[geeks] Apple to sell iphones at best buy? = Bapple ?

[kaboom at scud.ca]

Apple + best buy = Best Apple, "we compute your world"

I'm lucks all my bapple stuff just works with no problems. 

Bapple = best buy + apple
-----Original Message-----
From: Shannon Hendrix <shannon at widomaker.com>

Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2008 10:32:16 
To: The Geeks List<geeks at sunhelp.org>
Subject: Re: [geeks] Mal de OS X (was: Weird MacOS issue)


On Dec 23, 2008, at 20:28 , Mark Benson wrote:

>> I see Apple quality has falling off in the last 2-3 years, hardware
>> and software.
>> Leopard was released long before it was ready, and it still isn't
>> right.
>
> I blame that damned one-in-the-eye-phone myself ;)

I really hated to see them change their name from Apple Computer.

Their other products are nice, but it's their computers that really
matter to the market.

>> The Mac Pro has been one of the most problematic computers I have
>> ever owned, even compared to my $350 Dell T105.  In fact, I'm on my
>> second one: Apple had to replace the first one which died
>> prematurely.  Of course, some of the problems are Leopard and
>> nVidia drivers.
>
> Mine's been fine, don't go giving it ideas! *hides Mac Pro's eyes*.

I suspect most of them are fine, but it's clear that a whole lot of
them are not, and Apple won't admit it.

Some of it is probably because Apple's lack of experience.

Going from custom tailored hardware to fairly generic Intel reference
systems is probably part of it.

> 10.5.5 was supposed to address the issues we had originally with the
> 8800GTs and yet I still managed to pile it into a big heap while I
> was fooling with Quick Look.
>
> They can't even keep the Windows ones up to date for Bootcamp.
> Surely that can't be SO hard!

nVidia would probably even do it for them.

Apple and its fanboys often say Apple handles the drivers for
reliability reasons.  I've even heard them say "Hey, you want Apple
drivers to be like Windows?"

I have to laugh because in my case the answer would be yes.

Apple's drivers are buggy, so I'd personally like the chance to
upgrade them on my own.

My Windows nVidia drivers work great.

>> Apple's sleep code is buggy, especially on the Mac Pro.
>
> Apple's sleep code is buggy on everything.

What I can't figure out is that it seems to work for some people all
the time.

I had to turn sleep functions off on my Mac Pro because it KP'd so
much if I let it sleep.

That sucks because as you know, a Mac Pro is not exactly a lean machine.

> Again, no issues here, and I have run mine ragged (had it down to 12
> fps at some points in Mass Effect, because I was using forced AA/AF
> with HDR on at the same time) and while the fan was rolling pretty
> hard it still kept ticking).

Apple has had to replace a lot of 8800GT systems.

>> There is something wrong with Intel virtualization, because running
>> anything like Fusion notably increases the chances of a kernel
>> panic.  Maybe that's Intel's fault?
>
> Hard to say without trying the same thing with VMWare in Windows or
> Linux and watching the results.

I don't believe that will work.  Virtualization runs Fusion, but
within Fusion, I don't believe you can then run virtualization inside
of virtualization.

> If Snow Leopard isn't a significantly stability and functionality
> improvement over Leopard then they can kiss my custom goodbye. I'll
> buy a Dell next time ;)

The Mac is the only system where I've spent significant money on
commercial software, and I'd hate to replace it.

I also don't like doing actual work with Windows.

I don't like Linux with Gnome on top of it, and can only barely
tolerate KDE.

The truth is, I don't like any of them.  The whole industry needs to
shape up and start making reliability and engineering job number one.

But for now, the Mac is the one I feel most comfortable doing my daily
work.  The software is generally very good and the OS I think just
needs some TLC and more hard work from Apple.

--
"Where some they sell their dreams for small desires."
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