Thursday, March 31, 2005
DotMac for Mac.
Being a Mac user, I finally talked myself into subscribing to Apples DotMac service. For £68 a year this gives me an "exclusive" e-mail address, online backup and storage facilities, my own homepages, and discounts on selected software.
After using it for six months or so, I wish I hadn't bothered. I have found the performance of e-mail and iDisk patchy and buggy. Having backed up my bookmarks I can't access them, and apparently I do not have sufficient permissions to delete some things.
The homepages might be better if I was using my own software for building pages, but the templates provided by Apple are useless for my needs.
Discounts on some software could be tempting for some people, but nearly all my requirements are met with excellent Open Source applications which cost nothing.
All in all I don't find DotMac good value for what is offered, and I wont renew my subscription.
After using it for six months or so, I wish I hadn't bothered. I have found the performance of e-mail and iDisk patchy and buggy. Having backed up my bookmarks I can't access them, and apparently I do not have sufficient permissions to delete some things.
The homepages might be better if I was using my own software for building pages, but the templates provided by Apple are useless for my needs.
Discounts on some software could be tempting for some people, but nearly all my requirements are met with excellent Open Source applications which cost nothing.
All in all I don't find DotMac good value for what is offered, and I wont renew my subscription.
© Colcam 2005-2007
