> >I agree. I love my new IceBook, but find it slightly disconcerting to >>d/l multi-megabyte uploads without having the foggiest idea what it >>does, or what file will be affected, or deleted, or added, or >>anything. . . . > >Read a few books, learn the ins and outs of UNIX or just play with OS >X for a while and it will become as clear as System 5. Surely you >only learnt your way around System 5/6 or OS 7/9 by playing around >with em right? I know I did! It's just a case of getting used to >something new and different.] > >I'm a new ager I admit, one of the only reasons I originally came on >board was that I was impressed by a G4 running OS X Public Beta but >having got in I'm absorbed. Keep your minds open, I know old stuff is >simpler and may feel better than the new wave stuff but get to know >OS X and you will feel nearly as at home. > >Since I got into the Apple scene I have dived in head first and tried >to find as much history, background and info, mainly via these lists, >as possible about older stuff but probably have not even cracked the >surface of the pond yet, after all I only have 68000 machine and >it's a Portable, my oldest machine working is an original state SE/30 >running 6.0.8, I have a long way to go yet no? >--
Don't get me wrong, I'm writing this on a Ti-book and appreciate the newer systems etc... *but* even were I to master Unix so that the system was my second skin, so much stuff is dumped into one's computer these days by programs. And often they don't even record what or where they are dumping it. I don't want to go back in time, and I am not a technophobe, but the complexity of the programs as well as the OS is such now that it isn't really possible to keep tabs on everything. There's just so much going on! And, again, that's both a good thing and a bad thing. Cheers, Nicole ps. I take it you don't mean "new-ager" as in crystals and unicorns... what does the term mean? -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
