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Re: What Can .Mac Do for You?
Posted by: Chris Maxcer 2008-03-06 07:51:38

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Apple's multi-facted .Mac service is a conundrum, a riddle in and of itself. What is .Mac, exactly? What can it do for me? Is it worth it? The problem is that .Mac is more than one thing -- it's e-mail, photo and video sharing, Web site hosting, backup, and a synchronization tool all in one. .Mac is a suite of Internet Web services where the sum of its parts creates a value far greater than any individual piece. Yet, most of the features found in .Mac can also be found for free on other sites, and while not all of the features have direct one-to-one comparisons, they're still free.

Re: What Can .Mac Do for You?
Posted by: wordm 2008-03-06 11:34:43 In reply to: Chris Maxcer

And if you like dealing with bad tech support and a ton of spam in your email a day, go ahead and waste the $100 a year. It's not worth it, period.

Re: What Can .Mac Do for You?
Posted by: Neil2112 2008-03-26 20:11:37 In reply to: wordm

I use .Mac every single day. Good support, no spam. It has been worth every penny. Are you saying $8 per month is excessive?
I use it for an iWeb website, iPhoto galleries, Sync, Email. . . . .

Re: What Can .Mac Do for You?
Posted by: profolio 2008-03-06 10:18:03 In reply to: Chris Maxcer

I've been a .Mac user since its inception. I've been growingly frustrated with mostly its lack of speed (it can slow my twin cpu G5 with 6.5g of ram to a crawl) and support as compared to other comparable free services to the point where I use it solely to back up text based files. I fear that .Mac development has been set adrift and a lot of long time SOHO users such as myself will no doubt jump ship. As a footnote, Apple charged me 150 cdn for a service that costs 99 us when the Canadian dollar was surpassing the American dollar.

Re: What Can .Mac Do for You?
Posted by: Neil2112 2008-03-26 20:05:46 In reply to: profolio

Why is it every time I read anything from a Canadian they're whining?