* Posts by Bruce Dath

5 publicly visible posts • joined 30 Jun 2007

Most Mac owners getting Windows on the side

Bruce Dath

Of course we have penalty boxes

We have PCs since there are still sites and software that are Windows only. Otherwise why would we mess with them?

Safari 4: Apple's crash-happy shipper

Bruce Dath

No issues with Safari 4

I installed Safari 4 on 3 G4s, a Cube, 3 G5s and a MacBook. No issues in any case. System 10.4.11 on all of them.

Paul Allen's cable firm files for Chapter 11

Bruce Dath

No surprise here

Consumer Reports rated Charter as last or next to last in all areas for the last two years. Since my home is in a remote area, they're the only broadband provider, and I can testify to the fact that the service is the first utility to fail in a disaster, the last to be restored, expensive and flakey. Plus, it's only been about six months since customer support lines were staffed by people who speak English.

US school in toothless Obama worm infection

Bruce Dath

Institutionalized lazyness

Yeah, that's it. Any real detective work is too much trouble, let's just resort to profiling instead.

Apple iPhone

Bruce Dath

Perhaps the end user could be adjusted

"Handheld PC"? "YouTube videos look even better on the phone's screen than the average PC display"? Perhaps the end user's degree of dissatisfaction is proportional to a degree to a general unfamiliarity with Apple products.