I don't own any Apple stock but I am an early adopter of .Mac, I had an account under iTools that I rarely used because I was on a dial-up ISP and the iDisk was basicly useless. That changed in July when I got a cable modem, with high speed access I feel the service is worth the $49 I had to pay this year; as for next we will have to wait and see. I've used some the 100 free 4 X 6 photo coupons to get some prints made and they came out great. I've got some family pictures up on the web site and it's nice to be able to share this way. All in all I'm satisfied with the service, but I would hesitate to recommend it to someone on a dial-up internet connection simply because of the speed issue.
There is no way iDisk will be of any use on dial-up, I tried it and gave up because it was impossible to move any files of substance over a modem connection. Doing back-up would be impossible, there are far better alternatives to backing up than with iDisk. Besides they give you 100 MB of space and most people are using drives in the 10 to 100 Gig range. I guess it really boils down to your connection speed; if you have DSL or cable .Mac can be a nice addition to a digital lifestyle, I just think with a slower connection that you will be limited with what you can do with it. I didn't comment on the use of iCal and iSync with it, because I have yet to get a handle on using them in a practical way. Joe Ellis ----------------------------------- "Not all who wander are lost." -J. R. R. Tolkien ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kenneth Stevens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "G-Books" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 10:10 AM Subject: Re: .Mac > > On Monday, September 23, 2002, at 04:34 AM, Demetrius wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > Just wanted to get some feedback concerning .Mac. How many members > > have joined? Is it really worth the money?I have not joined yet, but I > > am considering the possibility. > > > > Demetrius > > I am happy with the service but I am also one of those greedy Apple > stockholders that like to see Apple make money, or at least cover > expenses. Apple says that they had 100,000 users as of last week with > 1000 new subscribers signing up each day. That number will drop when > the ability to convert existing accounts at $49 expires. > -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> 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/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
