My Dear Honestone,
Please observe the passion with which you continually try to shift blame for the "dream world", from the Apple marketing department who invented that "dream world" and continually sells it, to the customer.
This "it's always the user's fault" mindset is classic Apple religion psychology, which was invented by the Apple marketing department.
Example. It's the Apple marketing department who year after year after year presents new versions of OSX as safe, easy and simple "it just works" for any Mac newbie to install, instead of telling the truth that it is beta software which requires care, skill, experience, backups etc.
You're a cool guy Honestone, I like you, and don't want to fight with you. If you will stop trying to sell this Jehovah's Witness Blind Believer Apple Religion stuff, I'll stop slapping it down when you do, and things will go a lot better for us.
Or, type whatever you want, and I'll systematically rip it to shreds every time you try to tell Mac users they are to blame for Apple's sins. Your call.
Yo Orrmo,
First of all, I do not respond well to threats at all. This is a discussion board, and as such, one can say what they want (in reason, of course), and respond accordingly.
Secondly, I have helped a number of folks here, and I will continue to do so. If you don't like the way I do that, then just go back and sit in the corner.
Third, your statement "instead of telling the truth that it is beta software which requires care, skill, experience, backups etc" makes absolutely no sense at all! While Apple is
STILL developing software
in beta, they do have strong, consistent warnings about using it. I myself stay away from using any beta software, but I have seen plenty of others that do, and by exercising common sense and extreme caution (again not in a dream world), they have few, if any, issues.
When Apple is done and releases a version to the general public, it is just common sense that one needs to do the following:
1. Have a clean system that one is upgrading from.
2. Have a recent backup to an external device.
3, Insure that any third party software one uses is compatible with the new OS
BEFORE upgrading.
Apple does preach that, as do folks like me and others. And that is not a dream world. It is reality, plain and simple. Unfortunately, there are folks who will not take such sensible precautions, even when Apple tells them to.
It's unfortunate that you are the one that has this cynical, negative view of Apple (and I suspect other reputable companies), with little, if any, justification. Yes, Apple has its flaws, as does Toyota. But most reasonable folks do not b**ch about it, and they find sensible ways to deal with such flaws. If you don't like Apple much at all (which is obvious), then why stick with their machines? You do have alternatives.
So, it is unacceptable for you to threaten folks here. If you stop complaining so much about Apple, and stop expecting everything related to them is as simple as pressing a button, I will stop making "dream world" statements. We are here to exchange information, and it is best to do that in a mature, productive manner.
It's your call.
