Damn...my computer crashed.....

My computer died on me yesterday, so i had to get a new imac.
But that means i have to download the new viewer......
is it still as bad is it was a week or so ago when it first released....??

downloading now.....*crossing fingers*.......

Sorry to hear that. I hope you had everything important backed up.

And now you have to go through weeding out all those junkware items that come with a new computer -- at least with new PC's anyway. Frustrating!

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Don't forget to get an external drive and turn on Time Machine this time.

Here's the "junkware" I got on my Mac:

iPhoto
iMovie
Garage Band
Nanosaur 2
Demo versions of Pages, Numbers, and Keynote.

Removing the demo versions involved dragging the icons into the trash.

Personally, I'd rather buy a Mac clone from HP or Lenovo and put up with the junkware, because I like the OS but I don't like Apple's hardware at all.

Clear the dust inside the chassis the videocard cooler and the cpu cooler

I found an easy, foolproof way to get rid of all the crapware that came with my laptop:

Install Linux!

believe it or not, i actually use iphoto and imovie, quite alot too, they are actually quite useful for web sharing if you would just take the first step into it :>

Out of the frying pan and into the fire.

Well, yeh, I've even bought an upgrade to iLife. That's my point, this is hardly junkware.

And switching from OSX to Linux? Why? UNIX is UNIX is UNIX.

Yes; but one, you pay through the nose for.

I was actually referring to switching from Windows to Linux. I'm not aware of too much pre-installed crapware with Macbooks or OSX installs.

Yeh, the Mac Tax is about 40%, but speaking as someone who was using (and contributing to) free UNIX before it was cool... getting an OS that doesn't suck *and* applications that don't suck is a pretty damn compelling combination. When you got a great car who cares whether the engine block is labelled "BSD", "Linux", or "Solaris"?

The "other" white meat?

You got tired of getting useful things done with your computer?

*screeeeeeech!!!*

Aw, hell! Here we go!

I am a college student in my third year, in a strictly online environment. In my entire time as a student, I have managed to get all of my coursework done within the Linux environment: Writing reports, designing presentations, creating flowcharts and diagrams, even managing gantt charts. The only time I have ever had to resort to Windows was to take tests in my math classes, and that was only because the tests required an obscure IE-only plug-in. In fact, except to play The Sims, I've been hard-pressed to justify booting into Windows lately... I just simply have not needed to!

And OSX? It's pretty much Linux already, with a prettier desktop and proprietary APIs - and heftier price tag...

Every time I use Linux all it does is remind me how good Windows and OS X really are.

I'm just having fun with you. Personally, I can't stand Linux, but I'm glad it's out there.

And applications that don't suck.
Every time I use Windows I wonder why the **** the Gnome and KDE projects are trying to imitate it.