For those using Macs..
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For those using Macs..
Got this e-mail from a company that I have registered software with. Seems the new Snow Leopard is the Vista of the Mac world. I have commented out the company name to protect the innocent.
Dear registered ****** user, we have seen a flurry of tech support inquiries in recent weeks about compatibility with Macintosh OSX 10.6 (Snow Leopard) and also Windows users calling about quicktime issues if they install iTunes 9, as well as information about the upcoming Windows 7 system.
Rest assured that whenever a major system change occurs, we will make any necessary changes to ****** immediately and post a new version on our website at ***.**********.com under the "Download Updates" section. The latest ****** version is *.**.
To our knowledge ****** * appears to be running fine.
We are seeing huge numbers of problems with Snow Leopard in general however as Apple really bungled their recent release. Apple had to rush out a service pack (6.1) to prevent a riot, and many defects remain. If your livelihood depends on smooth functioning of your Macintosh, please avoid installing Snow Leopard until 6.2 is released. Snow 6.0 almost completely ruined printing. If you have already installed Snow, be sure to download the latest versions of printer drivers, many companies like Epson updated their drivers after Snow shipped, and some like DYMO have not yet released Snow drivers.
We are old hands at computers, going back to the punch card era, and can state with authority that if you value your time and would like to avoid unnecessary frustration in your life, we recommend that you NOT UPGRADE TO ANY NEW OPERATING SYSTEM UNTIL SIX MONTHS HAVE PASSED. The trusting people who recently purchased Apple's Snow Leopard and immediately installed it were greeted with hundreds of terrible bugs. It was reckless of Apple not to test their system more thoroughly before releasing it to millions of paying customers.
When you immediately upgrade to a major new operating system version you are basically volunteering to be an unpaid tester for the supplier. Unlike bran muffins fresh operating system versions are not better - they are more like wine which benefits from age. Operating systems are among the most complex projects ever attempted with hundreds if not thousands of man years of work inside, and every major system shipping today went out the door with tens of thousands of known defects. Both Apple and Microsoft have a bug tracking system and the managers at Apple and Microsoft know full well that their products are riddled with defects but market forces dictate that they ship on a fixed calendar schedule regardless of the consequences to the customer, and if they waited until the product was flawless it would never ship at all.
Approximately 35% of the laptops containing Vista were downgraded to XP. And this is after an entire year of vista on the street.
There are two places you can be in the computer world - the bleeding edge and the trailing edge, and we recommend to all our customers to buy proven hardware technologies that are least two years old and try to stay behind in operating systems until you start to hit problems because you are too far behind. When you stay behind a bit you enjoy low prices, complete reliability, and lots of technical help.
Regards,
Rest assured that whenever a major system change occurs, we will make any necessary changes to ****** immediately and post a new version on our website at ***.**********.com under the "Download Updates" section. The latest ****** version is *.**.
To our knowledge ****** * appears to be running fine.
We are seeing huge numbers of problems with Snow Leopard in general however as Apple really bungled their recent release. Apple had to rush out a service pack (6.1) to prevent a riot, and many defects remain. If your livelihood depends on smooth functioning of your Macintosh, please avoid installing Snow Leopard until 6.2 is released. Snow 6.0 almost completely ruined printing. If you have already installed Snow, be sure to download the latest versions of printer drivers, many companies like Epson updated their drivers after Snow shipped, and some like DYMO have not yet released Snow drivers.
We are old hands at computers, going back to the punch card era, and can state with authority that if you value your time and would like to avoid unnecessary frustration in your life, we recommend that you NOT UPGRADE TO ANY NEW OPERATING SYSTEM UNTIL SIX MONTHS HAVE PASSED. The trusting people who recently purchased Apple's Snow Leopard and immediately installed it were greeted with hundreds of terrible bugs. It was reckless of Apple not to test their system more thoroughly before releasing it to millions of paying customers.
When you immediately upgrade to a major new operating system version you are basically volunteering to be an unpaid tester for the supplier. Unlike bran muffins fresh operating system versions are not better - they are more like wine which benefits from age. Operating systems are among the most complex projects ever attempted with hundreds if not thousands of man years of work inside, and every major system shipping today went out the door with tens of thousands of known defects. Both Apple and Microsoft have a bug tracking system and the managers at Apple and Microsoft know full well that their products are riddled with defects but market forces dictate that they ship on a fixed calendar schedule regardless of the consequences to the customer, and if they waited until the product was flawless it would never ship at all.
Approximately 35% of the laptops containing Vista were downgraded to XP. And this is after an entire year of vista on the street.
There are two places you can be in the computer world - the bleeding edge and the trailing edge, and we recommend to all our customers to buy proven hardware technologies that are least two years old and try to stay behind in operating systems until you start to hit problems because you are too far behind. When you stay behind a bit you enjoy low prices, complete reliability, and lots of technical help.
Regards,
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we recommend to all our customers to buy proven hardware technologies that are least two years old and try to stay behind in operating systems
A software company stating newer is not better is like a car company telling you to keep your old junker, cause the newer versions have more recalls. 
They have had the new operating system for months for the sole purpose to TEST and FIX their code so they can roll out updates to their software in a timely manner. I have had possession of different beta versions since June and only had very minor adjustments to make this time around. This sounds like some lazy small time developer (that will not be in business very long) or somebody at a large company pulling a Jerry Maguire (and will not be employed very long).
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If you read it carefully, they are talking mainly about drivers, not a conflict with other software.
Also considering it just came out, there are quite a few updates on the site, including printer drivers which the email talks about having problems with.
Also considering it just came out, there are quite a few updates on the site, including printer drivers which the email talks about having problems with.
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LMAO!