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After the month with the Mac, is Anand back on the PC?
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thirdlegstump
Banned
Damn you people living outside of NYC! Probably don't even want to know how much rent I've got to pay....
Reading the article now; I thought the introduction was weak.
And where he knocks Mac application installation is completely wrong-headed. It's Windows installers and the Registry that he should be criticizing as being mysterious and feeling "disconnected".
Edit:
Good article overall. I would like to see him be specific about the value proposition though.
And where he knocks Mac application installation is completely wrong-headed. It's Windows installers and the Registry that he should be criticizing as being mysterious and feeling "disconnected".
Edit:
Good article overall. I would like to see him be specific about the value proposition though.
thirdlegstump
Banned
Actually I think what he meant by disconnected was that on the X installers, you don't really know where the stuff is getting installed into, hence you don't feel what is really happening, hence the disconnected feeling. A lot of Windows installers pretty much rip through a list of files being installed and you can use the registry sort of like a look up tool on how some applications reference with the system and other applications.
I know what he meant, but he's simply wrong (even if colored by Wintel experience). Anybody who understands how app installation on Windows and OS X is would not reach his conclusion. (Virtually) every Windows app has a dedicated uninstaller because a human cannot reverse the process easily as in Mac OS. You may use the Registry as a tool, but it's really machine-read, not meant for human use.
His immediate follow-up comments re: Office 2004 expose the misconception.
overclockingoodness
Member
Heck! I have to pay $700.00 for one room apartment in Atlanta. But then again, I live in an expensive neighborhood where houses start at $300K and go all the way up to $800K and even million. 🙂
thirdlegstump
Banned
heh. Try $3000 a month.
thirdlegstump
Banned
Re: I know what he meant, but he's simply wrong (even if colored by Wintel experience). Anybody who understands how app installation on Windows and OS X is would not reach his conclusion. (Virtually) every Windows app has a dedicated uninstaller because a human cannot reverse the process easily as in Mac OS. You may use the Registry as a tool, but it's really machine-read, not meant for human use.
His immediate follow-up comments re: Office 2004 expose the misconception. /Q
Well wrong is kind of a subjective opinion isn't it? Not every MacOS installer behaves the same you know. Some apps may randomly throw preference files all over the users/library folder and/or the system library folder or god knows where else. When it comes to uninstall and it doesn't come with an uninstaller or even an installation log file, where can you look? Nowhere that's where. You have to pretty much guess where the files are and hope that it doesn't cause an issue sometime in the future when you decide to reinstall a different version of the application or whatever else. I know that isn't the case with a good chunk of the main applications but there are some headcase apps out there. Even worse is with MacOS 9 when some apps overwrite newer extensions or throw in some hard to guess extension names which often lead to freezes or other bullcrap. I've owned various Macs since the 6100 all the way to the dual 1.25 G4, I'm not sh*ttin ya.
His immediate follow-up comments re: Office 2004 expose the misconception. /Q
Well wrong is kind of a subjective opinion isn't it? Not every MacOS installer behaves the same you know. Some apps may randomly throw preference files all over the users/library folder and/or the system library folder or god knows where else. When it comes to uninstall and it doesn't come with an uninstaller or even an installation log file, where can you look? Nowhere that's where. You have to pretty much guess where the files are and hope that it doesn't cause an issue sometime in the future when you decide to reinstall a different version of the application or whatever else. I know that isn't the case with a good chunk of the main applications but there are some headcase apps out there. Even worse is with MacOS 9 when some apps overwrite newer extensions or throw in some hard to guess extension names which often lead to freezes or other bullcrap. I've owned various Macs since the 6100 all the way to the dual 1.25 G4, I'm not sh*ttin ya.
thirdlegstump
Banned
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