Coming late to the party... I use Mac OS X every single day for email, web, word processing, Java programming, and some graphics stuff. I have _never_ reinstalled OS X, just used the "Software updates" as they come out. I have roughly two forced restarts per month, which is about the same as my Windows 2000 system (and my previous Mac OS 9 system).
My experience was somewhat worse while I was using the Eudora beta for OS X; now that I have switched to Entourage, I am very happy with the reliability and stability of OS X and its applications. I never boot into OS 9 any more; the only things I use Classic for are Meeting Maker (corporate calendar, no OS X client), and Freehand (can't afford the upgrade). If this is "abyssmal", then I'm pretty happy in the Pit! -- Joshua On 4/21/02 12:00 AM, "D�nes BOGS�NYI" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 21/4/02 07:31, "Greg Cook" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Relax. Your messages have not been lost. When you do any rebuild the >> original database file is renamed something like "old database" and is in >> your identity folder. (Users/<your user name>/Documents/Microsoft User >> Data/Office X Identities/Main Identity) >> >> All you need to do to retrieve the original data is to delete the new >> database and rename the "old database" to "database" (and the other >> associated files). >> >> I'm not sure why you did a complex rebuild at all if you were not >> experiencing any problems. This is supposed to be a last resort fix if you >> are having problems. You should never do it if there are no problems with >> your files. >> >> --Greg >> >> On 4/20/02 3:57 PM, "Harry Zink" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> >>> I just did a complex rebuild, simply because I haven't done any sort of >>> optimize or rebuild in a long time. >>> >>> Well, it finished, and now *ALL* items from my inbox have disappeard. Gone. >>> Zilch. >>> >>> Needless to say, my first impulse was that I was 'not very happy' (in other >>> words, I was ready to scream at someone - fortunately, after claming myself >>> for 10 minutes, I'm able to compose this). >>> >>> I'm noticing the following 'new' issues after this complex rebuild: >>> >>> - Entourage now takes roughly a minute to launch - up from roughly 10 >>> seconds previously. >>> >>> - I lost my entire InBox (luckily I transferred most to an archive recently, >>> but that still means that I lost roughly 1,500 messages, some of them pretty >>> damn important.) >>> >>> I will withhold full-on flaming regarding the cause of this, but I would >>> like to seriously get to the bottom of this, and know: >>> >>> - is this some kind of feature? > Obviously! You just bought a new piece of programmed junk at high cost. >>> - are the lost messages recoverable? > Probably not!!! The messages are yours and are of no interest to either > Microsoft or Apple. >>> - will this be greeted by silence? > Deafening silence. Neither Microsoft nor Apple accept the old-fashioned > concept of service. There is NO money in it and the bottom line is ALL that > counts otherwise how would Microsoft be worth $US50bn+. >>> - is this an Office v.X innovation, or can this happen >>> under Entourage 2001 as well? > It is an Office X improvement made so that you upgrade at huge cost to you > as soon as the next version is out. >>> - what other *reliable* mail client is there out there? > Probably they are all junk. At least that has been my extensive experience. > I would not touch MacOS X or any of its applications until there is vast > improvement in user friendliness and particularly reliability which by all > accounts is absolutely abysmal. >>> Harry >>> -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
