Comments on: Sorry for the poor MIX08 coverage http://www.istartedsomething.com/20080306/sorry-for-the-poor-mix08-coverage/ All the stuff about Microsoft and technology you haven't read anywhere else. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:06:26 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: tom http://www.istartedsomething.com/20080306/sorry-for-the-poor-mix08-coverage/comment-page-1/#comment-56245 tom Fri, 07 Mar 2008 02:22:18 +0000 http://www.istartedsomething.com/20080306/sorry-for-the-poor-mix08-coverage/#comment-56245 quickboy, the point I am making is that I believe the way the Mac OS/ hardware (and Linux for that matter) handles OS installations and external drives is a whole lot more intuitive than what Microsoft does with Windows. For example, the whole thing with running your Vista profile from a USB stick is just silly. What I really want to do is copy the entire OS to the stick and run it from there if I have to. All I advertise here is that there is another hardware platform which can happily run Vista and whatever else you want to put on it and provide a simple solution for worst case disaster recovery. RE hardware reliability, as far hard drives are concerned it very little to do with Sony, Apple, Dell or whoever sells you that laptop. None of these companies actually make their own hard drives and hardware failure has more to do with MTF and the "bath tub curve" than a particular laptop manufacturer. quickboy,

the point I am making is that I believe the way the Mac OS/ hardware (and Linux for that matter) handles OS installations and external drives is a whole lot more intuitive than what Microsoft does with Windows. For example, the whole thing with running your Vista profile from a USB stick is just silly. What I really want to do is copy the entire OS to the stick and run it from there if I have to.

All I advertise here is that there is another hardware platform which can happily run Vista and whatever else you want to put on it and provide a simple solution for worst case disaster recovery.

RE hardware reliability, as far hard drives are concerned it very little to do with Sony, Apple, Dell or whoever sells you that laptop. None of these companies actually make their own hard drives and hardware failure has more to do with MTF and the “bath tub curve” than a particular laptop manufacturer.

]]> By: quikboy http://www.istartedsomething.com/20080306/sorry-for-the-poor-mix08-coverage/comment-page-1/#comment-56236 quikboy Fri, 07 Mar 2008 01:20:07 +0000 http://www.istartedsomething.com/20080306/sorry-for-the-poor-mix08-coverage/#comment-56236 @Tom : the point is, is that you look like another one of those Mac advertisers. Considering Macs had little (actually nothing) to do with this post, recommending people buy a product makes you look like a mini-salesman. Not to be gloaty, but my Sony Vaio is top-notch quality and hasn't failed me for 3-4 years already. In fact, the Macbook line copied features that were on Vaio lines long before Macbooks were made. Not many people think about Vaio computers, but I can say they're nice quality too. @Long : We forgive you. @Tom : the point is, is that you look like another one of those Mac advertisers. Considering Macs had little (actually nothing) to do with this post, recommending people buy a product makes you look like a mini-salesman. Not to be gloaty, but my Sony Vaio is top-notch quality and hasn’t failed me for 3-4 years already. In fact, the Macbook line copied features that were on Vaio lines long before Macbooks were made. Not many people think about Vaio computers, but I can say they’re nice quality too.

@Long : We forgive you.

]]> By: tom http://www.istartedsomething.com/20080306/sorry-for-the-poor-mix08-coverage/comment-page-1/#comment-56178 tom Thu, 06 Mar 2008 21:40:18 +0000 http://www.istartedsomething.com/20080306/sorry-for-the-poor-mix08-coverage/#comment-56178 just to make one thing clear... I am NOT a Mac fanboy. I use a Mac because I believe it offers me the best of all worlds... I can use Mac OS as well as Windows and the Macbook pro I currently own is simply the best laptop I have ever owned. Period! BTW, yes I have had several laptops from Dell, IBM, Gateway, Toshiba, Sony... none of them come close. secondly, I never said Apple hardware doesn't fail. What I did say was that on the Mac platform there is a quick and easy way to do a complete hard drive backup... operating system and all. You can then take that OS backup on your hard drive to another Mac and boot from the "external OS" just as it was your old computer. Last I checked this wasn't possible with any Windows version (XP, Vista, whatever). Yes you can do a backup but you can't hock up that backup to any old Windows PC via USB and boot directly into the external drive. Since the backup is on an external 2.5 inch drive it hardly adds a lot of weight to my luggage. Why would I take this travelling? Well, let's see. I fly to the US on business... the little trip will cost me around AU$12K. When I get there my client expects me to hit the ground running because after all they are paying me big dollars to be there in first place. The last thing I want to tell them is that I can't do the work because my crummy laptop died or because it will take two days to rebuild a replacement. just to make one thing clear… I am NOT a Mac fanboy.

I use a Mac because I believe it offers me the best of all worlds… I can use Mac OS as well as Windows and the Macbook pro I currently own is simply the best laptop I have ever owned. Period!

BTW, yes I have had several laptops from Dell, IBM, Gateway, Toshiba, Sony… none of them come close.

secondly, I never said Apple hardware doesn’t fail. What I did say was that on the Mac platform there is a quick and easy way to do a complete hard drive backup… operating system and all. You can then take that OS backup on your hard drive to another Mac and boot from the “external OS” just as it was your old computer.

