You understand what may have happend in the first place, right? The Windows equivalent may have been something along the lines of users applying unsupported patches to the Explorer shell. The problem isn't necessarily Apple's here - and the fix, much like the initial patches, is not made for those who can't... "master a one-button mouse."
Direct your smugness with understanding, padawan. ;)
Application Enhancer is such a dodgy extension that I'm not at all surprised that it's causing problems with upgrades. It's things like this that make me feel justified in leaving it a few weeks before upgrading.
ah sweet sweet schadenfreude. As a mac owner (2 if you count the 12 year old performa 630 - which I don't), I can't fathom the fanboyism. It's just a computer.
Reliable & Vista in one sentence, now there's something you don't see very often ;)
2 upgrades and no problems so far, though I think Leopard is rather underwhelming. Anyone queuing to get it is either easy to please, or going to be sorely disappointed.
I can't say what it's reliability is like compared to Vista, but I'd say it compares with the XP boxes i still run. I like to tinker and rarely have problems with XP or OS X. No OS is going to save you if you tinker around with it and don't know what you're doing.
One of many reasons I switched to OS X as my primary OS was because it allowed me to play with Unix shell commands. I'm with @sxoop though - they're just computers, and all the fan boy/religious devotion is really quite funny to watch.
Your post seems biased. Not sure where you get the "many users" from. From what I've been reading this problem only affects users who are upgrading and have the 3rd party Unsanity application enhancer installed http://unsanity.com/haxies/ape/.
This is an app that basically hacks the OS to let users alter the behaviour and appearance of OSX. It's a dodgy piece of software and it's not the first time it has caused problems for people who use it.
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http://www.silvermac.com/2007/leopard-installation-problems-blue-screen/
2 years ago by l0ckergn0me
I love it. Unix shell commands for people who can only master a one-button mouse.
2 years ago by conoro
You understand what may have happend in the first place, right? The Windows equivalent may have been something along the lines of users applying unsupported patches to the Explorer shell. The problem isn't necessarily Apple's here - and the fix, much like the initial patches, is not made for those who can't... "master a one-button mouse."
Direct your smugness with understanding, padawan. ;)
2 years ago by l0ckergn0me
I'm shocked Steve would let you install anything on an Apple that he hadn't personally tested and approved himself.
A little too similar to unlocked iPhones being bricked? I smell a conspiracy ;-)
2 years ago by conoro
Application Enhancer is such a dodgy extension that I'm not at all surprised that it's causing problems with upgrades. It's things like this that make me feel justified in leaving it a few weeks before upgrading.
2 years ago by tommorris
I wonder if @TomRaftery is going to blog this to join his series of Vista reports :-)
2 years ago by conoro
ah sweet sweet schadenfreude. As a mac owner (2 if you count the 12 year old performa 630 - which I don't), I can't fathom the fanboyism. It's just a computer.
2 years ago by sxoop
Reliable & Vista in one sentence, now there's something you don't see very often ;)
2 upgrades and no problems so far, though I think Leopard is rather underwhelming. Anyone queuing to get it is either easy to please, or going to be sorely disappointed.
I can't say what it's reliability is like compared to Vista, but I'd say it compares with the XP boxes i still run. I like to tinker and rarely have problems with XP or OS X. No OS is going to save you if you tinker around with it and don't know what you're doing.
One of many reasons I switched to OS X as my primary OS was because it allowed me to play with Unix shell commands. I'm with @sxoop though - they're just computers, and all the fan boy/religious devotion is really quite funny to watch.
2 years ago by Yarrg
With you all the way Stuart. I don't think about my OS 99% of the time, it's just a tool.
I'd love to try Vista for a while to see if it is a better tool but I can't, it's totally unstable on my laptop :-) My "Vista Capable" laptop.
2 years ago by conoro
<--- one of the fanboys. Don't diss the mac...
2 years ago by jgalvin
I use both machines for editing. They both crash. OS X caused me dreadful bother. Windows XP will do for now.
2 years ago by Festoon
Your post seems biased. Not sure where you get the "many users" from. From what I've been reading this problem only affects users who are upgrading and have the 3rd party Unsanity application enhancer installed http://unsanity.com/haxies/ape/.
This is an app that basically hacks the OS to let users alter the behaviour and appearance of OSX. It's a dodgy piece of software and it's not the first time it has caused problems for people who use it.
2 years ago by aidanf
Once again proving that fanboys have no sense of humour.
Loosen up, I'm trolling!
2 years ago by conoro