  Yikes!  If you're serious, I  
> don't think I want to know what your computer requirements are.   
> Personally I'm ticked they don't make a mid-range tower with say 2  
> drive bays and 8GB RAM max.

I am serious... While I don't mind (too much) having 4 external  
drives IMO its a PITA. The memory comment is dead on serious. I have  
the need for 15+ applications to be running and 32GB is pushing it (a  
lot) and no I don't run the usual pigs these are just misc apps.
>
>> There OS software is "OK" (Personally I liked OS/2 better). They  
>> need to focus on software that will cross mac releases and not  
>> need upgrading all the time. That is a major no-no for me.
>
> Can't disagree here.
>
>> The OEM software is really a mixed bag from excellent, to,  
>> shouldn't be available for sale because of bugs and crashes.
>
> Um, isn't this also true for Windows? TO be far I am not a person  
> to ask that question I used to run windows at work (XP IIRC and 3.1  
> for 6 months) and instead of crashing it locked up the entire  
> system and it was reboot time.
>
>> The software that comes bundled with the OS is average at best.  
>> Mail is a extremely poor competitor to Eudora as an example. Ical  
>> is so-so at best the address book is another ho-hum. Safari is  
>> average but starting to go up, IMO.
>
> I'm still pissed about Mail.app, as I think it helped kill Eudora,  
> yet I'm typing this in Eudora as Mail.app can't handle my email  
> load. It can't even handle the two Admin accounts I use it for.
I get roughly 500++ emails a day and it just doesn't cut it plus I  
miss eudora (or is it someone else) that it should open the next  
email automatically after I close the current mail. That feature  
alone is calling me back to Eudora.
>
>> The number of fixes, IMO is too high. Someone isn't testing as  
>> well as they should.
>
> 10.5 was a disgrace, I think with 10.5.3 my wife's MacBook might  
> finally be stable, I still need to upgrade her to 10.5.4.  My G5  
> 2x2 is still sitting at 10.4.11, as I can't afford the lost time  
> from an unstable system.

Well I am stuck on 10.4 forever as I will not give up Word Perfect.
>
> Zane
>
>
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> | Zane H. Healy                    | UNIX Systems Administrator |
> | healyzh at aracnet.com (primary)    | OpenVMS Enthusiast         |
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