Did we just experience a software change?

[Woochifer]

FF2 on my Mac is noticeably slower than Safari. I blame Windows for my experience - I'm sure they're running interference with Safari, just don't know how.

Apparently, MS last week issued a security bulletin on Safari. Here's their advice on Safari -- "Restrict use of Safari as a web browser until an appropriate update is available from Microsoft and/or Apple." Well, apparently part of the problem is with how XP and Vista handle downloaded executable files, and can actually be solved by simply switching the default file download location. Yet, here's MS warning people not to use a competing browser! (Yuh, like IE7 is a model for security and stability)

So Windows 7 will have some of the wow the earlier development versions of Vista tried to include? Cool.

I just wonder how much in the way of computing resources this new version of wow will gobble up in the process. Apple's already rolling out multi-touch on its newer laptops and the latest update of Leopard. How many OS X updates will have come out by the time Windows 7 rolls around?

I don't have Leopard yet - not likely to get it either, work owns the machine and they load the OS. But come to think of it, I think I get a new one in the fall and it'll probably have Leopard. I play with it in the store or when I use someone else machine. Haven't dug too deep yet though.

IMO, Time Machine alone is worth the upgrade. It's by far the easiest and most intuitive backup program I've ever used. It has already saved my backside a couple of times -- once when I accidentally overwrote a file, and another time when my root directory became unreadable and I had to restore the entire drive. Leopard had its share of glitches at the outset, but once version 10.5.2 came out, it has been rock solid. And w/ Leopard, my iMac's benchmark scores went up almost across the board compared to Tiger. Can't say that with any of the Windows upgrades I've used.

[kexodusc]

Apparently, MS last week issued a security bulletin on Safari. Here's their advice on Safari -- "Restrict use of Safari as a web browser until an appropriate update is available from Microsoft and/or Apple." Well, apparently part of the problem is with how XP and Vista handle downloaded executable files, and can actually be solved by simply switching the default file download location. Yet, here's MS warning people not to use a competing browser! (Yuh, like IE7 is a model for security and stability)

Is that what it's come to? Built in flaws to scare users from other apps?

I just wonder how much in the way of computing resources this new version of wow will gobble up in the process. Apple's already rolling out multi-touch on its newer laptops and the latest update of Leopard. How many OS X updates will have come out by the time Windows 7 rolls around?

I'm sure Windows 7 will be fully up to par with the latest 2008 i-phone technology. All you'll need is a 15 GHz, Dodeca-core processor with 2TB of RAM (Basic) or 4 GB Ram (Premium).

IMO, Time Machine alone is worth the upgrade. It's by far the easiest and most intuitive backup program I've ever used. It has already saved my backside a couple of times -- once when I accidentally overwrote a file, and another time when my root directory became unreadable and I had to restore the entire drive. Leopard had its share of glitches at the outset, but once version 10.5.2 came out, it has been rock solid. And w/ Leopard, my iMac's benchmark scores went up almost across the board compared to Tiger. Can't say that with any of the Windows upgrades I've used.

There's a few linux apps I use for periodic backups of my drives but I use them so infrequently that time machine wouldn't really benefit me much. What I like about linux is the ability to mount critical OS directories on their own partitions to allow for easy backup and restoring if necessary. Makes upgrading a breeze too.
I think Time Machine would be a hit in the corporate community though, where I think it would have more potential and appreciation, and I fully expect MS to jack that feature long before the next windows rolls out.

[Mr Peabody]

Remind me not to take any water from Donald Galen, who just picks up a half glass of water and gives it to some one else? Some one could have had their dentures in there! Or worse.....

[basite]

Or am I losing my mind?

All of the sudden the screen looks different, lighter, and it appears to be loading faster too.

HALLELUJAH!!!

First I thought my pc messed up again, but it seems like this is the 'new AR'...

wonder who's behind it though

Keep them spinning,
Bert.

[Woochifer]

I'm sure Windows 7 will be fully up to par with the latest 2008 i-phone technology. All you'll need is a 15 GHz, Dodeca-core processor with 2TB of RAM (Basic) or 4 GB Ram (Premium).

Apple has already applied for several patents on multi-touch technologies. They also supposedly own the trademark on the term "multi-touch." The speculation is that these features will expand with upcoming laptop revisions, and really go big across their entire product lineup when either OS X 10.6 or 10.7 come out.

At their developer's conference in SF, the signage has already gone up, and it points to Apple unifying OS X across all of their product lines. They now refer to the iPhone operating system as OS X iPhone, and the references to the Mac OS have dropped the Mac moniker and refer to it as simply OS X Leopard. Supposedly, a similar campaign will begin with Apple TV and the iPod.

There's a few linux apps I use for periodic backups of my drives but I use them so infrequently that time machine wouldn't really benefit me much. What I like about linux is the ability to mount critical OS directories on their own partitions to allow for easy backup and restoring if necessary. Makes upgrading a breeze too.

I know of people who do install the OS on a separate partition with their Macs. It's supposedly not seamless, so I don't know how well that is implemented with the Macs.

I think Time Machine would be a hit in the corporate community though, where I think it would have more potential and appreciation, and I fully expect MS to jack that feature long before the next windows rolls out.

The advantage to Time Machine is its simplicity. I just can't imagine anyone now buying a Mac, and not using Time Machine.

When you plug in an external USB drive, you're asked if you want to to use the drive as a Time Machine backup. You click yes, and the backup occurs automatically, with incremental backups every hour. I hardly ever know when it's going. Time Machine's different from other backup programs because every changed file gets backed up and stored as a separate noncompressed file. The restoration process is ridiculously easy -- you simply select the point in time you want to roll back to, and a snapshot of the finder for that time point appears. At that point, you can choose an individual file, folder, application, or the entire drive, and then click Restore to begin.

[Mr Peabody]

I heard P Skies bought AR, look for Pix and Sir T to be band soon. And, the rest of us had better watch our punctuation.

[filecat13]

The advantage to Time Machine is its simplicity. I just can't imagine anyone now buying a Mac, and not using Time Machine.

When you plug in an external USB drive, you're asked if you want to to use the drive as a Time Machine backup. You click yes, and the backup occurs automatically, with incremental backups every hour. I hardly ever know when it's going. Time Machine's different from other backup programs because every changed file gets backed up and stored as a separate noncompressed file. The restoration process is ridiculously easy -- you simply select the point in time you want to roll back to, and a snapshot of the finder for that time point appears. At that point, you can choose an individual file, folder, application, or the entire drive, and then click Restore to begin.

I used to have an "all or nothing" approach to back up. I'd off load the whole drive to an external when I thought of it, then maybe four or five months later off load the whole thing again. After a few of these, I just lost control. My main HD would get full so I'd dump some files that didn't get used much because I knew I had them on the back up. The back up drive would get full and I wouldn't know which one to erase because the most recent back up had the most recent files, but it didn't have the files I deleted to make space, so...

With Leopard I purchased an external 500 MB Firewire® drive that I plug into my MacBook Pro at night when I get home, and sometime during the night it just does its thing, backing up what needs to be backed up without a hiccup. When I look at the drive contents, Holy Cow! I can find everything. It's almost too simple.

As far as the site update and a look at past iterations: I actually first joined during the line layout period, but found it too messed up to spend any real time here. I contributed some equipment reviews, but found I enjoyed posting at other sites that were easier to navigate and more pleasant to look at.

The recent changes are a nice evolution. Thanks.