Re: Mac vs PC Junk (was Re: Outlook/Windows users on this list?)

2001-08-07 Thread J.S. Garrison
-- From: the pickle [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Vintage Macs) Subject: Re: Mac vs PC Junk (was Re: Outlook/Windows users on this list?) Date: Sun, Aug 5, 2001, 4:48 PM At 15:16 -0700 on 03/08/01, Alex Allee wrote: That is hardly cramming. :) Try 9.0.4 on a 7500/100 w

Re: Mac vs PC Junk (was Re: Outlook/Windows users on this list?)

2001-08-05 Thread Amber Rhea
on 8/4/01 3:00 PM, (Vintage Macs) at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That is hardly cramming. :) Try 9.0.4 on a 7500/100 w/ 32MB of RAM and a 1GB hard drive. *That* is cramming. I once got 8.0 on an LC475 with a 160MB hard drive and 16MB RAM! Wasn't pretty, but it was an accomplishment! :) --

Re: Mac vs PC Junk (was Re: Outlook/Windows users on this list?)

2001-08-05 Thread Andrew Michael MacTao
laptop. He's been wanting to cram Mac OS 9.1 on this G3/233 that only has 160megs RAM and a 4 gig HD. Compared to the others, that's hardly cramming it on there... I'd say so too. I have a iMac rev. A with 96 mb running 9.1 Really no problem... Ditto! If your friend has need for features

Re: Mac vs PC Junk (was Re: Outlook/Windows users on this list?)

2001-08-05 Thread Andrew Michael MacTao
Amber Rhea wrote: I once got 8.0 on an LC475 with a 160MB hard drive and 16MB RAM! Wasn't pretty, but it was an accomplishment! :) Why? That's right! You are a member of the Vintage Macs list... The land where folks will do things, if for no other reason than, They said, It can't be

Re: Mac vs PC Junk (was Re: Outlook/Windows users on this list?)

2001-08-05 Thread Darren
Andrew Michael MacTao wrote: Amber Rhea wrote: I once got 8.0 on an LC475 with a 160MB hard drive and 16MB RAM! Wasn't pretty, but it was an accomplishment! :) Why? That's right! You are a member of the Vintage Macs list... The land where folks will do things, if for no other

Re: Outlook/Windows users on this list?

2001-08-01 Thread Bill Judson
Darren [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I find old pentiums on the side of the road, no cash needed, all work. Still to find any mac's, found a Apple IIe and thought my self very lucky. :) (some classic gaming there) Also the Classic II with the checkered screen [...] In in a Midwestern (US)

Re: Outlook/Windows users on this list?

2001-07-31 Thread Darren
Amber Rhea wrote: Honestly, when I use Windows, even for only ten minutes, I become irritable, fidgety, and generally pissed off at the world. That's *exactly* how I want to feel *every time* I sit down at the computer!! And my opinions of people at work are largely shaped by their operating

Re: Outlook/Windows users on this list?

2001-07-30 Thread Amber Rhea
on 7/30/01 2:06 PM, (Vintage Macs) at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And then the issue of one system being just as good as the other... Comparing brand new pc's to 10 year old macs... Really people, Mac OS X is far superior to any other operating system out there, be it windows or linux. Most

Re: Outlook/Windows users on this list?

2001-07-28 Thread Steve Moody
At 11:43 AM +0200 7/28/2001, Marten van de Kraats wrote: evolution: survival of the fittest and all that stuff. PC's are for the stupid masses, Macs are for the spiritual and intellectual elite. Our machines are just better and stronger. :-) I disagree. I was a PC-head (I still play one at

Re: Outlook/Windows users on this list?

2001-07-27 Thread Paul Stamsen
At 9:18 am -0700 7/27/01, regarding Outlook/Windows users on this list?, Gregg Eshelman penned sagely: - Thare are about a half dozen people out there who's - computers have the latest Outlook/Outlook Express - virus and I keep getting junk attachments from them. - :P - - I certainly

Re: Outlook/Windows users on this list?

2001-07-27 Thread Gregg Eshelman
--- Michael J. Flaherty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thare are about a half dozen people out there who's computers have the latest Outlook/Outlook Express virus and I keep getting junk attachments from them. What are they ? .exe files ? The virus grabs a random file off the

Re: Outlook/Windows users on this list?

2001-07-27 Thread Gregg Eshelman
That is the one. :P --- Cameron Kaiser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thare are about a half dozen people out there who's computers have the latest Outlook/Outlook Express virus and I keep getting junk attachments from them. What are they ? .exe files ? I'm wondering if they got

Virus proof. Re: Outlook/Windows users on this list?

2001-07-27 Thread Gregg Eshelman
--- Jim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My estimation is that yes, it's a very bad infection this time. I've received about a dozen copies of it in the past couple days. Fortunately I drive a Mac... That's why I use Yahoo mail for mailing lists. Ain't gonna get no viri that way. For my normal

Re: Outlook/Windows users on this list?

2001-07-27 Thread Marten van de Kraats
That would be yet another very good reason to run 7.1 instead of 7.5.x. (Now if the virus kiddies would get smarter and figure out how to package along a nasty AppleScript instead of a Visual Basic Script...) -- Check out the System 6

Re: Virus proof. Re: Outlook/Windows users on this list?

2001-07-27 Thread Marten van de Kraats
There was already an applescript virus not long ago. It was called 'Simpson' or something like that. Marten Is Outlook 5.0.2 for Mac AppleScriptable? If so I'll bet an enterprising cracker could do the same junk to Macs. -- Check out

Re: Outlook/Windows users on this list?

2001-07-27 Thread Gregg Eshelman
--- Steve Moody [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 9:17 PM -0400 7/27/2001, Amber Rhea wrote: What was the statistic? Over 10,000 known Windows viruses and fewer than 10 for the Mac? Closer to truth is 15,000 for Windows/DOS and 700 for Mac. The chance of an effective worm for a Mac would

Re: Outlook/Windows users on this list?

2001-07-27 Thread Gregg Eshelman
--- Steve Conrad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Closer to truth is 15,000 for Windows/DOS and 700 for Mac. The chance of an effective worm for a Mac would be for it to be cross platform. Possible? Likely? Any that would affect the Mac nowadays (OS X) would have to also affect