> they dumped all the cool stuff a > year and a half back that, in a nutshell, is why these operating systems are all such shit. They think people want cool stuff and candy, when in point of fact all they want is something that works and is easy.
-- Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Godfrey DiGiorgi > Sent: 22 November 2007 08:53 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: Microsoft Access > > Leopard represents a larger delta over Tiger than Tiger did over > Panther or Panther did over Jaguar (for those who don't know the > names, that's 10.5 over 10.4, 10.4 over 10.3, and 10.3 over 10.2). > The backup system in particular, not to mention the security > encryption options, are pretty darn complex. It also sounds like the > install-over option is pretty fussy ... it always is. I never do > install-over... > > None of this is new. Leopard is certainly still a bit > immature, but I > remember when Tiger (10.4) first came out. Same things were said in > many places. It will be ironed out soon enough. > > It's still a far cry from the problems I've seen with early adopters > of Vista. WinXP, with all its warts, is still much much much more > stable 10 months after Vista's release. And there's much less "new" > in Vista than there is in Leopard: they dumped all the cool stuff a > year and a half back so that they could ship it within the decade. > > Godfrey > > > On Nov 21, 2007, at 7:06 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > There's only one Mac expert here, and I think he's already > > addressed this issue. > > When I have a problem, I know where to go for help. > > Paul > > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > > From: Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> > >>> Your comment about Apple's Leopard piqued my interest in that I > >>> might eventually upgrade to that OS. I checked google for info > >>> regarding problems and couldn't find anything significant. Can > >>> you clue > >>> us in? > >> > >> Big problems with Lightroom is where I first heard about > it but there > >> are apparently plenty of other issues as well > >> (http://www.tech.co.uk/computing/mac/news/is-apples-leopard-still- > >> in-bet > >> a?articleid=630727076). > >> > >> In fact, Leopard issues were discussed on the PDML not long ago > >> and the > >> consensus among the Mac experts seemed to be that being an "early > >> adopter" was a bad idea. > >> > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly > above and follow the directions. > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
