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<blockquote data-quote="Big-Foot" data-source="post: 578853" data-attributes="member: 40607"><p>Thanks for some of the pointers - Much appreciated!</p><p></p><p>Some of you obviously did not read all of what I said at the beginning of my review;</p><p>Regarding my technical prowess - All I can offer is that I am degreed in Computer Sciences and have been part of what we now call Information Technology for the last 37 years. Starting out writing code in Assembler on an old Honeywell MF and then moving up to my first IBM mainframe (IBM 360/50 w/ 48k memory) in 1973. I can code in 12 different languages on a multitude of platforms and yes - Mac was one of them when I purchased a Lisa with 1MB Ram and a 10MB Hard drive back in 1984. Found out in 85 that Apple was in it's own world and required licensing of all software products through them with royalties I was unwilling to pay. Our tools and applications that were developed to run on the Mac platforms were then re-purposed to platforms more accepting of entrepreneurs and small business.</p><p>It was all good in that my thrust was more Systems and infrastructure related than it was GUI and Object related coding at the time. I won't bore you any further - I think it's sufficient to say that when you click that mouse or type on that keyboard - I know electrically what's happening behind the scenes and how the entire process comes together on a firmware level. Applications are now slave to me - if they work - they should work well - not half baked like so much of the fodder I find on the market these days thats not even to the point of being Alpha candidates leave alone Beta and GA... </p><p></p><p>Enjoy life - Don't expect miracles from man-made devices lest you be eternally disappointed.</p><p></p><p>Now - I believe I'll curl up with the owner's pamphlet one more time and give it another go.. This time I'll slow down enough to let some of it sink in. Something about working 70 hour weeks makes me rather impatient.. Go figure..</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Big-Foot, post: 578853, member: 40607"] Thanks for some of the pointers - Much appreciated! Some of you obviously did not read all of what I said at the beginning of my review; Regarding my technical prowess - All I can offer is that I am degreed in Computer Sciences and have been part of what we now call Information Technology for the last 37 years. Starting out writing code in Assembler on an old Honeywell MF and then moving up to my first IBM mainframe (IBM 360/50 w/ 48k memory) in 1973. I can code in 12 different languages on a multitude of platforms and yes - Mac was one of them when I purchased a Lisa with 1MB Ram and a 10MB Hard drive back in 1984. Found out in 85 that Apple was in it's own world and required licensing of all software products through them with royalties I was unwilling to pay. Our tools and applications that were developed to run on the Mac platforms were then re-purposed to platforms more accepting of entrepreneurs and small business. It was all good in that my thrust was more Systems and infrastructure related than it was GUI and Object related coding at the time. I won't bore you any further - I think it's sufficient to say that when you click that mouse or type on that keyboard - I know electrically what's happening behind the scenes and how the entire process comes together on a firmware level. Applications are now slave to me - if they work - they should work well - not half baked like so much of the fodder I find on the market these days thats not even to the point of being Alpha candidates leave alone Beta and GA... Enjoy life - Don't expect miracles from man-made devices lest you be eternally disappointed. Now - I believe I'll curl up with the owner's pamphlet one more time and give it another go.. This time I'll slow down enough to let some of it sink in. Something about working 70 hour weeks makes me rather impatient.. Go figure.. [/QUOTE]
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