how cr@p is .mac? - Page 2

habilis · #9 November 8th, 2003, 07:41 PM

for the rediculous price of .mac you could have your own domain with 200MB of space on a server with a 375KB/PS downstream with all the PHP and CGI you can handle. Then again, that's only in you know HTML,PHP,CGI, and XML. But that shouldn't stop ya!

Arden · #10 November 9th, 2003, 12:57 AM

iTools never worked for me, so when the time came I made the excruciatingly tough decision not to spend even $50 on .mac, not withstanding the fact that I didn't have the money to spend on it.

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Lyra · #11 November 9th, 2003, 05:32 AM

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Originally Posted by guapagirl

Hi Lyra, thanks for the reply. I tried getting on the forums but I couldn't access them for some reoson and yes I was logged in! I was unable to install Backup as I couldn't get a destination other than my harddrive and it wouldn't install there. Also I tried putting some music files into the public folder to see if my friend could access them and although it said it was "finishing up" for an hour , the only way to stop it was to turn my mac off by unplugging it. To top it all the mail won't work as it's in a name I used from a trial I took out when I first got my mac last year and I can't get rid of it and so nothing works and I'm sick off pi$$ing about with it when I SHOULD be getting college work done.

OMG you do have problems ... no wonder you're ranting. I did have similar problems with my public folder at first, but the various upgrades seem to have sorted everything out. What system/machine are you using? Can you 'sign up' again for a demo under another user name and see if you have the same problems (or different ones...)?

I did swear that I wouldn't renew my sub, but things have been so much better that I think I probably will. On the other hand, I have very low expectations, and anything that doesn't actually break the computer usually satisfies me, if it more or less does what it says on the tin, which .mac does for me. And it's tax deductible.

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Originally Posted by guapagirl

ps cool name are you a pullman fan?

Oh yes, indeed. I'm simultaneously looking forward to and dreading the film version – the radio version was disappointing, to say the least. I'm kind of hoping that they get Peter Jackson to direct it! At least he might be faithful to the underlying themes and not fudge Pullman's antipathy towards organised religion.

Randman · #12 November 9th, 2003, 10:44 AM

I love it, well worth the money.

**chevy** · #13 November 9th, 2003, 11:21 AM

I've two Macs and 1 PC. I share some file through iDisk (now background synch), I publish photo with iPhoto on my homepage, ... and sometimes I search my bookmarks and/or adderesses on .mac when I'm at work.

adambyte · #14 November 9th, 2003, 04:41 PM

The iDisk feature is only useful if you have a high-speed line. Modem users take note: mass online storage is too slow.

jettyboy · #15 November 9th, 2003, 08:59 PM

Aloha, .mac works for me. I use Backup, and webpage stuff for my classroom. Now I don't have to carry stuff home! Have used iSync & Backup on my G4 933, iBook, and at work both pc's and eMacs. Saves me a lot of time. I hope ya get yours working...

guapagirl · #16 November 10th, 2003, 02:56 PM

wow habilis...sounds very tech! thanks too all for replying. Pushed for time now so will get back for more info
liz xx