Reply to: New great Mac feature

[TimberWolf]

I've got an iPad 0.1 - an iPod Touch - and I must say I'm still happy with it a year on. It does "just work". Battery life is a bit naff though.

[d000hg]

Going to buy an iPad 2 - I already feel that Apple will own me

What's wrong with getting iPad 1 once the prices drop when 2 is released?

[Cliphead]

Going to buy an iPad 2 - I already feel that Apple will own me

I'll go for a Motorola Xoom when it hits these shores.

[AtW]

They have to have a Mac ROM - it is possible to reflash some PC cards.

Going to buy an iPad 2 - I already feel that Apple will own me

[stek]

It was a joke... though on a serious note do they have an official list of "authorised Mac cards" or can you safely bung anything in?

They have to have a Mac ROM - it is possible to reflash some PC cards. Tried it once and buggered the card....

[d000hg]

I can on my PowerMac.

Also on this iMac, in theory! It's certainly detachable.

It was a joke... though on a serious note do they have an official list of "authorised Mac cards" or can you safely bung anything in?

[stek]

Apple don't let you change your graphics card, so problem solved.

I can on my PowerMac.

Also on this iMac, in theory! It's certainly detachable.

[d000hg]

I've heard you don't need to restart a Mac for that.

Apple don't let you change your graphics card, so problem solved.

[Sysman]

That sounds like crap to me. I normally hibernate my PC and it updates Adobe, Java, etc just fine. Only certain Windows updates require restarts and I find the Mac updates are no different. The only time I restarted in recent memory was to change the graphics card.

Do you run as a privileged user?

I suspect Spacecadet hit the nail on the head here:

I'm sure lots of applications do a reboot on update out of laziness - the developers can't be arsed checking if one is necessary so just do it by default.

which rather reminds me of the apps I used to get a dozen years ago. Kept knocking them back because the installation packages didn't bother setting file ownership and protections properly. Of course running the result in a privileged account worked, but it was my job to ensure that end users could run this stuff without elevated privileges.

[Doggy Styles]

The only time I restarted in recent memory was to change the graphics card.

I've heard you don't need to restart a Mac for that.

[d000hg]

OTOH you don't actually have to restart your Mac as often as a PC.

That sounds like crap to me. I normally hibernate my PC and it updates Adobe, Java, etc just fine. Only certain Windows updates require restarts and I find the Mac updates are no different. The only time I restarted in recent memory was to change the graphics card.

[Spacecadet]

I used FoxIt for a while. But the nag screens annoyed me as much as Adobe's continual updates and bloatware.

Now I use notepad.

can't say I've ever seen a nag screen in foxit

[Sysman]

I used FoxIt for a while. But the nag screens annoyed me as much as Adobe's continual updates and bloatware.

Now I use notepad.

I haven't noticed the nag screens too much. You do need to concentrate when installing though, as by default it will make Ask your default search engine, add an Ask toolbar, add a shortcut to ebay and enable "safe reading mode". The last item is a real pain when trying to read a document containing URLs.

I said no to the lot

[stek]

There's a developer preview of OSX 10.7 Lion now downloadable from Apple's Dev site - need a dev account tho.

Or peruse the usual sources!

Gonna try it later....

[NotAllThere]

I used FoxIt for a while. But the nag screens annoyed me as much as Adobe's continual updates and bloatware.

Now I use notepad.