Finding out for myself
As part of learning about this new-style iMac, I've been following along with other people's experiences. But what I'm learning is just how large the grains of salt are that I need in interpreting that experience.
Two cases in point:
1) Something I read yesterday (I forget whether it was on one of the comp.sys.mac.* newsgroups or Macfixit/Macintouch) suggested that an Intel iMac on a mixed network might have trouble finding and connecting with other machines on the network. So, I immediately hit the Connect to Server command on the Finder's Go menu, and browsed the network. The display was a little different from what I'm used to. (Of course, checking the old iMac reveals that the differences are 10.4, not Intel-based.) I get a listing of all of the Windows workgroups on our network. Also on the list is an item "My Network", which contains all of the Macs on the network. The various lists are populated much more quickly than on my old iMac, and the login connection to the old iMac is nearly instantaneous; and I had no trouble copying some installer files I needed.
I have no doubt that the original poster was having difficulties connecting to other machines on his or her LAN. But, clearly, those difficulties have to do with local conditions (the configuration of either the computer or of the LAN). So far, I've had no difficulty with the network.
2) A friend on a mailing list who also has a new iMac reported difficulties with Office.X, even though it's widely reported that the various Office apps run just fine under Rosetta. Back and forth conversation on the mailing list elicited the information that he hadn't applied the various update patches, in particular the 10.1.2 Updater. Once he did, Office.X applications just worked. So, I pulled out an Office.X CD and installed it, together with the three Updaters that I'd saved on my old iMac (see point 1 above). As I'd expected, it works just fine, but I still need to pull in a long, complicated document to see how quickly I can scroll through it. Also in the course of our discussion, one of the participants observed that the 10.1.2 Updater has been pulled from the Microsoft web site. Well, yeah, it has, but that's because it, along with the 10.1.4 and 10.1.5 Updaters, both of which I'd saved, has been rolled into, ta-da, the 10.1.6 Updater!
Two cases in point:
1) Something I read yesterday (I forget whether it was on one of the comp.sys.mac.* newsgroups or Macfixit/Macintouch) suggested that an Intel iMac on a mixed network might have trouble finding and connecting with other machines on the network. So, I immediately hit the Connect to Server command on the Finder's Go menu, and browsed the network. The display was a little different from what I'm used to. (Of course, checking the old iMac reveals that the differences are 10.4, not Intel-based.) I get a listing of all of the Windows workgroups on our network. Also on the list is an item "My Network", which contains all of the Macs on the network. The various lists are populated much more quickly than on my old iMac, and the login connection to the old iMac is nearly instantaneous; and I had no trouble copying some installer files I needed.
I have no doubt that the original poster was having difficulties connecting to other machines on his or her LAN. But, clearly, those difficulties have to do with local conditions (the configuration of either the computer or of the LAN). So far, I've had no difficulty with the network.
2) A friend on a mailing list who also has a new iMac reported difficulties with Office.X, even though it's widely reported that the various Office apps run just fine under Rosetta. Back and forth conversation on the mailing list elicited the information that he hadn't applied the various update patches, in particular the 10.1.2 Updater. Once he did, Office.X applications just worked. So, I pulled out an Office.X CD and installed it, together with the three Updaters that I'd saved on my old iMac (see point 1 above). As I'd expected, it works just fine, but I still need to pull in a long, complicated document to see how quickly I can scroll through it. Also in the course of our discussion, one of the participants observed that the 10.1.2 Updater has been pulled from the Microsoft web site. Well, yeah, it has, but that's because it, along with the 10.1.4 and 10.1.5 Updaters, both of which I'd saved, has been rolled into, ta-da, the 10.1.6 Updater!
posted by Aliceq @ 1:59 PM
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