Re: Why the Apple II was on the right track...

[sheldon@atlcom.net (Sheldon Simms)]

In article <331A7E7B.3ABE@inreach.com>, roberta@inreach.com wrote:

> The Mac OS is USUALLY very good at doing it's own house cleaning when
> you delete an application ...
> 
> I know, this almost implies that Windows software is poorly written, but
> let's not waste our time with that.

Actually one of the things that makes uninstalling so much easier on
Macs is the resource fork. Often times, stuff that would be stashed in
the resource fork of an application on Macs is stored in umpteen zillion
files strewn all over the place on a Windows PC.

The one thing that *always* gets left behind on Macs is preference files/
folders. All Mac users should dig through the preference folder every
now and then to clear out dead wood.

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