I never used one of those. I've held one and checked one out, but never got
the hang of them.
I have a friend who has an Apple 2E with a lot of his original accessories
and disks. He fires that puppy up from time to time for nostalgia sake.
Take Care
John D. Panarese
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On Jul 26, 2014, at 11:57 AM, Barry Hadder <[email protected]> wrote:
> I long for the days of the abacus.
>
> On Jul 26, 2014, at 10:35 AM, John Panarese <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> The reality is, you are going to find problems with any version of an
> operating system. Look at the Windows users who still stick with XP at this
> point. There are oddities that one person may have that cannot be recreated
> by another person with any version of an OS. That is just the unfortunate
> aspect of computers, even within Mac systems. Personally, going back to Snow
> Leopard? Are you crazy? Anyone who says that has not used each of the
> operating systems extensively as they have progressed from Tiger. VoiceOver
> has come a long way since 10.4, and since I still have a Snow Leopard install
> available to me, as well as a Leopard one, I can tell you that you are not
> missing anything significant. I have to work with a lady who is still
> running Snow Leopard and it's seems antiquated to me when I use it. It's
> like night and day compared to VoiceOver in Mavericks. I'd take Mavericks
> over Tiger, Leopard, Snow Leopard or anything else. There are considerable
> technical differences and advances as well that go beyond VoiceOver. You are
> drastically understating things if you are pining for the days of Snow
> Leopard.
>
>
> Take Care
>
> John D. Panarese
> Director
> Mac for the Blind
> Tel, (631) 724-4479
> Email, [email protected]
> Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com
>
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> Lion
>
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>
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>
>
>
>
> On Jul 26, 2014, at 10:01 AM, Brandon A. Olivares <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> I don't see what is wrong with Mavericks. It's been working absolutely fine
>> for me.
>>
>> Any issues I had was because my computer was old. I just got a new Macbook
>> Pro, and now it runs smoothly. It's been perfectly solid.
>>
>> ---
>> Peace,
>> Brandon
>>
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>> On Jul 26, 2014, at 3:51 AM, Christopher Hallsworth
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Very true in that newer is not always better. My mac came preinstalled with
>>> Lion so I could go back to it if I really wanted to using Internet
>>> Recovery. I could also reinstall Mountain Lion by downloading it from the
>>> Mac App Store. Guess it's each to their own but since my mac is not my
>>> primary machine I don't mind upgrading and living the possible consequences.
>>>
>>> On 25/07/2014 23:34, Sabahattin Gucukoglu wrote:
>>>> Warning: whiny rant ahead.
>>>>
>>>> I made the mistake of reinstalling Snow Leopard on one of my older
>>>> machines that supported it. I also learned that my desktop iMac
>>>> originally came with it, and that although difficult, I could choose to
>>>> use it. This would still be preferable to going back to Windows.
>>>>
>>>> I say "Mistake" because using Snow Leopard again, even for a short while,
>>>> made me realise just how stupid and pointless all subsequent releases of
>>>> OS X have been. I mean, really, it's just gimmicks and iOS envy. The
>>>> small number of worthwhile features that came with newer OS releases could
>>>> easily have been foregone or substituted if it meant getting back what I
>>>> most liked about a clean, stable, functional OS like Snow Leopard. How
>>>> could I have upgraded three OS releases and not noticed that? I guess the
>>>> "Magic" of Apple is really that they can convince people to accept
>>>> unwelcome change, even for some trifling little benefit which they will
>>>> sell as a "Feature" to justify an entire OS upgrade.
>>>>
>>>> So, to answer your question, the reason to install ML over Mavericks is
>>>> that newer is not always better, but that ML is a good bit more stable and
>>>> comes from a better cut. However, I do recommend it in this instance,
>>>> because Apple has abandoned accessibility support for ML, and you won't
>>>> get system software updates that address any accessibility issues. I
>>>> know; I asked. There are a couple of minor changes in Mavericks besides
>>>> that make it worth having, like invisible Time Machine backups, and
>>>> multi-process Safari. However, you'll have to learn how to work the new
>>>> iBooks, if you need it, and there are definite stability issues.
>>>>
>>>> /me wonders if he should install Snow Leopard on my primary desktop, and
>>>> live forever in a better time ...
>>>>
>>>> No, probably not. I would only hurt myself in the long run.
>>>>
>>>> Yes, I saw the latest Yosemite, in case anyone's wondering. I'm not
>>>> telling you what to expect, but you can sign up for the beta for free.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Sabahattin
>>>>
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