Re: top ten worst Apple products

2010-02-25 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Alan, Just an off-the-wall thought - you aren't running Windows under parallels or fusion are you? If you are - is the USB drive being "captured" by Windows and so unavailable to OSX (though, if so, I wouldn't have thought Time Machine could see it either - unless it can "override" the Window

RE: top ten worst Apple products

2010-02-25 Thread Alan Smith
Hi Ronni Thanks for your interest in my mysterious OS X SL problem. Perhaps you can point me in the right direction, else I will open a new thread. (Its taking a long time to peruse the WAMUG archives!) External USB HDD (2 partitions) is not showing on Desktop, in Finder, Disk Utility or Syst

Re: top ten worst Apple products

2010-02-25 Thread Ronda Brown
Absolutely Mark, This guy's comment "In the past I've been guilty of saying bad things about Apple and their users..." I didn't bother reading anything more, as there would be no way that this guy could write a professional, objective article. Cheers, Ronni On 26/02/2010, at 10:03 AM, Mark S

Re: top ten worst Apple products

2010-02-25 Thread Mark Secker
I'm somewhat loathed to give any sort of journalistic credibility or respect to writers (or web site) who could, while dismissing Thomas Dolby and his musical abilities as a one hit wonder, turnaround and give high praise to his work production work with Def Leopard These are admissions about

Re: top ten worst Apple products

2010-02-25 Thread Ronda Brown
On 26/02/2010, at 8:54 AM, Alan Smith wrote: > I'm in the middle of searching WAMUG archives for help to > restore my USB hard drive (Time Machine and iTunes). It disappeared after > I installed the last batch of updates (iTunes, digital cameras, keyboard and > Apple mobile devices) with a ma

Re: top ten worst Apple products

2010-02-25 Thread Peter Curtis
Hi I've been using Apple since the early 80's starting off with the above article mentioned Apple 111 computer (no guru though), but I've never had a sense of apprehension like I do now with SL! Nothing large or specific, I just don't trust it for some reason, unknown even to myself. Odd little

RE: top ten worst Apple products

2010-02-25 Thread Alan Smith
I suspect that Snow Leopard will rate a place on a future list and be known as Apple Vista. I'm in the middle of searching WAMUG archives for help to restore my USB hard drive (Time Machine and iTunes). It disappeared after I installed the last batch of updates (iTunes, digital cameras, keyboar

Re: top ten worst Apple products

2010-02-25 Thread Peter Hinchliffe
On 25/02/2010, at 1:46 PM, Peter Bull wrote: > > I subscribe to the PC Authority online magazine and they have come up with > Apple's ten worst products. I think they are being a bit harsh. > > http://www.pcauthority.com.au/News/167240, > top-10-worst-apple-products-of-all-time.aspx > > Th

Re: top ten worst Apple products

2010-02-25 Thread Eugene
Peter, Your link didn't work so I did a search and found it http://www.pcauthority.com.au/News/167240,top-10-worst-apple-products-of-all-time.aspx It came up with the following gems as well: http://www.pcauthority.com.au/News/159526,top-10-worst-microsoft-products-of-all-time.aspx http://www.pc

Re: top ten worst Apple products

2010-02-25 Thread Paul Weaver
Some omissions from the list: How about my $2,000> Powerbook 100 laptop and its lead acid battery. Then all the Apple laser printers that died mysteriously because of a problem in the power supply. And of course the Mighty Mouse. I actually liked my old Performa because I could watch TV on

Re: top ten worst Apple products

2010-02-24 Thread lynnkoh
qi Subject: Re: top ten worst Apple products sorry the link does not work it gives the 404 error James On 25/02/2010, at 13:46, Peter Bull wrote: http://www.pcauthority.com.au/News/167240,top-10-worst-apple-products-of-all-time.aspx SAD Technic Video Productions, Electronic repairs

Re: top ten worst Apple products

2010-02-24 Thread James / Hans Kunz
sorry the link does not work it gives the 404 error James On 25/02/2010, at 13:46, Peter Bull wrote: http://www.pcauthority.com.au/News/167240, top-10-worst-apple- products-of-all-time.aspx SAD Technic Video Productions, Electronic repairs U3 / 6 Chalkley Pl Bayswater WA 6053 +618 9370 5307,+