At 5:24 PM -0600 on Thursday, January 19, 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>At 4:08 PM -0600 01/19/2006, Emily Jackson wrote: >>At 3:48 PM -0600 on Thursday, January 19, 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] >><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >I don't really perceive those features as being compelling reasons to >>>pay for the Deluxe product. Don't get me wrong - at one time I >>>really loved StuffIt. I paid for several Deluxe releases and was an >>>AladdinSys beta tester for years. >>> >>>But times have changed. Except for decompression, StuffIt provides >>>little of interest to OS X users, IMO. We're going to .zip and .tar >>>now... >> >>The OP asked about the Classic version (I think 7 is the last Classic >>version). It's quite useful if you're on a Classic-only machine. > >I'll make the same case against the classic version. Expander is >ample. Add DropStuff if you really need it. The decode for other >formats, uu, yenc and rar especially, are slow and buggy in the >classic Expander. In Classic you still deal with a lot of .sit files (at least I do). Suppose you have a .sit archive containing 100 files, and you need only one. You can wait for Expander to unstuff the entire thing, or you can use SD to view the archive's contents and extract only the file you need. Granted, SD is kind of pricey, but so are a lot of other useful programs (read: iLife). I have SD 10 on my OS X machine, although I don't use it as much as I used to. I had paid for DropStuff years ago, so I have been able to just buy upgrades with each version of SD. Again, I can't imagine not having it on my Classic-only machine. Emily -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> 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/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
