Yabbut the "bong" sound is a good thing for troubleshooting if you've got a Mac that doesn't want to boot. And how many Windoze machines can you force to boot fro a CD/DVD or to the terminal by simply holding down a key when booting?
While rarely used by most users, I think the diagnostic aspects of the Mac (both hardware and software) make them a heck of a lot easier to troubleshoot or fix than a PC.... MacDan --- On Mon, 6/29/09, Allan Streib <str...@cs.indiana.edu> wrote: > From: Allan Streib <str...@cs.indiana.edu> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Windows sounds > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Date: Monday, June 29, 2009, 9:19 PM > Loren Faeth <lfa...@leadingchange.com> > writes: > > > Winders stupid startup sound and all its other stupid > sounds are > > irritating. I turn off sound/speakers etc. most > of the time. On Macs > > up to OS 9, it was pretty easy to modify/shut off > sounds. I never > > found Mac sounds so irritating. I know there is > a way to change the > > winders sounds, but they don't make it easy. On > OSX, i am sure the > > controls are there, but I have not looked for > them. I just turn the > > volume down to nothing. > > I can't really think of any annoying sounds the Mac > makes. There's that > "gong" when you turn it on, and that's about it. Some > of the programs > (iChat, maybe Mail) have sound effects, but they are easily > disabled. > > Allan > -- > 1983 300D > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com