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

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In article <240420141319509484%invid@loclanet.com>, Invid Fan
<invid@loclanet.com> wrote:
> In article <240420141637331601%YourName@YourISP.com>, Your Name
> <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
> > 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-Beta 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 when 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.
> 
> I think the point is, you shouldn't be beta testing if you're not going
> to be using the OS the way you normally would, as the data would be
> useless to Apple.

The point was as I said in the first place - so you can simply reboot
when you need a fully working system. Simple common sense, and no
different to having and restoring a backup, except it's a lot quicker.
Only a complete moron would install a potentially buggy and non-working
OS on their only computer and then expect it to work all the time.

I never said anything about signing up and then not using the beta
version.  :-\ No doubt some people will do that expecting to get the
latest secrets, but Apple isn't that stupid and the general public Beta
testers won't be given access to the secrets, just the improvements.

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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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