Don't get me wrong on shareware and freeware, Simi. I think I said
before I was 'chary' of them but I am selective.
Over the last 25 years, Apple seems to have thrived from having a
multitude of programmers, professional and amateur, trying their hand
at providing bits and pieces which are not provided by Apple. If they
withdrew their services I suspect Apple would suffer and the Apple
Community of users would not be so enriched as it is now.
My HD is full of freeware, shareware and commercial stuff but,
without the basic System software on which most of these rely, they
would be handicapped or worse - strangled. I suggest that what we are
paying Apple for is this basic system code and that much of the other
stuff which is on the System DVD or CDs is integrated filler but not
necessarily the best of their kind.
A few examples of my preferences -
Mail.app. I really liked Nisus Email because I got a summary of
incoming mail and files were saved separately; but lack of
integration with Address Book or Spelling, etc. turned me to try Mail
which is integrated.
Safari. Provides everything I need. Releases me from Internet
Exploder. I've tried iCab, FireFox, OmniWeb but no advantages.
AppleWorks. No, although I used the spreadsheet sometimes and its
parts are integrated somewhat. Very solid; no more development. The
original Apple II version was perhaps, for its time, the best
application ever written.
Spotlight. For the first few days I treated it with disdain until
some of its ability came to the fore. Anyone who has used NW Classic
with its search/find/replace capability within a document will find
Spotlight extends that over all Volumes.
Nisus Writer Classic and OS X. Definitely my choice and using more of
Apple's resources. No Word on my HD.
Do you remember, a few years ago now, when integrated applications
were all the rage - one huge set of applications all bundled
together? The several Office Suites? I feel we are getting away from
that now to some degree. Apple provides the System with a group of
individual applications. Third parties [who are the second parties by
the way - you and me?] are able to develop and sell or give-away
extra bits and that's good.
But the basic system must be there first.
rgds brianF
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PS: I'm not an Apple salesman (:
On 30 May 2005, at 6:43 pm, Simi Chavel wrote:
My point about all the 3rd party software was that it seems from
what I've read that Tiger does not add much to what you can already
get for much cheaper. Between shareware and freeware you can put
together everything Tiger has been marketed to feature, and more,
for a fraction the price. There's the seamless integration
advantage I suppose. But I have to admit, an equivalent to
Spotlight I don't have, and new versions of Safari and Mail are
enticing. Okay, you're getting me into the idea.
Thanks,
Simi
Snipped, to save on repetition
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