Comments on: Dear Apple http://boulter.com/blog/2007/11/05/dear-apple/ Fri, 18 May 2012 19:36:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Casey http://boulter.com/blog/2007/11/05/dear-apple/comment-page-1/#comment-56817 Casey Sat, 26 Jan 2008 05:45:16 +0000 http://boulter.com/blog/2007/11/05/dear-apple/#comment-56817 Oh, and it's not really hundreds of megabytes - that's just because you're downloading full binary form rather than a patchset. It's also a lot smaller if you use XSlimmer or another similar tool to remove the Intel or PPC code (whichever one you don't use). This is iTunes 7.6: $ du -h -d 0 /Applications/iTunes.app/ 34M /Applications/iTunes.app/ Oh, and it’s not really hundreds of megabytes – that’s just because you’re downloading full binary form rather than a patchset. It’s also a lot smaller if you use XSlimmer or another similar tool to remove the Intel or PPC code (whichever one you don’t use). This is iTunes 7.6:

$ du -h -d 0 /Applications/iTunes.app/
34M /Applications/iTunes.app/

]]> By: Casey http://boulter.com/blog/2007/11/05/dear-apple/comment-page-1/#comment-56816 Casey Sat, 26 Jan 2008 05:42:45 +0000 http://boulter.com/blog/2007/11/05/dear-apple/#comment-56816 It does say "This release also includes bug fixes to improve stability and performance", and that's no lie. Unlike Microsoft, Apple seems to actually /do something/ when I send in crash reports, because whatever caused the crash seems to not be a problem in the next release. It's a hard thing to say for certain because I don't always know exactly what caused a crash, but I have been using Apple products on and off for years since OS X was new, and the stability and overall user interface just keeps getting better and better. So instead of focusing on the unused routines that won't even affect you, be thankful for the improvements that you do benefit from, even if they're not ones you see (i.e. not crashing!). The iPhone addition was really pretty minimal anyways. Most of the feature code is shared with what already existed for iPods. And well, though I don't recommend it, you can always just not install the update. Personally, I strongly prefer an actively-developed product over a nightmare like Internet Explorer 6. It does say “This release also includes bug fixes to improve stability and performance”, and that’s no lie. Unlike Microsoft, Apple seems to actually /do something/ when I send in crash reports, because whatever caused the crash seems to not be a problem in the next release. It’s a hard thing to say for certain because I don’t always know exactly what caused a crash, but I have been using Apple products on and off for years since OS X was new, and the stability and overall user interface just keeps getting better and better.

So instead of focusing on the unused routines that won’t even affect you, be thankful for the improvements that you do benefit from, even if they’re not ones you see (i.e. not crashing!).

The iPhone addition was really pretty minimal anyways. Most of the feature code is shared with what already existed for iPods. And well, though I don’t recommend it, you can always just not install the update.

Personally, I strongly prefer an actively-developed product over a nightmare like Internet Explorer 6.

]]> By: Mental Kudzu » Blog Archive » Samsung 1740 printer driver for macs http://boulter.com/blog/2007/11/05/dear-apple/comment-page-1/#comment-43445 Mental Kudzu » Blog Archive » Samsung 1740 printer driver for macs Mon, 12 Nov 2007 22:14:20 +0000 http://boulter.com/blog/2007/11/05/dear-apple/#comment-43445 [...] Boulter Blog is going to be a favorite, I can tell. Any iTunes curmudgeon is a friend of mine. Don’t you just love finding a new blog to read? If you don’t [...] [...] Boulter Blog is going to be a favorite, I can tell. Any iTunes curmudgeon is a friend of mine. Don’t you just love finding a new blog to read? If you don’t [...]

]]> By: valerie macewan http://boulter.com/blog/2007/11/05/dear-apple/comment-page-1/#comment-43443 valerie macewan Mon, 12 Nov 2007 22:08:02 +0000 http://boulter.com/blog/2007/11/05/dear-apple/#comment-43443 Amen and can we all do a Dance of Redundancy? Add to that list the Garage Band and the iMovie updates because I do neither. I have my iPod Nano from ?? years ago. I like it. My iMac is second-hand and beautiful in its round symmetry. An iPhone is a waste of time and money for most of us -- our cell phone reception here in bum**ck North Carolina is sketchy at best and not available at worst, thanks to Sprint. Dear Apple, stop adding needless megs of unwanted code to my machine and stop asking me if I want more more more. You are not alone, my iTunes curmudgeon friend. Stand tall! Stand firm! Stand in the place where you live, now face North. Valerie MacEwan theothermac curmudgeon Amen and can we all do a Dance of Redundancy? Add to that list the Garage Band and the iMovie updates because I do neither. I have my iPod Nano from ?? years ago. I like it. My iMac is second-hand and beautiful in its round symmetry. An iPhone is a waste of time and money for most of us — our cell phone reception here in bum**ck North Carolina is sketchy at best and not available at worst, thanks to Sprint. Dear Apple, stop adding needless megs of unwanted code to my machine and stop asking me if I want more more more.

You are not alone, my iTunes curmudgeon friend. Stand tall! Stand firm! Stand in the place where you live, now face North.

Valerie MacEwan
theothermac curmudgeon

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