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Re: [NEWS} Be a Mac OS X Beta tester

From Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.system
Subject Re: [NEWS} Be a Mac OS X Beta tester
Date 2014-04-24 16:37 +1200
Organization Aioe.org NNTP Server
Message-ID <240420141637331601%YourName@YourISP.com> (permalink)
References (2 earlier) <230420141917055349%YourName@YourISP.com> <slrnllfdni.1fdd.g.kreme@amelia.local> <lj8jvl$j0a$1@reader2.panix.com> <240420140922213231%YourName@YourISP.com> <lj9sho$ls8$3@reader2.panix.com>

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In article <lj9sho$ls8$3@reader2.panix.com>, <billy@MIX.COM> wrote:

> Your Name <YourName@yourisp.com> writes, quoting me:
> 
> > > > I'd say only install it on a second drive / partition so you can
> > > > actually still use the computer normally by simply rebooting into the
> > > > non-Beat version.
> > > 
> > > This is not the kind of evaluation Apple (nor I) would call useful...
> > 
> > It's 100% legitmate and sensible solution, and makes no difference to
> > anything. You can Beta test the new OS and stil have a fully working OS
> > for doing real work when needed. 
> 
> For the sake of anyone who might be misled by your profound ignorance
> (not very likely, but just in case), no, it is not, and no, you can't.
> 
> Testing in a real-world production environment is very necessary here.

Geez, there are some ignorant prats on the Usenet newsgroups who live
in some weird fantasy world.  :-\

It's all very well if you've got spare time to "play" about, but
"testing" (i.e. the computer not working properly) is a bloody pain in
the backside when you trying to get work done.



> > Otherwise a flaw in the Beta could mean you have an expensive doorstop
> > until Apple gets around to releasing another update.
> 
> For you, sure.  Everyone else would just restore their system from the
> recommended backup.

Yep, so you waste extra time having to re-load your backup rather than
simply reboot ... good grief what a complete moron. Another imbecile
meets the killfile.  :-\

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[NEWS} Be a Mac OS X Beta tester Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-04-23 09:14 +1200
  Re: [NEWS} Be a Mac OS X Beta tester billy@MIX.COM - 2014-04-22 22:44 +0000
    Re: [NEWS} Be a Mac OS X Beta tester Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-04-22 19:17 -0400
      Re: [NEWS} Be a Mac OS X Beta tester billy@MIX.COM - 2014-04-22 23:21 +0000
    Re: [NEWS} Be a Mac OS X Beta tester Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-04-23 19:17 +1200
      Re: [NEWS} Be a Mac OS X Beta tester Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-04-23 12:49 +0000
        Re: [NEWS} Be a Mac OS X Beta tester billy@MIX.COM - 2014-04-23 14:50 +0000
          Re: [NEWS} Be a Mac OS X Beta tester Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-04-24 09:22 +1200
            Re: [NEWS} Be a Mac OS X Beta tester billy@MIX.COM - 2014-04-24 02:22 +0000
              Re: [NEWS} Be a Mac OS X Beta tester Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-04-24 16:37 +1200
                Re: [NEWS} Be a Mac OS X Beta tester Invid Fan <invid@loclanet.com> - 2014-04-24 13:19 -0400
                Re: [NEWS} Be a Mac OS X Beta tester Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-04-25 09:17 +1200
  Re: [NEWS} Be a Mac OS X Beta tester Kevin McMurtrie <mcmurtrie@pixelmemory.us> - 2014-04-23 21:07 -0700
    Re: [NEWS} Be a Mac OS X Beta tester Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> - 2014-04-23 23:41 -0700
      Re: [NEWS} Be a Mac OS X Beta tester Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-04-24 19:13 +1200
        Re: [NEWS} Be a Mac OS X Beta tester Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-04-24 20:55 +0000
          Re: [NEWS} Be a Mac OS X Beta tester nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-04-24 17:09 -0400
            Re: [NEWS} Be a Mac OS X Beta tester android <here@there.was> - 2014-04-24 23:19 +0200
          Re: [NEWS} Be a Mac OS X Beta tester Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2014-04-24 21:03 -0700
          Re: [NEWS} Be a Mac OS X Beta tester Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-05-10 19:20 +0200
            Re: [NEWS} Be a Mac OS X Beta tester Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-05-11 10:23 +1200
              Re: [NEWS} Be a Mac OS X Beta tester Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-05-11 15:36 +0000
      Re: [NEWS} Be a Mac OS X Beta tester Kevin McMurtrie <mcmurtrie@pixelmemory.us> - 2014-04-24 21:11 -0700
    Re: [NEWS} Be a Mac OS X Beta tester billy@MIX.COM - 2014-04-24 14:39 +0000
      Re: [NEWS} Be a Mac OS X Beta tester J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com> - 2014-04-25 01:40 -0400
        Re: [NEWS} Be a Mac OS X Beta tester billy@MIX.COM - 2014-04-25 14:15 +0000
          Re: [NEWS} Be a Mac OS X Beta tester J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com> - 2014-04-25 16:07 -0400
            Re: [NEWS} Be a Mac OS X Beta tester Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-04-27 21:40 +0000
              Re: [NEWS} Be a Mac OS X Beta tester J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com> - 2014-04-27 20:46 -0400
            Re: [NEWS} Be a Mac OS X Beta tester billy@MIX.COM - 2014-04-28 18:27 +0000
    Re: [NEWS} Be a Mac OS X Beta tester J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com> - 2014-04-24 23:02 -0400

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