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  • well, I have to say that personally, I like floppies! or at the very least I don't hate them more than any other option. seriously -- Zips are too expensive for casual file exchange. CDs are cheap, and good for storing large amounts of data, but I…
    in Dell's doing it "first" again Comment by neurokid February 2003
  • Yeah, but at the end of the day, it's the software and how much work you can get done that matters. [quote]Originally posted by Code Master: The system can hardly be blamed if companies are making buggy software. And now that they won't trash…
    in What Windows Features Do You Want In OS X? Comment by neurokid January 2003
  • and I think that the people who think this OS is fast and stable aren't really using applications [quote]Originally posted by BuonRotto: Your apps aren't stable. My (mostly Cocoa) apps are effectively uncrashable. And the system…
    in What Windows Features Do You Want In OS X? Comment by neurokid January 2003
  • sure, the OS is stable. but the apps are not. and as for speed...I just don't get why everyone on this site thinks this OS is so blazing fast. I have 2 laptops: an 800 MHz TiBook running OSX and a 2GHz Dell running XP. The TiBook has 1 GB RA…
    in What Windows Features Do You Want In OS X? Comment by neurokid January 2003
  • 1) speed 2) application stability 3) speed 4) applications that work 5) did I mention speed?
    in What Windows Features Do You Want In OS X? Comment by neurokid January 2003
  • [quote]Originally posted by iMac David: Oh dear. You see, I did read but thought she was on 9.2. when I started with the problems and saw she was on 9.0 I clean forgot about the firmware. Oh well, now the hunt is on for a second monito…
    in OS X on an iMac 400 G3 Comment by neurokid January 2003
  • [quote]Originally posted by iMac David: Hi all, a friend of mine has a 2 year old CRT iMac G3 400Mhz. I am tempted to urge her to upgrade to OS X, but am wondering about performance. She'll also add RAM, to either 256 or 512 (at the moment she o…
    in OS X on an iMac 400 G3 Comment by neurokid December 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by cygsid: yes I have. It works just fine. However I only use it for the few remaining apps that need Classic (mostly games). No longer restart under OS 9 (no use for it). Just use your regular OS 9 install CD. It will ins…
    in 10.2, then 9??? Comment by neurokid December 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by ryukyu: Can someone please explain what they mean when they say OSX is slow? I don't get it at all. Are you guys that re sayin g that on older Macs? I see nothing that I would call slowness on my Mac. Oh, and I use a…
    in Catching up with Win XP Comment by neurokid December 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by ast3r3x: Is ther anyway (even at the price of a longer startup) that you could have a song playing? I was curious if it is possible to have a song start playing while your computer is starting up? are you kidding? 1…
    in What would be cooler then this?! Comment by neurokid October 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by Xaqtly: I just tried scrolling through a PDF in Acrobat Reader in Jaguar... I'm on an iMac/800 and while it wasn't lightning fast it wasn't really slow either. In fact I thought it was perfectly acceptable. Page Up and D…
    in Just how fast is Jaguar? Comment by neurokid July 2002
  • What I meant to say was.... That's great...that 10.2 will give us a faster finder, faster app opening, maybe some faster window re-sizing, etc. And I too agree that X's ability to mulitask is gold. But what I want to see is increased responsive…
    in Just how fast is Jaguar? Comment by neurokid July 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by Gambit: One more time: the GUI in Jaguar (read: the Finder) is not slow. It's VERY responsive, which is what you want. OS 9 will still FEEL faster, though, because of what I had said before. Again, ever get a window …
    in Just how fast is Jaguar? Comment by neurokid July 2002
  • [QUOTE]Originally posted by DHagan4755: [QB]Just thought I would pose the question...what one do you still prefer, if it's even still a competition? I have to admit...I love Safari! I use it more than Mozilla or Chimera now. I think it's impor…
    in Chimera vs. Safari Comment by neurokid February 2003
  • [quote]Originally posted by Rhoq: AOL 10.2 Sure it looks nice, but it's still AOL!!! it doesn't look nice...it looks aweful! they don't get Aqua at all. it looks more like something that should be on Windows XP.
    in New AOL for Jaguar Comment by neurokid October 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by Rhoq: AOL 10.2 Sure it looks nice, but it's still AOL!!!
    in New AOL for Jaguar Comment by neurokid October 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by AugustWest: I'm considering purchasing a powerbook and was wondering if anyone has experience running the new virtual pc on one. Unfortunately, I have to run some PC CRAP for my office, and I'd like to put it on the p…
    in Virtual PC on Powerbook g4--Real Life Results?? Comment by neurokid August 2002
  • [QUOTE]Originally posted by Osakans: [QB]I have been a loyal Apple purchaser for over 20 years, having owned an Apple II+, an Apple IIe, an original Mac, a Mac SE, an SE/30, a Quadra 660AV, a PowerMac G3/266 and, currently, a Quicksilver Dual 800. …
    in Help me avoid buying a Dell Comment by neurokid February 2003
  • [QUOTE]Originally posted by warpd: It is almost temptingg to pick one up purely as a DVD authoring system. It could use a new video card, but apart from that is should perform as well as any imac. This is exactly the problem I see for Apple. …
    in This is one hell of a machine... Comment by neurokid February 2003
  • [quote]Originally posted by neurokid: [QUOTE]Originally posted by hledgard: [QB] I cannot in good concious.... I think I meant my conscience, actually
    in New iMacs Comment by neurokid February 2003