On Wed, 07 Nov 2007 23:12:35 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> Rotten Apple: Leopard
.... no, it isn't.
(snip)
--
Rick
This is a discussion on [News] Apple's Broken Release Opens Doors to Linux? - Linux ; Rotten Apple: Leopard ,----[ Quote ] | Opinion: Apple's latest operating system release may be the most troublesome | since Apple switched from its System operating system to the BSD Unix and | Mach-based Mac OS X. `---- http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2212976,00.asp Apple ...
Rotten Apple: Leopard
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| Opinion: Apple's latest operating system release may be the most troublesome
| since Apple switched from its System operating system to the BSD Unix and
| Mach-based Mac OS X.
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http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2212976,00.asp
Apple fixes some Leopard Time Machine bugs
,----[ Quote ]
| Scores of users flooded the Apple site complaining that the Time Machine
| stalled after saving as little as 10GB or as much as 90 per cent of the
| entire data set.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquir...rd-timemachine
Two proprietary software vendors are having the same issues. Suddenly Linux
seems like a good idea.
Related:
Massive Data Loss Bug in Leopard
,----[ Quote ]
| Aaaand … poof!
|
| The directory on our Desktop is now gone. The directory shown in the C$ mount
| will only contain files that were copied entirely before the connection was
| disrupted, but nothing more (in the demonstration case, there’s only one file
| in "test", so nothing was copied successfully).
|
| [...]
|
| Where’s the rest of our data?
|
| Apple, please FTFF already. This is unacceptable.
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http://tomkarpik.com/articles/massiv...ug-in-leopard/
Leopard early adopters suffer for the rest of us
,----[ Quote ]
| Mac OS X 10.5.1 will likely arrive around Thanksgiving with fixes for most of
| the problems encountered by the brave early adopters.
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http://www.news.com/8301-13579_3-9809571-37.html
Some Leopard upgraders see 'blue screen of death'
,----[ Quote ]
| A significant number of Mac owners upgrading to Leopard on Friday reported
| that after installing the new operating system, their machines locked up,
| showing only an interminable -- and very Windows-like -- "blue screen of
| death." Â*
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/...icleId=9044378
New iMacs plagued by interface freezing issues
,----[ Quote ]
| A growing number of users have reported that Apple's aluminum all-in-one
| computers suffer from a flaw that locks up the interface, rendering the
| system all but inert until a reboot. Â*
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http://www.appleinsider.com/articles...ng_issues.html
Apple Arrogance Unleashed!
,----[ Quote ]
| But the only problem with Apple is that it has no gratitude. Or humility. Or
| generosity. Or manners.
|
| I'm a big fan of Apple products. But there's no escaping the fact that Apple
| has always been, well, arrogant. Which was fine -- their superiority complex
| has always been both partially deserved and one of the company's motivations
| to strive for better things. But in the past few months, the company seems to
| have crossed some kind of invisible line, now brazenly pissing off not just
| competitors, but its most devoted fans, closest partners and industry
| supporters. Â* Â* Â*
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http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/cne...le.php/3703216
On Wed, 07 Nov 2007 23:12:35 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> Rotten Apple: Leopard
.... no, it isn't.
(snip)
--
Rick
____/ Rick on Thursday 08 November 2007 02:13 : \____
> On Wed, 07 Nov 2007 23:12:35 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> Rotten Apple: Leopard
>
> ... no, it isn't.
>
> (snip)
I don't agree either, but it's a pun. In line with 'advantages of Linux
compared to other operating systems', be it resolved that all operating
systems have bugs, including show-stoppers.
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