Yes that's my point, 'just trash it' I've had instances where that doesn't work. Yes there is usually a work around but it's not usually simple or intuitive.

Don't get me wrong, Windows is a long way from perfect; however I've no problem working with the registry at least it makes 'core' aspects easy to access, if a little obtuse at times.

Trash it, then delete any residual junk from the Library directories (if needed) has always worked for me. The only exception is command line utilities that might be looking for dotfiles in your home directory or something (or software from Macports, which quite correctly ends up /opt/local/).

Can you describe what the software was, and what it did to the system that couldn't be easily shifted? It sounds like an interesting incident, I've never come across any OSX software that behaves that badly.

In this case it wasn't my issue, but one my manager had with his personal mac. The software was Skype. He spent a long time trying all those things to no success.

What's everyone's views on Chromebook's? I'm sure it's been previously discussed, I just can't find it in this thread if it has.

Personally I'm not a big fan of all my data being cared for, and no doubt monitored thoroughly, regardless of what Google may say.

Then again I can see the benefit's it has to offer. I think for the right consumers it'll work well. I'm just not one is all.

Ah I do remember Skype having some major issues with OSX a while ago, more a Skype issue than anything else though.

But what did Skype actually [ido[/i such that the steps outlined earlier would not remove it? I had a quick look with Google, and couldn't find anything.

Sounds like his boss is not the most technically capable person, so I'd be very wary of using anecdotal evidence from him to assert that "OSX makes it hard to uninstall software" - when quite the opposite is generally the case.

Oh, and this is surely one of the signs of the impending apocalypse:

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... bearing in mind that the new Duke Nukem was also released recently.

Most people who run Apple sifware have very little idea what software they have on their machine.

Ahemmm, just like people who run Windoze.

Unless it's malware, I'm not sure why most people should need to know about all the software present on their machine - they're only interested in the bits they actually use, after all.



OSX and Windows are more popular with the general population, so that's hardly surprising. Unless you're counting people who are using things like Android, in which case I get the feeling most of them don't know exactly what software is lurking underneath the surface either.

Likewise, I don't really care what hardware is in my toaster as long as it toasts stuff without killing me.

We live in an old Victorian semi with thick walls and high ceilings. I'm on Virgin cable broadband and have a Netgear wireless router. In certain parts of the house the wifi signal drops regularly. I was wondering how to best boost the signal so it is available everywhere. Is a signal booster best or is it worth upgrading the wireless router?

Cheers.

It is anecdotal of course, but, no my boss is a technically capable person. I was just using that instance as an example of something that didn't fit and the difficulties the ensued trying to remove it.



As for Chromebooks, I had a play with ChromeOS (at least it was called that at the time) about 18 months ago in a VM. It was alright. But like pointed out it's a case of having all your data in 'the cloud', I'm not keen on that really. Nor on a machine that requires internet access to function.

And on a related note; Windows 8, the developer build at least is utterly horrific. Has any one else had a go with it?

I'd re-site the router first see if that helps, a booster may work but sometimes even the bets signal is blocked by thick walls, running an access point is sometimes the only way.