Subject: Re: MacOS X 10.1
From: Paul Guba (gubavision@home.com)
Date: Fri Nov 09 2001 - 07:39:58 MST
Indeed. I tried Ryan's fix with no luck. YDL is everything I need
instead and more. I pulled the old video card from a trusty 8500 and
turned the 8500 into a cheap server. Didn't figure it was worth the
effort to get a Radius card to work. Happily playing with it at this
point.
P Guba
On Friday, November 9, 2001, at 09:09 AM, Parker, Wayne R, PR wrote:
> You just brought up a major reason I, and I'm sure many others, use
> YDL: we
> have Macs that *can't* run OS X.
>
> I have a new G4 running OS X. You're right, it rocks. I also now have
> enough
> computers (Mac & Win) in the office that I could use a dedicated
> server. But
> I also have my old Mac, a perfectly good machine that unfortunately
> won't
> run OS X, even with Ryan Rempel's patches. Rather then junk it, I put
> YDL on
> it, and it's useful again.
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Adam Scarcella [mailto:adamo97@mediaone.net]
>> Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 10:14 PM
>> To: YDL General List
>> Subject: MacOS X 10.1
>>
>>
>> I'm sorry for this but I have to say it. I'm running MacOS X
>> 10.1 and
>> it kicks ass. It has never crashed, it is screaming fast, it
>> comes with
>> all the software than MOST people could ever want or need, and it's
>> built specifically for Apple computers. I signed up to this mailing
>> list just the other day (right after I downloaded YDL 2.1)
>> and already I
>> have over 100 e-mails from extremely frustrated people who
>> can't seem to
>> do very simple tasks with YDL. MacOS X 10.1 can do just
>> about anything
>> that you need it to do (unless you're a Rocket Scientist and need a
>> Cluster System). If you already have a Macintosh I don't see
>> any reason
>> for running YDL unless you just want to play with it. YDL,
>> is not up to
>> speed as far as I'm concerned. An OS should just work, PERIOD. You
>> shouldn't have hundreds and thousands of pissed off users trying to
>> figure out how to use the mouse after the system wakes up, or
>> how to use
>> the proper video driver, or how to get your printer to work.
>> These are
>> issue that were solved YEARS AGO by very smart engineers at APPLE.
>>
>> If you already own a Mac, and it's capable of running MacOS X
>> 10.1, USE
>> IT. There is no other OS that can even come close.
>>
>> Adamo =)
>>
>> P.S. Sorry YDL!
>>
>>
>
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