Reply to: Stuck at the airport

[Ignis Fatuus]

That is the crux of the matter. MS seems to think we enjoy installing software. I have only done one "wipe and reinstall from scratch" in the eight and a half years I have owned Macs, and I only did that because I wanted to, not because it was necessary. (I will note that I got a surprising amount of disk space back, presumably down to clutter left behind from software I had tried but never ended up using.)



Or USB sticks. I am really not interested in seeing an announcement that a driver has been installed and I can now use a USB stick. On a Mac it simply appears and I can use it straight away.

My favourite announcement is the one that tells me at every boot that the HP2400 printer is disconnected. It's not only disconnected, it's in the tip 3 years ago in a country 800 miles away. Thanks for keeping me informed.

[Sysman]

OK I can "mount" it. On Windows I can download the audio codec and it works. But I don't want to have to do some extra work with every little thing I do.

That is the crux of the matter. MS seems to think we enjoy installing software. I have only done one "wipe and reinstall from scratch" in the eight and a half years I have owned Macs, and I only did that because I wanted to, not because it was necessary. (I will note that I got a surprising amount of disk space back, presumably down to clutter left behind from software I had tried but never ended up using.)

And don't get me started on scanners

Or USB sticks. I am really not interested in seeing an announcement that a driver has been installed and I can now use a USB stick. On a Mac it simply appears and I can use it straight away.

[Ignis Fatuus]

Take any suitable hardware and install Linux. Big improvement.

I've tried it. I really wanted to like it. But there were too many little things that just didn't work out of the box. I absolutely despise using an advertising tag line, but (IME) the Mac does "just work". I can't remember anything that didn't work first time on it.

Example: external DVD player: on my Windows Thinkpad, it played DVDs but had no sound. On the Mac it just worked. On Ubuntu it didn't even recognise it was attached until I "mounted" it.

OK I can "mount" it. On Windows I can download the audio codec and it works. But I don't want to have to do some extra work with every little thing I do.

And don't get me started on scanners

[SupremeSpod]

Take any suitable hardware and install Linux. Big improvement.

There is the crux of the matter.

Apple stuff "Just works"...

Spod - In "Buying an i7 iMac" mode!

[Cliphead]

Funny. Actually I'm serious. Mac not perfect, Apple a distasteful company, but Mac+OSX better than other computers I've used. Would love to find better still.

Take any suitable hardware and install Linux. Big improvement.

[Ignis Fatuus]

This looks better than a Mac

Funny. Actually I'm serious. Mac not perfect, Apple a distasteful company, but Mac+OSX better than other computers I've used. Would love to find better still.

[ThomasSoerensen]

This looks better than a Mac

[Ignis Fatuus]

Pah. I can afford a Mac, but I want something better.

Me too. Do you know of something better?

[milanbenes]

CET

Milan.

[SupremeSpod]

thanks Team,

I downloaded the codecs for WMP and then watched Spy Game.

Finally got home at 02:30

Milan.

Which timezone?

[milanbenes]

thanks Team,

I downloaded the codecs for WMP and then watched Spy Game.

Finally got home at 02:30

Milan.

[bren586]

Mine was cancelled and got put on the wait list for the next flight - 2 seats and 20 pax waiting

Needless to say I did not make the cut but BA then transfered me to SAS where I got upgraded to the front.

Still I would have prefered to be home 5 hours earlier.....

[fckvwls]

Gah! Stuck in Vienna after BA cancelled the flight.

Bought a ticket back to Heathrow via Berlin but that's now 2 hours delayed.

Looks like a weekend of travelling and more hotels beckons

[d000hg]

Get a mac you cheap skate...

Pah. I can afford a Mac, but I want something better.

[alreadypacked]

VLC