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I have to say that whoever the administrator is for that computer has to learn how to handle updates.
spazz:See, that's the thing - even my Mum can handle updates on OSX. And for the record, saying Windows is intrusive is not based on one incident, it's based on 10 years of working with 98, Me, 2000, and XP. Honestly, OSX is like a breath of fresh air after so many years of frustration.
but I have to say that when I installed Windows XP on a brand new PC I had to download some updates, to a tune of about 200MB. But this Mac OS 10.4.8 here is downloading 450 MB of updates!
MoneyShotMan: Updates on any Operating system are a way of life everyone should get used to, who cares how big they are as long as they work, stop whining and get on with it, and while your at it get a better broadband package ya sniveling girls.
MoneyShotMan: If you look closely at whats being updated under XP, it is primarily security patches, larger .net, media player updates with a few driver updates to be installed, assuming your machine has XP SP2 installed - this scenario suits me just fine.
If you take a look at the Mac OSX updates you will find a completely different scenario one which as a predominant XP user I would like to see happen in XP/vista,
MoneyShotMan: Once again stop whining and just do it!
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barf: yes, the mac updates are atrocious !
can you imagine how many gigs classrooms of Macs use to update?!
I setup squid proxy at sites with many macs but a 2GB cache is not even enough to cache them all.
spazz: Anyway. This argument is pointless. Windows is an intrusive, annoying beast.NB: I have no experience with Vista so I can't comment, but given XP's ubiquity, it's a more relevant comparison.
MattD: Time to brace oneself for more updates. Quicktime 7.3 52MB, iTunes 7.5 41MBand for those with Leopard installed, 10.5.1 is on it's way!barf: yes, the mac updates are atrocious !
can you imagine how many gigs classrooms of Macs use to update?!
I setup squid proxy at sites with many macs but a 2GB cache is not even enough to cache them all.Would it not be easier to use Apple Remote Desktop and use a task server to install all the updates on each machine, using a single download of the installation files?spazz: Anyway. This argument is pointless. Windows is an intrusive, annoying beast.NB: I have no experience with Vista so I can't comment, but given XP's ubiquity, it's a more relevant comparison.You are coming to a sad realisation, Cancel or Allow..... allow...
MattD: An API to integrate third party apps into the software update process would be good.
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