Re: Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 5 Developer Preview (9M3092)

--On 30. Juli 2009 10:12:17 +0100 Bob Lang <bob.lang@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Ahh!  That would some unusual usage of the word "simple" that I hadn't
> heard of before ;-)

YMMV, of course.

> Meanwhile, I'm trying really hard to plug in an external fire wire disk
> into my aluminium MacBook, but look as hard as I can I can't find the
> FireWire socket!

USB works just as well on reasonably recent models.

> Last time I used Carbon Copy Cloner it did a fine job, but it took many
> hours to copy a partition from my 30 Gb iBook.  I dread to think how much
> time it would waste today, but I certainly can't afford to be without my
> Mac while it's working.

Then use SuperDuper! It's much more efficient, because it only does a full 
clone once. After that it has a mode where it only copies the differences. 
You can get a fresh clone in mere minutes with that.

> All these suggestions of virtualisation, alternative partitions, external
> drives etc are complete kludges which involve considerable time and
> disruption.

They have the advantage of actually working in the here and now.

> The basic truth is that OS X lacks a credible roll back system, and, yes,
> Windows *is* better in this respect.

Perhaps. I'd say it's just different.
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