QotD: .Mac
Posted March 5th, 2004 @ 09:48pm by Erik J. Barzeski
Question: Do you have a .Mac account? Do you use it? For how long have you had it? Will you renew?
My Answer: Many questions, but easy answers: yes, yes, since they became available, and yes.
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11 Responses to "QotD: .Mac"
Posted 05 Mar 2004 at 9:59pm #
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yes
yes, particularly for iSync, but also for email
as long as they've had it
yes, i need my iSync!
Posted 05 Mar 2004 at 11:25pm #
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Used to, dumped it when they started charging. I don't need the disk space or the web space, but I liked having a .mac email address.
Haven't really missed it.
Posted 06 Mar 2004 at 7:33am #
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Once upon a time (When they were free) I had a .Mac account. I used to for e-mail and light hosting. I just can't reconcile a .Mac account with my other hosting provider though. Maybe if .Mac supported multiple e-mails (I know, I know they do, sorta...) and would point my domain at it's servers, and supported Movable Type I would move back. As it is my current provider has been very good to me, even though they don't do WebDAV.
Posted 06 Mar 2004 at 7:49am #
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I got it at first for $50 but didn't renew it, just kept my .Mac email.
I didn't use it much, and haven't missed it - simply don't need it when I have good and cheap web hosting.
Posted 06 Mar 2004 at 9:57am #
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Yes.
Even though I own several domains (as well as a reseller account), each with at least one IMAP mailbox, I still like having a mac.com address & I like using it for my photo galleries. I also use iSync since I have several computers, so I need .Mac for that.
Posted 06 Mar 2004 at 11:52am #
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No .mac here. I really have no use for it so it would just be a waste of money.
Posted 06 Mar 2004 at 3:33pm #
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It's a cool idea, and I can see a use for it, but nothing compelling for me personally, so no, I don't have .mac.
I also never understood the furore when Apple started charging for it - it seems to be something worthwhile, so my view was "put up or shut up": it's hardly expensive after all.
Posted 06 Mar 2004 at 5:27pm #
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Yup.
I don't think people know about the free software and discounts. One example: you can get 30% off Keynote right now.
- Scott
Posted 06 Mar 2004 at 6:25pm #
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I don't have it yet, but now that i have 3 macs, keeping them synchronised is next to impossible without .mac so, i think i'll be buying it shortly.
unless there is another way to quickly, and easily sync up address books and bookmarks between multiple machines.
Posted 07 Mar 2004 at 12:19am #
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yes, sometimes, since it became available, and whether I renew or not has a lot to do with what they add, Apple said they would be adding more and more stuff to .mac to make it more valuable, but I haven't seen them innovate too much more since the introduction.
I would be a much easier sell at $60-$80 per year.
Posted 08 Mar 2004 at 12:02am #
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.Mac = .No
.Mac QotD