.Mac Account

[Drake Tungsten]

Anyone have one? If so, what do you think of it? Is it worth the money? Want a $20 referral payment?

[dojoboy]

I used the free trial (3 mos.). Basically, I just uploaded some files for others to grab and never really tried to develop things much. It might be worth the $ for someone who will use it. I've not that much going on.

[Panag]

hi ,

yes its worth the 20 bucks

aldo there are better ones , they cost way more also , .....

it works fine , from most parts of the world , first problem has to been seen yet with it , .....

have a nice day

[CivPatriot]

I have a .Mac account(one of the 50$ accounts for the people who had the free service), i'm not sure if i'm going to continue keepig it come fall(when i'm up for renewal). would like to see some more stuff added(and better free stuff offered), the idisk enchancements in panther may bring me over though(especially if it offers easier access through windows.

[Panag]

Originally posted by CivPatriot
I have a .Mac account(one of the 50$ accounts for the people who had the free service), i'm not sure if i'm going to continue keepig it come fall(when i'm up for renewal). would like to see some more stuff added(and better free stuff offered), the idisk enchancements in panther may bring me over though(especially if it offers easier access through windows.

hi ,

what type of windows do you use , .....

it seems to depend a bit also on the way you set certain security software , ......

have a nice day

[CivPatriot]

at my school-work i use XP

[CivPatriot]

And i just tried in stalling te XP i disk thing and i do not have enough permissons to allow an install, least not that i know of. hmm i'll keep trying.

[Insane]

Re: .Mac Account

Is it worth the money?

It depends on what you want from it. Are you just looking for an email account? If so, there are many options out there that cost much less than $100 a year.

If the other stuff they offer appeals to you (iDisk, homepage, iSync, free photo prints, free software offerings, etc.) then it might be more worthwhile. Take a look at the member benefits page (http://www.mac.com/1/memberbenefits.html) and see if you feel the items there are worth $100 to you.

Having said that, I can say that the mail server support has improved since they became a pay service. System downtime is very limited and they have some pretty good spam filtering protection in place. No one I know with a .Mac account gets any/much spam (an occasional piece gets through)... of course most of them guard their addresses pretty closely too.

[CivPatriot]

I 'll agree that spam into a .mac account is not very prevalent(maybe 15 a week if that) so that's a major plus

[Panag]

Originally posted by CivPatriot
I 'll agree that spam into a .mac account is not very prevalent(maybe 15 a week if that) so that's a major plus

hi ,

, thats funny , only about 25 or so in a year , .....

have a nice day

[CivPatriot]

15's been the most i've recieved , but i probably avg. 6 a week. what get's through the .mac acount gets nailed by mail, so i have zero problem.

[Drake Tungsten]

I already signed up. Nice to have a flurry of responses after the fact, however.

[Agathon]

Post us a review.

[Drake Tungsten]

Post us a review.

It'll be a little bit. I've been using the email for a while (been on a trial account for a month) and it's nice, but you can get email anywhere like Insane said.

I got it mainly for the homepage, Virex and the Backup software. Virex seems good, as always. Haven't tried out the homepage or Backup yet, as I'm a little busy with the whole "moving halfway around the world on Saturday" thing. I'll be setting up a webpage once I get to Japan, however, so I'll let you know what I think. If I can get a good internet connection, that is.

[Lawrence of Arabia]

I used to have a .mac account when it was free, but Im not going to pay.