On Fri, 19 Jan 2001 11:41:44 -0500, Steve Sell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 1/19/01 11:29 AM, "William Howarth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I strongly second this motion. I had HUGE problems migrating to 9.0.4, >> because 3rd party utilities (Iomega, DataViz, Norton, Aladdin) take forever >> to catch up with Mac upgrades, especially if they also write for the Windows >> market. Now I hear reports of similar problems in upgrading to 9.1. I plan >> to wait a while before taking that step, and as for OS X, I may wait for XI >> or XII. > > > What problems have you hear of moving to 9.1? > > Here's the thing about "hearing" of issues. Every time something new comes > out, there are some small number of machines that will have a problem -- > usually it's because of something actually wrong with the machine and the > new software just exposes it. Then items get posted to MackFixit or > whereever (great site by the way) and people immediately panic that the > world will come to an end if they upgrade. Some issues are legitimate, most > are not. And it's not that hard to tell the difference. > > -steve I should have been more specific. Several 9.1 crashes were reported to THIS list over the past few days; I have also read plenty of them on two other lists, so I don't think I am spreading rumors here. If you check the Apple Technical Information Library, you will find plenty of similar complaints. The fun starts when you complain both to Apple and the 3rd party; each blames the other for the incompatibility. -- William Howarth [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.princeton.edu/~howarth -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To search the archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
