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This has been an interesting day to read Scripting News and Robert Scoble's blog. Both Dave Winer of Scripting News and Scoble are having issues with Apple software. Winer has issues with the networking functionality in Leopard, and apparently Scoble and some others are having issues with the latest update to Tiger, 10.4.11.
I'll admit that I am not in awe of Leopard, but it has been a pretty solid OS upgrade for me so far. It isn't perfect. I am a little baffled by what is happening to folks like Scoble who installed the latest update for Tiger. What isn't clear to me is whether the update is truly making people's machine's unrecoverable, or whether the issue can be solved by back-tracking to a previous bootable version of Tiger created by a tool like SuperDuper?
Meanwhile, I do find it interesting how blogging has made it easy for high profile folks like Winer and Scoble to react to problems they encounter and how other Mac users rip into them when they point out problems with Apple's hardware and software. I think the truth in these matters is that we all have unrealistic expectations, and maybe Apple has helped create or perpetuate those expectations through its marketing campaigns. It is also clear that Apple is missing opportunities to do the right thing and work with these high profile bloggers to ensure that they have a good experience and perpetuate the myth of perfection.
Update: Thanks to the MNJ readers who pointed out my mistake in this piece from last night, where I referred to Mac OS X 10.4.11 as Panther. Of course, that is the latest update for Tiger. I had the wrong cat all together...
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