chris@imagine.ADMS-RAD.Unisys.COM (Chris Sterritt) (05/31/90)
In article <1990May25.015742.25489@calgary.uucp> sharp@cs-sun-fsd.UUCP (Maurice Sharp) writes: >In article <9740@hydra.gatech.EDU> gt0228b@prism.gatech.EDU (FALCO,VINNIE) writes: >>me copy some PD software from CDROM, and he wanted me to tell him which >>programs worked..whatever. I made the mistake of doing a 'Get Info' on one >>of the folders. 10 minutes later (no exxageration) I got the info, and saw >>that it took up 150 megabytes. > Well, that is your fault for using a slow CDROM drive. I have >copied 60mb in significantly less time. Like move the folder over and >wait a few moments (possibly even a couple of minutes) then it is >done. Another problem seems to be in how the disc was layed out and/or mastered. I have a few discs, and the 'good' ones (Phil&Dave's, WholeEarth) take no time to insert and come up, get info, etc. The 'Bad' one (a pre-release of a public-domain collection) takes about FIVE MINUTES just to load onto the desktop when I insert it! And I have the (current) fastest disc drive! > These do not seem like valid 'I Hate CDROM' comments. In fact, I >am very leary of a posting that asks for Hate comments. Perhaps one >that asked for constructive criticism. Sounds like an Apple maligner >may be loose on this group. Hear hear, EXCEPT let's look at (one of) the original complaints: >>Apple should fix the finder so that operations can be aborted with >>command period, (i.e. like Get Info). This I think we can all agree with, and APPLE HAS BEGUN TO DO IT!!!!!!!!! I can't tell you how glad I was the other day when the following occured. I'd carefully put away a (floppy) disk I had ejected, however I'd left its 'ghost' on the desktop. I double-clicked some application (on my hard disk) to launch it, and was given the dreaded 'Please insert the floppy you just put away' modeless dialog box. Well, friends, I just hit the old Command-. and the dialog box WENT AWAY! AND THE APPLICATION LAUNCHED! HURRAY! Thanks, Apple! That was great. -- chris sterritt ============================================================================ = Chris Sterritt - "Kleenex makes my nose run" - chris@adms-rad.unisys.com = = "The secret is dirt. D-I-R-T. 'D' as in dirt, 'I' as in dirt, 'R' as in = = dirt, 'T' as in Orange Pekoe." -- Churchy LaFemme = ============================================================================
chris@imagine.ADMS-RAD.Unisys.COM (Chris Sterritt) (05/31/90)
In article <4214@castle.ed.ac.uk> nick@lfcs.ed.ac.uk (Nick Rothwell) writes: >In article <779@limbo.Intuitive.Com>, taylor@limbo (Dave Taylor) writes: >>But I know better. That is, >>I'm sure that there are some people out there in netland who are >>knowledgable about CDROMs and *hate* them, for some reason or other. > >I hate the price. Around $2000 for a CD player? Nein danke. > Nick. Well, Nick, I don't know about your side of the puddle, but I got my Toshiba (Rated fastest by MacUser in their tests) for $900, WITH a $250 Wayzata clip-art disc and a (prerelease) public-domain disc thrown in for free! This was direct from Wayzata. COOL CD-ROM BUYING TIP: When my Wayzata drive was already in the mail, I found out about a place in Colorado (advertises in MacUser back pages) who had a slightly worse deal. I told them Wayzata was beating them, SO THEY PROMPTLY OFFERED A BETTER DEAL! So shop around, and feel free to tell them what their competitors are selling for :-). PS., Wayzata is a great place to do business with. I have no other relationship with them except as satisfied customer. -- chris sterritt