On 1/1/06 4:44 PM, "Kevin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Happy New Year,
>
> Today, I have made my NYR (New Year‚s Resolution), and it does not include any
> Macintoshes, whatsoever. Today out of frustration, I have decided to give up
> on Macs.. Taking the advice of the members of the PCI PowerMacs, and G3
> lists, I managed to update these machines ˆ although not easily, and keep them
> current. Within the last three months, these machines have just decided to
> go their own route, and do some of the dumbest things. Too numerous to
> mention, the problems are frustrating nonetheless.
Let's see, Kevin. You're trying to do something with ancient computers, not
recommended by Apple, not SUPPORTED by Apple, and you're saying it's Apple's
fault!?
You bring victim rights to a whole new level.
What is particularly
> frustrating is that an OS such as 9.x has been basically forgotten by the
> computing industry, not to mention Apple.
Rightly so. OS 9 is a pathetic OS compared to X, which I've been using for
about FIVE YEARS now. My eMac running Panther, then Tiger has crashed twice
in 19 months.
I have one Win95 machine that I am
> able to use hardware and sotfware slated only for WinXP machines without any
> problem. My recent upgrades for the Macs included G4 700 and 600mhz
> processors, Two combo USB, FW, and ATA1000 cards, 4 HDs, and over 2GB of
> additional memory over the past two years. These hardware purchases were made
> IAW manufacturers recommendations as well as the advice of members of this
> list group. After spending almost $2.5K on these upgrades and not to mention
> hardware (I „had‰ an 8600, 9600, and two G3 mini-towers), I decided it is not
> economically feasible to keep „throwing‰ money at these machines with the
> constant problems these Macs have returned as a result of the upgrades.
You should have gotten off that train a LONG time ago.
In
> comparison have spend less than $300 - total on my PCs over the last year!
Yeah, PC's have a REAL operating system, don't they? Have fun with spyware,
viruses and every form of malware known to man.
Ron
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