macbootdisk.com is some guy's lame attempt to make a buck. He is selling mac boot disks. Probably in violation of many copyright laws but, Apple has bigger fish to fry.
I actually have no beef other then the lame attempt to post an ad in response to someone on the list offering to help for free. d.colvin d.colvin wrote: > > I guess that I'm confused. What is macbootdisk.com > <http://macbootdisk.com>? I assumed that if i clicked on it, I would > go to macbootdisk.com <http://macbootdisk.com> and once there, I would > find a link to rescuemyclassicmac.com <http://rescuemyclassicmac.com>. > But thats not the case. There doesn't seem to be a macbootdisk.com > <http://macbootdisk.com>. It simply takes you directly to the > rescuemyclassicmac.com <http://rescuemyclassicmac.com> web-site. > > I thought there might be something interesting at macbootdisk.com > <http://macbootdisk.com>. I wanted to see. You created a web-site with > no other purpose then to redirect to someone else's web-site that you > don't have any relationship with? > > I was just curious. I don't understand but I'm far from being the > smartest guy on the list. I do spell fairly well, though. That counts > for something, right? > > > > > > > On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 12:19 AM, Mac128DOTcom > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > Good for you Matt. Thanks for offering the service. > > I can redirect MacBootDisk.com to you as I'm sure the vintage Mac > community would rather pay nothing for System disks. LOL > > But seriously, very generous. (and I'll do it too) > > I actually think Kevin's prices are a little high and have said as > much, but I have personally waited months for a "free" boot disk from > a generous forum member before, so I think $10 is reasonable when I > consider how much time and money it actually takes to acquire the old > DD media, prep an old disk, test the copy and maintain the equipment, > and have a stack of disks sitting there ready to be packaged and > shipped upon receiving a PayPal notification. No muss no fuss. > > Certainly we should all be as generous in this community, so I salute > you. Hope you are around for a very long time. > > > On Sep 12, 11:43 am, platnicat <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > I just got a Mac SE and a Classic, so now I can make a boot disk of > > pretty much any system available on the web! > > > > Cheers, Matt > > > > On Sep 12, 12:19 pm, leaknoil <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > > > > > > It's in pretty bad taste to post an ad for your for pay > service as a > > > reply to someone offering to help other members of the mailing > list for > > > free. mac128.com <http://mac128.com> is clearly listed as > owned by the same guy that owns > > > macbootdisk.com <http://macbootdisk.com>. > > > > > Mac128DOTcom wrote: > > > > This service is already being offered, but with the addition > of other > > > > vital systems for various Macs:http://www.macbootdisk.com > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
