GARY Hirschberg

AT&T's "Edge" Network Shatters iPhone Mobile Web Expectations

Please tell me how someone with a cerebral rectal inversion like yourself can get a job spouting drivel. I would love to do so, like you have, as opposed to having to work for a living.

Yes, the Edge network is not super fast, nor in many cases, fast at all. But on balance, it works fine in the NY Metro area, Boston, Rochested, etc. It is frustrating at times, but then what isn't (like reading the garbage you write). It is version 1 and the best phone out there. I use the browser constantly. One thing I have found, which you might have also with a bit of experimentation if you were so inclined, is that if you are trying to load a page and the phone keeps flipping back and forth between Edge and some low output WiFi network, it tends to get "stuck", for lack of a better word. When that happens, I just turn off the wifi and use Edge and the problem goes away. You are obviously not knowlegable in any way on reporting things as they are. Who pays you anyway?

Apple's Leopard Is Worryingly Windows-Like

First of all, anyone who installs an upgrade on the first day it is issued is an idiot and not competent to make any comments whatsoever on how good or bad the upgrade is.

Secondly, I don't know what garbage you have on your machine, how up-to-date you keep your software (apps not just OSX, or what kind of Unix maintenance you perform on your machine, but I'd bet anything that the fault is yours. I waited about a week, checked Mac Fixit for problematic areas, checked Adobe, Epson, and other companies whose products I used for notes on Leopard issues, downloaded "fixes" where available, and have no problems of any significance. I use all of Adobe's programs (Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Acrobat Pro), Good Olde Office (unfortunately, but switching to iWork soon), 4th Dimension database, Aperture, and many more. All work flawlessly because I took the time to check things out first, which any knowlegable person would do. You have some serious problems with your setup, and they are not due to Apple.

And lastly, to say that Leopard is "Windows-Like" indicates either complete ignorance of the two systems, or you are a paid Microsoft Shill. Which is it?

Apple's Leopard Is Worryingly Windows-Like

First of all, anyone who installs an upgrade on the first day it is issued is an idiot and not competent to make any comments whatsoever on how good or bad the upgrade is.

Secondly, I don't know what garbage you have on your machine, how up-to-date you keep your software (apps not just OSX, or what kind of Unix maintenance you perform on your machine, but I'd bet anything that the fault is yours. I waited about a week, checked Mac Fixit for problematic areas, checked Adobe, Epson, and other companies whose products I used for notes on Leopard issues, downloaded "fixes" where available, and have no problems of any significance. I use all of Adobe's programs (Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Acrobat Pro), Good Olde Office (unfortunately, but switching to iWork soon), 4th Dimension database, Aperture, and many more. All work flawlessly because I took the time to check things out first, which any knowlegable person would do. You have some serious problems with your setup, and they are not due to Apple.

And lastly, to say that Leopard is "Windows-Like" indicates either complete ignorance of the two systems, or you are a paid Microsoft Shill. Which is it?

Apple's Leopard Is Worryingly Windows-Like

First of all, anyone who installs an upgrade on the first day it is issued is an idiot and not competent to make any comments whatsoever on how good or bad the upgrade is.

Secondly, I don't know what garbage you have on your machine, how up-to-date you keep your software (apps not just OSX, or what kind of Unix maintenance you perform on your machine, but I'd bet anything that the fault is yours. I waited about a week, checked Mac Fixit for problematic areas, checked Adobe, Epson, and other companies whose products I used for notes on Leopard issues, downloaded "fixes" where available, and have no problems of any significance. I use all of Adobe's programs (Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Acrobat Pro), Good Olde Office (unfortunately, but switching to iWork soon), 4th Dimension database, Aperture, and many more. All work flawlessly because I took the time to check things out first, which any knowlegable person would do. You have some serious problems with your setup, and they are not due to Apple.

And lastly, to say that Leopard is "Windows-Like" indicates either complete ignorance of the two systems, or you are a paid Microsoft Shill. Which is it?

Apple's Leopard Is Worryingly Windows-Like

First of all, anyone who installs an upgrade on the first day it is issued is an idiot and not competent to make any comments whatsoever on how good or bad the upgrade is.

Secondly, I don't know what garbage you have on your machine, how up-to-date you keep your software (apps not just OSX, or what kind of Unix maintenance you perform on your machine, but I'd bet anything that the fault is yours. I waited about a week, checked Mac Fixit for problematic areas, checked Adobe, Epson, and other companies whose products I used for notes on Leopard issues, downloaded "fixes" where available, and have no problems of any significance. I use all of Adobe's programs (Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Acrobat Pro), Good Olde Office (unfortunately, but switching to iWork soon), 4th Dimension database, Aperture, and many more. All work flawlessly because I took the time to check things out first, which any knowlegable person would do. You have some serious problems with your setup, and they are not due to Apple.

And lastly, to say that Leopard is "Windows-Like" indicates either complete ignorance of the two systems, or you are a paid Microsoft Shill. Which is it?

Apple's Leopard Is Worryingly Windows-Like

First of all, anyone who installs an upgrade on the first day it is issued is an idiot and not competent to make any comments whatsoever on how good or bad the upgrade is.

Secondly, I don't know what garbage you have on your machine, how up-to-date you keep your software (apps not just OSX, or what kind of Unix maintenance you perform on your machine, but I'd bet anything that the fault is yours. I waited about a week, checked Mac Fixit for problematic areas, checked Adobe, Epson, and other companies whose products I used for notes on Leopard issues, downloaded "fixes" where available, and have no problems of any significance. I use all of Adobe's programs (Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Acrobat Pro), Good Olde Office (unfortunately, but switching to iWork soon), 4th Dimension database, Aperture, and many more. All work flawlessly because I took the time to check things out first, which any knowlegable person would do. You have some serious problems with your setup, and they are not due to Apple.

And lastly, to say that Leopard is "Windows-Like" indicates either complete ignorance of the two systems, or you are a paid Microsoft Shill. Which is it?

Apple's Leopard Is Worryingly Windows-Like

First of all, anyone who installs an upgrade on the first day it is issued is an idiot and not competent to make any comments whatsoever on how good or bad the upgrade is.

Secondly, I don't know what garbage you have on your machine, how up-to-date you keep your software (apps not just OSX, or what kind of Unix maintenance you perform on your machine, but I'd bet anything that the fault is yours. I waited about a week, checked Mac Fixit for problematic areas, checked Adobe, Epson, and other companies whose products I used for notes on Leopard issues, downloaded "fixes" where available, and have no problems of any significance. I use all of Adobe's programs (Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Acrobat Pro), Good Olde Office (unfortunately, but switching to iWork soon), 4th Dimension database, Aperture, and many more. All work flawlessly because I took the time to check things out first, which any knowlegable person would do. You have some serious problems with your setup, and they are not due to Apple.

And lastly, to say that Leopard is "Windows-Like" indicates either complete ignorance of the two systems, or you are a paid Microsoft Shill. Which is it?

Apple's Leopard Is Worryingly Windows-Like

There is no Printer Setup Utility in Leopard. Granted, Apple's docs in this area leave a great deal to be desired, but setting up a printer is now much easier and almost automatic. Maybe you should apply for the job of idiot for their future testing.