You need to go back and read what you wrote, or rather to not quote it selectively"
"I do think they're better for those who don't do regular backups, which is a backhanded compliment.
Looks like Steve is a Mac user :)"
Which means that you're trying to wriggle away from what you actually wrote.
Which copied the idea from Pilot, the O/S of the Xerox Mesa processor based workstations.
What's more interesting is how M$ can have been so stupid as to not implement it and use their stupid, broken, overloading of the filename. And why they *still* persist in using that dark ages technology. Along with named drives.
And it still works on the Mac, your point being? Unsupported is still unsupported, meaning HP won't be producing Vista drivers nor helping anyone to install and use a 4100C on anything later than Windows
98/2000.
Yes it is.. if he yanks the cord out while the heads are in contact with the disk and its active it will break. In fact its already broken.
I don't need to try again what I stated is correct. It was more likely.. now you have provided more information it is less likely.
If you are going to argue at least pick something that may be wrong.
How many KrappiAldiPCs do you think there are?
Well who is then? Not I. However you are claiming that a Sinclair Spectrum can replace a PC.. as its the same hardware in Macs and PCs it must also be able to replace a Mac so I think you have just confirmed that you think Macs are crap. As you think Macs are crap but you are arguing that they are better than PCs you must be trolling so goodbye. HTH.
Windows can use either these days.
What's wrong with named drives? You have to start somewhere and c:\ is just as good as /, it just has more characters. Infact if you only have one drive I think you can get away with /. And no you don't have to have c:, d: etc. either you can mount drives/FS just like on unix. Now if you ask why people still use the old ways that is a different question and may explain why windows has ~90%, Mac about 8% and the rest 2%.. maybe the Mac needs named drives rather than telling its potential users that they are wrong?
Hear, hear. OS/2 user with extended attributes to store all the under the hood stuff. Files names don't need extensions (hidden or otherwise) and can be associated with a given application on a file by file basis. So if you have a text file with a .txt extension you can set it to open with application X, another file with .txt could open with application Y or the system default, application Z...
I guess M$ have remained in the dark ages 'cause IBM won't let 'em use HPFS combined with not invented at M$.
Do you actually know how disks work? The above suggests that you don't.
I have no idea, it was a j o k e, geddit?
Since you were the first one to mention a £299 Aldi PC, that's untrue.
No I'm not, I'm pointing out that is seems to fulfil all *your* computing needs.
No, it's was an example of you leaping to an incorrect assumption.
If you are goign to argue, learn the difference between arse and elbow.
The fact that you appear to agree that the heads are in contact with the platter when the disk is active suggests that you don't.
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Thanks for that, Dennis. I might unkillfile you for the entertainment value - that's the stupidest thing I've seen on Usenet since I stopped reading Duhg Bollen's droolings.
Since I did no such thing you're guilty of your favourite hobby of making up stuff.
dennis@home wrote: t even close to technically true.
As I understand it the heads do not actually touch the disk surface but "fly" just above it. I recall many moons ago being told about the challenges of getting the aerodynamic design of the head right because it had to sit close to, but not touch, the platter.
I have actually come across one disk where the head did touch the platter surface - the head was busy scraping the magnetic coating off the platter surface and making some very strange noises in the process. Needless to say the data was unrecoverable.
VH.
Also because M$ appear to refuse to consider using any filing system other than ones they create. And of course with NTFS they won't even document it properly.
Did Apple sue them? They're pretty quick at that.
I had no idea whether you did backups or not.
That said your whole 'PCs suck Macs rool' mentality mark you out as a Mac user, hence
"Looks like Steve is a Mac user :)"
cheers, Pete.
Native support?
cheers, Pete.
"I do think they're better for those who don't do regular backups, which is a backhanded compliment.
Looks like Steve is a Mac user :)"
You seem to be suffering from the same disability as drivel in believing that if you snip out some text without marking the fact, that the inconvenient truth is blotted out.
That's not my mentality, nor has it ever been. However unlike many I don't think that Windows is well written nor indeed fit for purpose.
And? As posted I'm also a Windows, Linux, WHY? user.
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