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>, Andy
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> In article <291220072239116830%gone@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Emma Grey <gone@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > In article <no-2F6A61.23594028122007@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Andy
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> > > In article <281220072329451854%gone@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Emma Grey
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> > > wrote:
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> > > > Personally, I do a fresh (re)install every few months or so;
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> > >
> > > Seriously? That's one of the most bizarre things I've ever heard.
> >
> > In which case I suspect you've led a sheltered life.
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>
> Ha! Hardly. One of the most bizarre computer related things I've
> heard, then. I think I've used the Tiger DVD twice, it was just so
> stable.
You will excuse my textual smile! But seriously, while I have no
problem being considered bizarre, my method works very well for me. I
just cannot pass up the chance to try out a new gizmo, and 9 times out
of 10 they are useless, so I'm clogged with dog ends everywhere, along
with their attendant prefs and plists and Murphy-knows-what invisible
files.
So I keep a neat-and-tidy Mac, and my decision-making keeps a strong
existential focus on what I DO retain. As I said in the earlier post,
I'm also obliged to rationalise my files, and it keeps me well aware of
what I've got. Sure I have databases built from ls functions, but
there's nothing quite like a well-worn neural pathway to keep mind and
data in harmony.
And OK the truth will out I actually enjoy doing it. If I had money
(and space!) I'd have computers everywhere. Years back, in the pre-X
days I spent many a happy hour getting Linux systems running on old
Macs (Free BSD in an LC, Debian 'potato' on an SE/30, even Minix on my
original SE!) so my re-installs are (along with practicalities I've
mentioned) just a little bit like setting up a new machine without
the expenditure or the junk.
Perhaps you think I need therapy? Well, I find the task therapeutic.
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> > > > Have you reinstalled Leopard yet? You may find that the Migration
> > > Assistant (If you use it to rebuild your /Users/) sucks :-( It
> > > certainly did for me, and hosed all the permissions (which was only
> > > fixable by a terminal command).
> > >
> > > Andy.
> >
> > No thanks 10.4.10 is the most stable OS I've found for my box. But
> > then I don't believe in Progress either :-)
>
> There are times where I wish I was still running 10.4.11 myself :-(
>
> Andy.
So why did you change? Perhaps that's a foolish question, in that you
are likely to have needs other than mine; as I'm largely text-oriented
I don't make use of the majority of development effort. But my point is
this: must we accept the requirement to constantly upgrade? Must we
jetison past capabilities just because Mr Jobs wants us to keep buying
new stuff? And I'm not being crypto-Luddite here: e.g. Leopard won't
run Classic, and my copy of the OED needs Classic; the OED isn't
available for OS X. I expect I shall be re-installing my 'out-moded'
software for as long as my G4 continues to boot.
Emma
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