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2 Replies Last post: Aug 18, 2006 6:08 PM by macnuke  
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surtur
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Nov 2, 2001
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Aug 18, 2006 6:14 AM

Current is good unless you need old information

In my opinion the search on Macworld.com is almost totally useless and the website doesn't look like it's changed in the years it's been online from a usability perspective.

I recently did a search for
mac mini 1.2 upgrade
reason being I picked up a second Mini to replace my wife's G3 iMac and wanted to upgrade the memory. I remember seeing a "how-to" in the magazine a while back, thinking it would be faster than digging through my printed Macworlds - boy was I wrong.

After 10 pages (all which had the same referenced links in the first 2 or 3 positions I decided to limit it to Jan 2001 - Jan 2004. I still got articles from 2005! Even articles about upgrading Powerbooks before any reference to upgrading the 1.2 - which I gave up on after not finding any after 15 pages.

As much as people use your website it's a shame it's only useable for the most current information.

"There are only 10 kinds of people. Those that understand binary and those that don't."
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surtur
269 posts since
Nov 2, 2001
1. Aug 18, 2006 1:16 PM in response to: surtur
Re: Current is good unless you need old informatio
After another round of searching I did find the article on the third page of a search with "Mac mini" limited to mar-apr 2005 after viewing the Past issues order page with photos of the covers. Previously I searched in 2004, 2005, all months.
http://www.macworld.com/2005/03/features/insidemini/index.php

I could have rifled through my stacks of print magazines but I like a challenge.

Macworld.com already has the content and what looks like a good online file system but it lacks a depth and simplicity of usability - which the technology does exist to provide - if only someone there would be creative and implement it.

"There are only 10 kinds of people. Those that understand binary and those that don't."
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macnuke
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Mar 5, 2004
2. Aug 18, 2006 6:08 PM in response to: surtur
Re: Current is good unless you need old informatio
some ways, I liked the old boards better.. but somewhere, the PTB decided an upgrade to this was in order.
there are alotta tricks to learn for a fruitful search.
just learning the tricks can be somewhat daunting.
grinding em down with persistence seems to be the best tho
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