At 4:02 PM +0100 10/8/2008, Simon Royal wrote: > >The Mac 'chime' is so dull, compared to the start up tone of Windows.
The Mac's BONG is a functional sound - it indicates that the self-test has successfully completed. It is replaced by other sounds if something fails. That blert played by Windoze is just a ripoff thing. It doesn't mean anything. >Windows has those annoying sounds when windows maximise, minimise >and when alert messages pop up. Gotta wake the user up. Unacceptable to let them die of boredom or frustration. Dead users don't buy more MS updates! - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
