From: parag@netcom.com (Parag Patel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Silverlining vs. ?
Date: 8 Jul 92 23:57:40 GMT
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From: parag@netcom.com (Parag Patel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Silverlining vs. ?
Date: 8 Jul 92 23:57:40 GMT
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cory@enigami.mv.com (Cory Kempf) writes:

>........  Drive7 is nice, if all you want is a simple partition. 
>If you want to do anything fancy, such as custom Mac partitions, A/UX,
>etc. then forget it.

This may have been true for real old versions of Drive7, but is no
longer true now.  It does custom partitions and A/UX 2.0.1 partitions.
Resizing partitions is as easy as click-and-drag.

(A/UX 3.0 needs Apple's formatter to install it automatically.  You can
create partitions with Drive7, run newfs by hand, then install A/UX, but
it just isn't worth the bother.)


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From: boris@ulysses.att.com
Date: Mon, 6 Jul 92 21:01:54 EDT
To: delaney
Subject: LaCie

From: boris@ulysses.att.com
Date: Mon, 6 Jul 92 21:01:54 EDT
To: delaney
Subject: LaCie

I bought SIlverLining about 3 years ago and I got another copy
recently with 128M optical drive. I refuse to use it because of the
$50 upgrade that you mention. They charge it for real upgrades as well
as for bug fixes. FWB is good and has more reasonable upgrade policy as far as I can tell.
A co-worker bought 1.0 and got 1.1 for free several month later.
			Boris


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From: dplatt@ntg.com (Dave Platt)
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To: delaney
Subject: Re: Silverlining vs. ?
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Date: Tue, 7 Jul 92 10:45:48 PDT
From: dplatt@ntg.com (Dave Platt)
To: delaney
Subject: Re: Silverlining vs. ?
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
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>Once aupon a time, Silcerlining was the gold (silver?) standard for HD
>formating tools. But that was bacl when La Cie was an independent
>company. Is it still the case now?

I have read repeated reports of poor service from LaCie, increased
upgrade fees, and the need for repeated upgrades to cope with new
environments and with bugs.

>                                  Is FWB's new software better? Is
>somebody elses?

I use FWB's software and am very happy with it.  It drives some disks
that SilverLining will not (e.g. Rodime RO-5000S).  The upgrade from 1.0
to 1.1 cost $0.00 - owners simply had to mail back their master
diskettes to have them upgraded.

>I ask because I am looking at a $50 upgrade fee from 5.27 one of these
>days and I don't want to bet that $50 on a horse that can no longer
>keep up the pace.

I believe I read that FWB was offering a special price ($99?) to owners
of SilverLining - I suggest you call them and ask them if any such deal
is in effect.

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