Sour Grapes Mac site

[limike28]

I don't know if this is an appropriate topic or not, but has anyone checked out www.macintouch.com ? It seems every post there is a gripe and a complaint, there is never anything positive there. Only thing worse is reading the discussions in Yahoo! associated with any Apple article.

[nixgeek]

i've visited this site since the 90s, and I don't remember it mentioning anything sour about Apple or its products. I know that sometimes they do report on issues with OS X upgrades and some other software and they are as objective as can be, but they've always been one of the good Mac sites that have existed for almost 10 years.

[Rhisiart]

Isn't there some unwritten rule that we don't say bad things about other Mac sites?

[fryke]

Hm. I'm not sure. But if the thread's outcome is that macintouch.com is actually *good*, not _evil_, then it's alright, isn't it. ... And I'll have to say I don't get the feeling that macintouch.com is a sour grape Mac site. Rather the opposite. If there are negative comments, maybe they're just correct about it?

[nixgeek]

I went to MacSurfer HEadline News (which is where I found MacinTouch years ago) and saw what was being referred to. It was issues with OS X installations. However, I don't see this as trash talk, but reports from people that are having issues with upgrades of OS X. I for one find this as a great resource, even if it is a bit unfortunate for those that have experienced these issues (hopefully it's on a test box and not a production box).

[limike28]

I never meant to say that the site was really a negative site, just I was surprised that it seemed to be more people pointing out problems. Legitimate problems I agree, but it just made me chuckle that I almost never see a real positive post.

And by all means, Im not saying anything bad about the site or I wouldn't read it so often.

[nixgeek]

Yeah, they usually have people post with any problems that they are having to make everyone aware of some issues they might encounter upgrading from one version of OS X to a newer version. I think it's great because it takes away the idea that it's only you with the problem. This way, if there is a solution they can advice the MacinTouch people about it and they will post it. It would probably be better in a forum setting, but not all people are keen on using forums, so they advertise user experiences there.