Re: Just installed Leopard

John wrote:

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"George Graves" <gmgraves2@xxxxxxxxxxx> stated in post
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Installation on my 2.0 Gig dual G5 tower took less than an hour (including
updates) and went without a hitch. AFAICS everything works (I'll find out,
won't I?) So far, all Adobe CS2 apps seem to work normally, but Word 2004
seems slower to open. I'll let you know as thins progress. So far, so good.

Thanks for the update... you likely will have an excellent experience with
Leopard... it really is an excellent, easy to use OS.


With very very FEW problems..........as long as one is not technically
incompetent.

Aha... I think it is this type comment from you that Steve, perhaps,
misunderstood and clearly dishonesty misattributed to me.

I do not think one has to be technically competent to use OS X - though if
one purposely or even ignorantly does things to break the system it is
breakable... both in terms of hardware and software. The software side is a
bit harder if you have a non-Admin account, but by default users do have
Admin accounts. So if you are *actively* acting in incompetent and
destructive way you can screw your system up...

With that said there is value in learning some basic troubleshooting and
problem solving skills. I often get my Mac users YASU, for example, and
teach them how to use it. For more advanced users I teach them about pref
files. I also teach them to be able to quote error messages - something
Steve, for example, has shown he cannot do (or at least sometimes fails to
do).

Still, OS X takes *less* technical competence to use and maintain than any
other modern consumer OS a user is likely to encounter.


True. But it still requires a person to at least have the technical capabilities of the average five year old. Something Steve Carroll and Steve De Mena can't seem to meet.

I have 20+ years working in the computer field JOHN.

After my Leopard upgrade did I somehow click on the "Mail" icon in an AMATEURish way and that is why my IMAP inbox was completely empty?

LOL.

Steve
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