OSX does not crash?!
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Thu 2005/07/21 14:03
I have made the switch for a few months now and while I do find that OSX is easier to maintain and manage over Windows, there are a few things which just get on my nut.
Tiger's home page goes on about how OSX does not crash - it *has* crashed for me a few times but perhaps that was because I was running a Windows emulator ;-)
But here is the sad truth - OSX may not crash but applications running on it often do - apps which I use often.
Dreamweaver: Dreamweaver has always crashed on a Windows machine and it looks like Macromedia thought they would carry on the tradition by making this product crash on OSX too - good job Macromedia - no bloody wonder they were bought out by Adobe.
Fireworks: Another Macromedia product which crashes from time to time - especially when rotating objects.
Thunderbird: Was my main mail client until I switched to OSX - crash crash crash - need I say more?
Firefox: Firefox hardly crashed on my Windows machine but crashes every day for me on OSX - I guess this is the reason why so many Mac users say that they use Safari and Firefox at the same time - they switch to Safari while waiting for Firefox to restart!
I do need to keep on using Firefox though as the Developer tools are a must. Safari is fast but limited - why on earth did the Safari team make it so that you can only choose *one* folder to download images etc to? I should be able to browse on save. The bookmarks functionality in Safari is appalling to. A round of applause to the Safari team - and at the same time a round of steaming-bat-crap-shoved-in-the-mouth. Why oh why do developers continue to develop apps for themselves rather than for people who actually use those apps.
There is no doubt that macs are cool - isn't expose just the coolest thing? But I am not going to continue to lie to Windows users and preach mac anymore. To tell yo the truth - I am unsatisfied with all computers and OS's - I just cant wait until the day that computers are embedded in our brains - no need for monitors either as images will be beamed to the back of our eyeballs.
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TNTPOP in outerspace, France
Hi, it seems funny how you write down, here, exactly what I think... Personaly I use 3 systems (Windows, OSX, Gentoo Linux) and I must say that the most stable is my Linux (used as a server with no GUI). I do think that OSX has a higher quality level than Windows but there still are some things that just .. crash. I think all systems (with GUI) need to be reinstall regularly but even using ghost systems (fast re-imaging) does'nt quite do it for me as there is always loss of data (somehow). Will there be a solution?
(ID #33787) Posted on 2007/01/02 02:11
Mark Choi in Pittsburgh
"Tiger's home page goes on about how OSX does not crash - it *has* crashed for me a few times but perhaps that was because I was running a Windows emulator ;-) But here is the sad truth - OSX may not crash but applications running on it often do - apps which I use often." You need to make up your mind Does the OS crash or not? First you say that it has for you, then you imply that it has not. Applications freezing in NOT the same thing as crashing. And Macromedia apps are in NO way under the control of Apple, so I am not clear what purpose your criticism serves. I have indeed crashed OSX. Had a few quite spectacular kernal panics. But your statements here are simply misguided. AS to your reader's reply about Linux being more stable, that is hardly surprising, given the range of applications being run on most Linux distros. If all did was run Apache, a shell, and open office, even Wind'ohz XP would appear solid.
(ID #33856) Posted on 2007/01/02 02:11
FinalFusion in Chicago, Illinois
You really hit the nail on the head! Nothing is truely "user friendly"!
(ID #39363) Posted on 2007/01/02 02:11
TNTPOP in outerspace, France
Hi, it seems funny how you write down, here, exactly what I think... Personaly I use 3 systems (Windows, OSX, Gentoo Linux) and I must say that the most stable is my Linux (used as a server with no GUI). I do think that OSX has a higher quality level than Windows but there still are some things that just .. crash. I think all systems (with GUI) need to be reinstall regularly but even using ghost systems (fast re-imaging) does'nt quite do it for me as there is always loss of data (somehow). Will there be a solution?
(ID #75791) Posted on 1999/11/30 15:00
Mark Choi in Pittsburgh
"Tiger's home page goes on about how OSX does not crash - it *has* crashed for me a few times but perhaps that was because I was running a Windows emulator ;-) But here is the sad truth - OSX may not crash but applications running on it often do - apps which I use often." You need to make up your mind Does the OS crash or not? First you say that it has for you, then you imply that it has not. Applications freezing in NOT the same thing as crashing. And Macromedia apps are in NO way under the control of Apple, so I am not clear what purpose your criticism serves. I have indeed crashed OSX. Had a few quite spectacular kernal panics. But your statements here are simply misguided. AS to your reader's reply about Linux being more stable, that is hardly surprising, given the range of applications being run on most Linux distros. If all did was run Apache, a shell, and open office, even Wind'ohz XP would appear solid.
(ID #75860) Posted on 1999/11/30 15:00
FinalFusion in Chicago, Illinois
You really hit the nail on the head! Nothing is truely "user friendly"!
(ID #81367) Posted on 1999/11/30 15:00
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