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Thread ID: 18379	2002-04-24 02:41:00	It was a cold day in Hell, then the MAC froze too!	Guest (0)	Press F1

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45341	2002-04-24 02:41:00	Well I never! After all those myths about MAC reliability and all the rhubarb poked at PC users, what do I find but a site dedicated to the reasons why MACs crash & freeze! www.zplace.com Check it out, my PC brothers and sisters, and sleep easy knowing that the sanctimonious ones live the same nightmares that we all must face from time to time. Cheers Billy 8-{))))))	Guest (0)
45342	2002-04-24 04:36:00	I used to be a devout mac user. The shortage of them when I started university has converted me forever to PCS. However, I used to own a Performa series 7200 Mac that cost $7000 new(with printer and 14.4k modem) when it was bought by my parents in 1996. (I inherited it a couple of years later.) Anyway, It used to crass regularly (daily) as did the macs I used at school, especially when you were just about to save your work in Claris woks word processor. (how useful). MAcs tend to just 'freeze' so that nothing works and you are left with a 'screen shot' showing. I don't know any improvements that have neem made since, but my Win ME PC didn't crash as often. The mac was OS6 or 7 I think. G P	Guest (0)
45343	2002-04-24 05:44:00	Well it was a reliable robust operating system ... when it started. There was a lot of code in ROM (a whole 128 kB, later enlarged for the 'Fat' Macs to 512 kB), and the operating system fitted on the 400 kB floppy drive. It was all written in Pascal. Then they started improving it. So what do you expect?	Guest (0)
45344	2002-04-24 10:59:00	If it was made in 1996 it would almost definately be system7 (unless it was second-hand). you should try OSX. its the greatest thing since sliced cheese! :)	Guest (0)
45345	2002-04-24 12:02:00	Of course the occasional freeze will occur especially on older systems, usually due to 3rd party software causing system conflicts, Macs have always been less prone to problems than PC's and the new OS X is a very stable system. You only need to read this forum to justify dumping windows. Many PC users are changing to Macs and not regretting doing so. This folowing article is from a PC user by the way. www.washtimes.com Mac OS X works rock-solid on Macintosh system Mark Kellner It's been about six weeks since I've switched over to Apple Computer's Macintosh operating system for the bulk of my work. So far, so good. Not perfect, mind you, but pretty darned good overall. The best part: Mac OS X is pretty rock-solid. It takes a lot ? and I mean a whole lot ? to make this operating system hiccup, let alone freeze. In fact, I can't recall a single 'freeze' or 'crash' in using OS X, version 10.1.3 and heaven knows, I've tried to bring it down. Because this operating system has the older (by about 30 years) Unix operating system at its core, the odds are pretty good that it'll hold up just fine. But when compared with every version of Microsoft Windows that I've used since 1986, including the rather good Windows XP, Mac OS X is a winner of an operating system. I'm moving dangerously close to making a lifetime commitment here ? at least for the 'lifetime' of my next computer.	Guest (0)
45346	2002-04-25 02:20:00	There's an old saying Jim, along the lines of 'one swallow doesn't make a summer' or such like. Many PC uses are not changing to Macs. Apple's market share fluctuates in accordance with Steve Jobs' whims but over any meaningful period, it is declining not increasing. Even schools, the tradional bastions of Macdom are largely PC based now. Even at Apple's school-capture pricing levels they can't compete pricewise and employers want staff who are PC trained. You will rarely see a Mac in a business office. One second-hand opinion doesn't change that fact either. Phil The PC Freak	Guest (0)
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