Last I checked this wasn’t possible with any Windows version (XP, Vista, whatever). Yes you can do a backup but you can’t hock up that backup to any old Windows PC via USB and boot directly into the external drive. Since the backup is on an external 2.5 inch drive it hardly adds a lot of weight to my luggage.

Why would I take this travelling? Well, let’s see. I fly to the US on business… the little trip will cost me around AU$12K. When I get there my client expects me to hit the ground running because after all they are paying me big dollars to be there in first place. The last thing I want to tell them is that I can’t do the work because my crummy laptop died or because it will take two days to rebuild a replacement.

]]> By: yaman http://www.istartedsomething.com/20080306/sorry-for-the-poor-mix08-coverage/comment-page-1/#comment-56160 yaman Thu, 06 Mar 2008 18:17:15 +0000 http://www.istartedsomething.com/20080306/sorry-for-the-poor-mix08-coverage/#comment-56160 Try Acronis, it's the best in m opinion. Try Acronis, it’s the best in m opinion.

]]> By: Andre F. http://www.istartedsomething.com/20080306/sorry-for-the-poor-mix08-coverage/comment-page-1/#comment-56155 Andre F. Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:12:58 +0000 http://www.istartedsomething.com/20080306/sorry-for-the-poor-mix08-coverage/#comment-56155 That is why it is always wise to keep an image of your OS partition. If it fails, just back up the broken partition, and recover the clean one. Then recover the needed files from the broken partition image. Surely you can just recover only the good bits and bytes. I prefer a fresh copy. But still, backup is always a must. That is why it is always wise to keep an image of your OS partition. If it fails, just back up the broken partition, and recover the clean one. Then recover the needed files from the broken partition image. Surely you can just recover only the good bits and bytes. I prefer a fresh copy. But still, backup is always a must.

]]> By: ikyouCrow http://www.istartedsomething.com/20080306/sorry-for-the-poor-mix08-coverage/comment-page-1/#comment-56153 ikyouCrow Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:52:24 +0000 http://www.istartedsomething.com/20080306/sorry-for-the-poor-mix08-coverage/#comment-56153 i'm still trying to figure out why you didn't just try booting from the DVD to run a repair or something. or maybe just boot from the DVD, pop networking and grab your data off. @tom: he could have kept his Vista notebook and done a Complete PC Backup, but as tino said above, who caries that stuff with them? i’m still trying to figure out why you didn’t just try booting from the DVD to run a repair or something.
or maybe just boot from the DVD, pop networking and grab your data off.

@tom:
he could have kept his Vista notebook and done a Complete PC Backup, but as tino said above, who caries that stuff with them?

]]> By: Eric R http://www.istartedsomething.com/20080306/sorry-for-the-poor-mix08-coverage/comment-page-1/#comment-56150 Eric R Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:19:50 +0000 http://www.istartedsomething.com/20080306/sorry-for-the-poor-mix08-coverage/#comment-56150 I have a newfound respect for bloggers. The guy in front of me at the keynote didn't so much as glance away from his laptop maybe 5 times. Eyes buried in Windows Live Writer or camera. Hard to enjoy it like that I bet. There is so much to do here, it's got to be a real difficult job ...especially when not getting paid to do it. I have a newfound respect for bloggers. The guy in front of me at the keynote didn’t so much as glance away from his laptop maybe 5 times. Eyes buried in Windows Live Writer or camera. Hard to enjoy it like that I bet. There is so much to do here, it’s got to be a real difficult job …especially when not getting paid to do it.

]]> By: dj_cityboy http://www.istartedsomething.com/20080306/sorry-for-the-poor-mix08-coverage/comment-page-1/#comment-56147 dj_cityboy Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:15:24 +0000 http://www.istartedsomething.com/20080306/sorry-for-the-poor-mix08-coverage/#comment-56147 wow!...sorry to hear for the mishap as well, hope your up and runnin soon! peas cityboy wow!…sorry to hear for the mishap as well, hope your up and runnin soon!

peas
cityboy

]]> By: Marcus http://www.istartedsomething.com/20080306/sorry-for-the-poor-mix08-coverage/comment-page-1/#comment-56135 Marcus Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:34:43 +0000 http://www.istartedsomething.com/20080306/sorry-for-the-poor-mix08-coverage/#comment-56135 Why do Mac-fanboys always act like their "perfect" OS X or hardware never fails? Lose the attitude. No one cares. And, don't I recall Long saying he owns a Mac, as well? Why do Mac-fanboys always act like their “perfect” OS X or hardware never fails? Lose the attitude. No one cares.

And, don’t I recall Long saying he owns a Mac, as well?

]]> By: Spencer http://www.istartedsomething.com/20080306/sorry-for-the-poor-mix08-coverage/comment-page-1/#comment-56128 Spencer Thu, 06 Mar 2008 13:34:02 +0000 http://www.istartedsomething.com/20080306/sorry-for-the-poor-mix08-coverage/#comment-56128 Sorry to hear that, Long. It seems these things happen right when you need them. -Spencer Sorry to hear that, Long. It seems these things happen right when you need them.

-Spencer

]]>