Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sunybcs!uhura.cc.rochester.edu!rochester!cornell!vax8530!q4kx From: q4kx@vax5.cit.cornell.edu (Joel Sumner) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Mac reliability (was RE: An open letter to all ...) Message-ID: <4025.26418222@vax5.cit.cornell.edu> Date: 4 May 90 17:22:42 GMT References: <9005020758.AA27657@apple.com> <12768@smoke.BRL.MIL> <90122.193817WPW100@psuvm.psu.edu> Distribution: comp Lines: 27 In article , dhsieh@topaz.rutgers.edu (David Shea) writes: > I am both an experienced Apple II user as well as an experienced Mac > user. I have deep rooted feelings for both the Apple II and the Mac. > But speaking from experience, a Macintosh system, if it is set up > correctly, *never* crashes. Please restrain from commenting on a > subject which you obviously have little experience. Woa. Hold on. Does rutgers have an amazing lack of Macs on campus or something? Here at Cornell, there are 5 people on my floor (out of 40) with macs (so, say 10% out of 15,000 have Macs) plus the 200 or so in the computer centers. I never go a day without hearing someone talking about how they just lost their paper, project, lab report, etc. when the mac that they were working on crashed. I myself lost a 15 hour lab report 3 hours before it was do while cleaning up some minor things. If you think the Mac is crashproof, you are certainly insane! Granted, Mac applications are probably more stable than GS/OS applications. I hit Ctrl-OA-Reset quite often, but the last time Appleworks crashed on me was 1987!!! Try that with MS Word, WriteNow, etc... Not a chance. -- Joel Sumner GENIE:JOEL.SUMNER These opinions are q4kx@cornella.ccs.cornell.edu q4kx@cornella warranted for 90 days or q4kx@vax5.cit.cornell.edu q4kx@crnlvax5 60,000 miles. Whichever .................................................... comes first. Never test for an error condition that you can't handle.