Tracy Lee wrote: >Jaguar, >upon first release had some MAJOR fatal flaws, but you know what? The >update that came out has seemed to fix all the issues I had. The major >issues I had was a total freeze up of the system in which I could boot >off any system disk (including Jaguar and OS 9.0, 9.1) except when I >finally found my OS 9.2 disk -- THAT one worked! The other real pain in >the neck problem was that my preferences were randomly disappearing >(Where is the dock this time? What items are even in there, What image is >on the desktop? Etc.) including the almost all loss of my Mail >preferences. I would put in all my settings, quit the app, restart it and >it would look like I had never used the application, except for my Mac >account which was active.
I've been trying to stay out of this argument among you experts, but the quote above finally prompt me to say something that I've been wanting to get off my chest. If GE came out with a new refrigerator model, would we think it was acceptable for it to have MAJOR fatal flaws, even if they sent a repairman out to fix them at no expense to us? Hell no, we wouldn't, and the same goes for cell phones, fax machines, and other electronic devices. But we have been trained to accept major flaws in new operating systems as a matter of course, and we are expected to deal with the flaws ourselves while we wait for them to finally get it right, at which time it will be replaced with a later "better" version with its own flaws. There is a certain segment of the population that is willing to be beat up this way, some of us more than others. Some of us are willing to charge ahead and be experimented upon, enduring nightmares like described in the quote above, while others of us drag our feet and stay within our comfort zones, just trying to enjoy something that finally works until we are forced by "progress" to catch up. But I can't see how computers will ever achieve a significantly greater penetration of households until they actually work like phones, toasters and refrigerators. The public is appalled with any other product that is so trouble-prone as a computer, and those who don't really have to use one just won't put up with it. I don't blame them. Climbing down off my soapbox, Bill McIntyre ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
