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Building and freezing an error free Snow Leopard system image w/ my apps and scripts
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<blockquote data-quote="chas_m" data-source="post: 1011481"><p>At the risk of sounding arrogant or unfriendly (neither of which I mean to be), these are terrible ideas.</p><p></p><p>DropBox is an online storage service NOT a server farm. No matter how fast your internet connection is, it will never be a fraction of the speed of a local hard drive. Your stuff won't be available "across all platforms" -- it simply won't work with ANY of them. Ditto Mail.</p><p></p><p>As for FileVault, the benefits are incredibly LOW and the risk of permanent data loss is incredibly HIGH. It's like keeping snow tires on your car year-round ... even after you moved to Florida! You're just unnecessarily hindering the performance of your machine for no real benefit.</p><p></p><p>My suggestion to you is that you really do need to UNLEARN your view of computers as Jaime-Jaime suggested. I do recognise that this is a lot to ask, but you might start by just talking with normal everyday Mac users you come across, or joining the local Mac User Group in your area.</p><p></p><p>A lot of people in the last few years have switched to the Mac from Windows or other platforms, and if you hang out in the Switcher's forum you'll notice that most of them rave about how easy the switch was; this is primarily because most of them weren't THAT heavily invested in Windows, they just did their best with what was around.</p><p></p><p>People who are DEEP into the Windows mindset as you seem to be often have an (ironically) *tougher* time adjusting to Mac because there is more to "let go of" than your average user. I think it's rather like jumping into Zen Buddhism -- are these people insane? They do almost nothing but smile and seem happy but they're not stressing over every last tweak!!! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>At the risk of sounding like a reject from that old TV show "Kung Fu," try to put yourself in a space where you are approaching the Mac with a completely open mind, ready to re-think, question or even reject EVERYTHING you thought you knew about computers. Only then will you discover that Macs and PCs are actually quite similar, but mindset is *everything.*</p><p></p><p>Grasshopper. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chas_m, post: 1011481"] At the risk of sounding arrogant or unfriendly (neither of which I mean to be), these are terrible ideas. DropBox is an online storage service NOT a server farm. No matter how fast your internet connection is, it will never be a fraction of the speed of a local hard drive. Your stuff won't be available "across all platforms" -- it simply won't work with ANY of them. Ditto Mail. As for FileVault, the benefits are incredibly LOW and the risk of permanent data loss is incredibly HIGH. It's like keeping snow tires on your car year-round ... even after you moved to Florida! You're just unnecessarily hindering the performance of your machine for no real benefit. My suggestion to you is that you really do need to UNLEARN your view of computers as Jaime-Jaime suggested. I do recognise that this is a lot to ask, but you might start by just talking with normal everyday Mac users you come across, or joining the local Mac User Group in your area. A lot of people in the last few years have switched to the Mac from Windows or other platforms, and if you hang out in the Switcher's forum you'll notice that most of them rave about how easy the switch was; this is primarily because most of them weren't THAT heavily invested in Windows, they just did their best with what was around. People who are DEEP into the Windows mindset as you seem to be often have an (ironically) *tougher* time adjusting to Mac because there is more to "let go of" than your average user. I think it's rather like jumping into Zen Buddhism -- are these people insane? They do almost nothing but smile and seem happy but they're not stressing over every last tweak!!! :) At the risk of sounding like a reject from that old TV show "Kung Fu," try to put yourself in a space where you are approaching the Mac with a completely open mind, ready to re-think, question or even reject EVERYTHING you thought you knew about computers. Only then will you discover that Macs and PCs are actually quite similar, but mindset is *everything.* Grasshopper. :) [/QUOTE]
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