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Thread ID: 84471 2007-11-07 01:16:00 The Old Switcheroo.... SurferJoe46 (51) PC World Chat
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609002 2007-11-07 01:16:00 A Partial C/P here: <unfortunately, the link is no longer available . . . so I made this instead>

From developer/blogger Dave Weiner[/URL], who publicly and happily converted from Windows to Mac two years ago, comes a review that in yachting magazine would spell Titanic: ( . com/blogs/gmsv/2007/10/we_were_hoping_for_something_more_enthusiastic_tha" target="_blank">svextra . com n_better_than_vista . html)


"Talking with a friend a few days ago," Weiner writes, "he asked what I thought of Leopard . He had installed the new version, like me, the first day it came out .

'I'm not liking it,' I said .

He said something that was simple, profound and revealing: 'It's like Windows . '



It is .
It's that unpleasant to use .
It disappears for long periods of time .
Systems that didn't used to crash now crash regularly .


On one system three hard disks were rendered unusable, and I lost a couple of full days restoring them (luckily I had good backups) .


The user interface is quirky .

The new networking interface is a big step backward .

The firewall moved and lost features! . . .

Dear Apple Inc . : I left Windows because it held my time and work in low regard . I was happy with the Mac because it seemed reliable .

Now it seems my friend was right, I'm using Windows again, and I'm not happy about it . "

Ouch .

To be true, Weiner can be cantankerous, but he's hardly alone .

You have to wonder how many people are thinking like Thomas Hawk ( . com/2007/11/boy-im-happy-i-havent-upgraded-to . html" target="_blank">thomashawk . com): "The thing about a Mac, the value of a Mac is contained in a single phrase: 'It just works . '

But if it *doesn't* just work then the value of the Mac goes out the window . . . . and it sounds like for a lot of people Leopard just *isn't* working .

I'm glad I waited for the upgrade . "

From here: Leopard & Vista; More Alike That You Might Like . ( . zdnet . com/hardware/?p=907" target="_blank">blogs . zdnet . com)

OK . . flaming stuff at the least . . . but I just found this article and thought it might be interesting . . after all . . . NObody here is a Mac fan . . . er . . . no? :groan: 		SurferJoe46 (51)
609003 2007-11-07 01:28:00 OK..flaming stuff at the least...but I just found this article and thought it might be interesting..after all...NObody here is a Mac fan...er...no? :groan:

Yeah, our main mac man has been banned. Try not to stir up the hornets nest please :rolleyes: 		bob_doe_nz (92)
609004 2007-11-07 01:49:00 Oh God, lets not go here. The proverbial is so going to hit the fan after this. Thank God WMG isn't here! beeswax34 (63)
609005 2007-11-07 03:21:00 Yes, thank God.

But seeing as he isn't here... :p

I'm actualy really happy. I can now say that the new Apple OS has bugs just like Vista. :cool:

But could a mod pleeease lock this thread, and then we can condemn it to the depths before WMG gets back? 		wratterus (105)
609006 2007-11-07 03:22:00 Hmmmmmm..."just like Vista"....Hmmmmmmm!

Somebody's rolling in their own effluent....but they're not here to tell. 		SurferJoe46 (51)
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