Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 20:11:07 -0400 From: Stuart Krivis <ipswitch@apk.net> To: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Crap OS X Message-ID: <200105150011.f4F0BCS12970@madcap.apk.net> In-Reply-To: <200105140219.f4E2JY549635@grumpy.dyndns.org>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Sunday, May 13, 2001, at 10:19 PM, David Kelly wrote: > > My Titanium PowerBook G4-400 cost $2600 but http://www.outpost.com/ > threw > in overnight shipping, leather carrying case, and an extra 128MB of RAM > (for 256MB). Then another $100 or so for MacOS X because they don't ship > One of my cow-orkers got the same deal. She got an Outpost.com slinky too. :-) > it standard, yet. While that's more than an iBook or G4 desktop, I've > never had a laptop before. Love it. Also buy a Logitech Optical Wheel > Mouse, the blue/silver one which is "PS2/USB Compatible". At $30 its at > least as good as Apple's $60 mouse, and slides better. > I got the plain beige version of this mouse for $20 at Best Buy. > Part of my problem is I have about 10 years of history in the Mac > files I > drag around. Is terribly easy to buy a new machine with bigger HD, drag > the entire old HD to a folder in the new, and everything works. So I > have > about 3 folders of prior machines that I ought to spend a couple of days > cleaning out. Have long since thrown away the System Folders but keep a > stuffed copy as there is no telling what Preferences file I might need > later for having forgotten a serial number. > Maybe you could just burn some of this to CD? I did this with Photoshop since I no longer use it very much. If I need it, I just drag it to my HD, use it, and drag it to the trash when I'm done. > > Retrospect from Dantz is about the only Mac backup utility available. > Its > Veritas Backup Exec also has a Mac client. Retrospect is quite good though. Too bad they don't support unix... [-- Attachment #2 --] On Sunday, May 13, 2001, at 10:19 PM, David Kelly wrote: <excerpt> My Titanium PowerBook G4-400 cost $2600 but http://www.outpost.com/ threw in overnight shipping, leather carrying case, and an extra 128MB of RAM (for 256MB). Then another $100 or so for MacOS X because they don't ship </excerpt> One of my cow-orkers got the same deal. She got an Outpost.com slinky too. :-) <excerpt>it standard, yet. While that's more than an iBook or G4 desktop, I've never had a laptop before. Love it. Also buy a Logitech Optical Wheel Mouse, the blue/silver one which is "PS2/USB Compatible". At $30 its at least as good as Apple's $60 mouse, and slides better. </excerpt> I got the plain beige version of this mouse for $20 at Best Buy. <color><param>0000,0000,DEB7</param> </color><excerpt>Part of my problem is I have about 10 years of history in the Mac files I drag around. Is terribly easy to buy a new machine with bigger HD, drag the entire old HD to a folder in the new, and everything works. So I have about 3 folders of prior machines that I ought to spend a couple of days cleaning out. Have long since thrown away the System Folders but keep a stuffed copy as there is no telling what Preferences file I might need later for having forgotten a serial number. </excerpt> Maybe you could just burn some of this to CD? I did this with Photoshop since I no longer use it very much. If I need it, I just drag it to my HD, use it, and drag it to the trash when I'm done. <color><param>0000,0000,DEB7</param> </color><excerpt> Retrospect from Dantz is about the only Mac backup utility available. Its </excerpt> Veritas Backup Exec also has a Mac client. Retrospect is quite good though. Too bad they don't support unix...
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