[NTLK] Mad at Apple

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I have a 12" PowerBook G4 (last of its kind). Its internal modem has worked with 10.4 and 10.5. However, sometimes it forgets that it has Bluetooth (a problem under both 10.4 and 10.5). My PowerBook originally shipped with 10.3, but it also came with a Tiger upgrade DVD, so I didn't really test 10.3 on it.

And while we're "Mad at Apple", let me just say I was taken aback when the MacBook dropped FireWire. No, I never bought a MacBook, nor was in the market for one, but still…

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--- On Fri, 1/1/10, Clu <drclu at swbell.net> wrote:

From: Clu <drclu at swbell.net>
Subject: Re: [NTLK] Mad at Apple
To: newtontalk at newtontalk.net
Date: Friday, January 1, 2010, 12:27 AM

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On Dec 31, 2009, at 8:27 PM, Aaron Brigati wrote:

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> Getting my internal modem to work with 10.4 was very difficult. I had
> to put the 10.4 dvd in, run the installer, and reboot!
>
> Apparently some specific model Macs had internal modem issues with
> 10.4.0, but as far as I can tell the problem's been patched since. I
> can't find any references to anyone having the issue since 2005; it
> was fixed in 10.4.2, which released three months after 10.4.0.

You would think so.  All I know is the modem worked with my 17" G4 in  
10.3.9 but not under 10.4.  Did check the internet for fixes before  
my rant, and being that we are up to 10.6 you would think this would  
have been resolved a long time ago.  But after reading many people  
with questions and no solutions it really came to light that Apple  
left one bit of functionality in the past.

And really doesn't make sense.  Something that Apple had working and  
supposedly made an "improved OS" only to have the previous work no  
longer work?

Luckily since my rant I found a USB modem solution to work around  
this so I've moved on from this.  But it was enough to make me mad at  
Apple, and while at it, brought to mind the half work of the Emate  
hinge.
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