I’m not too happy about the removal of a headphone jack on the iPhone. Sent from my iPhone
> On Jan 8, 2020, at 10:14 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Apple is downward spiraling all together, they're making products to sell > more products rather than "thinking different". They're removal of useful > ports that they pioneered just a couple years before is very telling. I > consider removal of the SD card slot to be a crime against humanity. > -Curt > > On Tuesday, January 7, 2020, 11:12:09 PM EST, Brian Toscano via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Macs are not what they used to be. > > Years ago they were light years ahead of Microsoft but over time the two > have converged. Microsoft has gone up and Apple has gone down. I remember > back in 2007 or so using a neighbors printer with my Mac and he said I'd > probably have to install some device drivers, etc. I said I'll probably > just connect the USB cable and hit print and it will print. The printed > pages came out and he was so impressed he bought Macs for his family. This > is why people used to say "Macs just work." > > But it's just not the same anymore. I'm sending this email from a > Microsoft Surface Pro 7 running Windows 10... The SSD in my Mac failed > last Monday morning. I tried to recover from Time Machine to an external > drive and it restored but would not boot. Then I tried to upgrade the OS > on the recovery drive I was restoring to so it would be the same version as > the Time Machine, but it would not install because it did not see a factory > SSD. I read of others having similar problems installing or upgrading Mac > OS when the factory SSD drive is not seen. > > Windows is not perfect, but its trending better and macOS is trending > down... > > I would try a fresh install on an empty hard drive rather than try to > upgrade from Windows 7. Too often the spec sheet says it will work, but > it's just not a great idea even if it manages to work somehow. > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
