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<blockquote data-quote="Zoolook" data-source="post: 283222" data-attributes="member: 21101"><p>Source? I have not heard this or experienced this. We have two MacBooks in my household and they're both rock solid. The MBP is a better machine by default, but no more or less stable, AFAIK.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>To be fair to Apple, they have had a single OS strategy for sometime now. OS X is exceptionally well refined and stable and most applications sit within in it, not on top of it (there is a subtle difference IMO). That post you quoted is fair enough, although I have never even noticed it so I am not sure if it only affects 2nd, 3rd and 4th users of the system and not the Admin user.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>OS X doesn't suffer from this, but I haven't had a Mac long enough to verify this.</p><p></p><p>Uninstalling software can be annoying if the install script was badly done.</p><p></p><p>Many apps place all the data so that simply dragging the icon out of the Apps folder clears the whole programme (you'll notice that when you copy a single icon to the apps folder, the OS is actually copying dozens of files, you just don't see them).</p><p></p><p>However some apps place files and folders in the Library folder, under Application Support. The problem is, some so this in the root library folder and others do it in the user library folder... and the app rarely tells you which, so you should always check. Some apps come with a complete uninstall utility, which you can save. There are also 3rd party uninstallers that apparently work really well.</p><p></p><p>Having said all that, leaving a few dregs here and there doesn't cause the kind of problems leaving a rogue .dll file in Win32 would.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Zoolook, post: 283222, member: 21101"] Source? I have not heard this or experienced this. We have two MacBooks in my household and they're both rock solid. The MBP is a better machine by default, but no more or less stable, AFAIK. To be fair to Apple, they have had a single OS strategy for sometime now. OS X is exceptionally well refined and stable and most applications sit within in it, not on top of it (there is a subtle difference IMO). That post you quoted is fair enough, although I have never even noticed it so I am not sure if it only affects 2nd, 3rd and 4th users of the system and not the Admin user. OS X doesn't suffer from this, but I haven't had a Mac long enough to verify this. Uninstalling software can be annoying if the install script was badly done. Many apps place all the data so that simply dragging the icon out of the Apps folder clears the whole programme (you'll notice that when you copy a single icon to the apps folder, the OS is actually copying dozens of files, you just don't see them). However some apps place files and folders in the Library folder, under Application Support. The problem is, some so this in the root library folder and others do it in the user library folder... and the app rarely tells you which, so you should always check. Some apps come with a complete uninstall utility, which you can save. There are also 3rd party uninstallers that apparently work really well. Having said all that, leaving a few dregs here and there doesn't cause the kind of problems leaving a rogue .dll file in Win32 would. [/QUOTE]
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