On Aug 27, 2008, at 03:49, tgies wrote:
On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 20:42, Andy Armstrong <a...@hexten.net> wrote:
On 26 Aug 2008, at 21:05, Joshua Juran wrote:
Unfortunately, what actually happened wasn't so benign as any of
those.
Instead, the OS promptly wedged itself, forcing a system reset.
So basically you assumed that because the plug fitted in the
socket a ten
year old OS should be able to handle a modern peripheral? What do you
consider to be at fault here? OS 9 for not predicting the future
or iPod for
not working happily with any computer it can physically connect to
regardless of age?
There are plenty of things to criticise Apple about. This doesn't
feel like
one of them.
It is not totally unreasonable to expect that an incompatible USB
peripheral is not going to totally wedge the entire system.
Let's rewrite that, shall we?
How about: "It is not totally unreasonable to expect that an
incompatible USB peripheral is not going to totally wedge [an
operating system that is better than dimly aware of USB].
That's better.
I don't think that OS9 passes muster.
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