An observation: my macbookair is “slowing down”.
I assume this is an example of “crud buildup”. In Windoze, the registry is the source of all crud. Over time, for inexplicable reasons, the hardware just gets tired. Random slowdowns, lockups, crashes all eventually leading to the dreaded “bare metal restore”. Think voluntary suicide. A metal lobotomy. Starting over, … maybe. Who knows what exactly you will lose.
One of my reasons for trying the MacBookAir was the reputation for … stability.
Sorry, but I think I need a bare metal restore here on McBa.
It’s not going to be pretty. What will I lose?
This is one of the reasons I don’t recommend Apple.
Argh!
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Reinke Faces Life 
FERDWARE. Yep, I think you have a winning campaign. :)
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OS X doesn’t have any central registry of apps. Just .plist file which are nothing but text files. I think that slow down has more to do with running services leaking memory etc. than with any sort of Windows style registry stuff in OS X. Perhaps the solution is appliance like products like iPads.
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Windoze has registry corruption and crud build up. Apple’s OSX has something similar. “Stuff” happens and you eventually need to do a “bare metal restore”. That’s the pits. I dont understand why they can’t build an OS that doesn’t allow performance to degrade over time. I suspect it’s about the whole “install applications” and adjust “settings” metaphor. I think I’d like to see a OS build on a CDROM “boot”. Then it would always “start” from a clean image. Boot sector viruses would then be impossible. If all settings were in text files a la xml, that would make things much more transparent. Executables would / could then be scanned on boot up for malware. Of course, you wouldn’t power down or reboot for trivial reasons. Just my thinking. I’ll have to dust off my compsci degree and see if I want to write my own OS. Call it FERDWARE! :-) ROFL!
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“This is one of the reasons I don’t recommend Apple.”
I didn’t see the reason posted.
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