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JeromeP · #3 (**permalink**) 02-11-2005, 09:02 AM

Also off topic, a little:

I used to work for the computer lab system at WSU. We had Macs in lab service and frankly they were awful to support in a Netware, and then subsequently a Windows 2000 environment. Now this goes way back because I started working for them in the fall of 1998, which for many seems like an eternity ago, but not for me so much.

Anyway, it wasn't until OS10 that our Macs really were part of our network and authentication scheme. Apple eventually did a beautiful job of integrating a lot of different networking protocols into OS10. They did a sufficient enough job that by my last year there we had our Macs authenticating to a Windows 2000 tree and we had full print counting and hourly usage billing (if the customer chose that option) on that platform. There were some support techs that felt that the Mac actually integrated into the network with less fuss than Windows did.

So Jason, I'm sorry that you had a bad Mac experience. I'm not sure what I'd chalk it up to. I worked on my high school newspaper when I was a senior 10 years ago (yes it is my 10 year reunion year) and I was the one that brought that Mac setup back up to speed. Their issue was networking and the fact that they had wire looping around the paper room with no rhyme or reason. After a little bit of a capital expenditure we were able to get the network put back together and then everything was stable. So, proper maintenance is key.

I never worked yearbook, but I had friends that did. It too was a Mac shop. I'm trying to remember the name of the publishing company, but we were always sending them floppy disks with completed sections for integration in the book. Amazing how we all survived those days of computing.

So, let me get this straight, you have a top of the line Prius and you have no CDs to play in the most excellent stereo? Wow. Well, the CDText is a nice feature if you or anyone else gets around to using it.

I'm just a little surprised that there haven't been more comments about that feature and how to use it. Most of the comments I've heard about Prius audio are regarding lack of factory XM option, and lack of mp3 CD playback. The lack of mp3 CD playback I think is a gaping hole, but all of these auto makers are paranoid about being sued, especially for issues that are not auto related.