Seriously, the computer has crashed, and since it is still on warranty, it could be in the shop for a significant amount of time. He will be back! That is both a promise and a threat! :twisted:
Sharon

What caused the crash? A bug? Virus? or did it just break down suddenly?

Bummer!!! :sad:

I gotta invest in a TONMO.com loaner PC.

What, did he try to install a Windows patch ?????

He has an IMac and it apparently has a flaw that causes this to happen. According to a friend of his this happens to all of them at some point, so buyer beware. Probably next year's model will have the problem fixed. It has something to do with overheating I think, but I'm not sure about that.

He has an IMac and it apparently has a flaw that causes this to happen. According to a friend of his this happens to all of them at some point, so buyer beware. Probably next year's model will have the problem fixed. It has something to do with overheating I think, but I'm not sure about that.

I guess it's bad mac karma week-- my girlfriend Andrea dropped her ibook yesterday, and now its display is messed up and it doesn't seem to boot properly :sad:

hehehehheh...macintosh.

:sad: It's like anti-Christmas all over again.

Hey, sorseress, shouldn't you change the "Location" in your profile? Or am I way out of touch?

Actually, I tried to change it earlier today and couldn't figure out how. I am seriously computer challenged. I blame it on my little old lady status. That makes a very handy excuse for all sorts of things!:wink:

apple the second most evil of all computers. woz is just waiting till the stars are right

I can't believe we're buying this! Erich is very obviously beneath the waves for a while conversing with the 'masters' in their undersea city!

:cthulhu: :cthulhu: :cthulhu: :cthulhu:

Who's taking care of Kitty ?????

Well, back from the Apple store and all is well with the world. Buying the extended warranty proved to be a fantastic choice. They had this sucker fixed in one day at no charge, replaced the power supply (the source of the overheating problem - I'm told the new one they replaced it with has the bug worked out), but to just be on the safe side, they replaced the logic board, the optical drive, and did a little hardware repair as well. In one day. Cost of extended three-year warranty? $169.00. Cost of repairs? $1264.69. Cost to me? $0.00 (not counting the initial $169.00).

Gotta love my Mac. After a week-and-a-half away, it's sooo good to be back. And I was able to take advantage of my time offline to travel beneath the waves for a "diplomatic" meeting! Awesome sushi! :cthulhu: :sushi: :heteromor

somehow, I don't believe you on that sushi part.:wink:

Is it just me or is the choice between PC and Mac like the choice between the Borg and fervent religious zeal? :razz:

You pegged it...pc's stink, mac's are inefficient, but easy to use. If someone came out with a computer that actually worked all of the time, they'd rule the known universe.

Have to go, Windows is crashing yet again.

greg

Honestly, I've never found Macs easy to use. I struggle whenever I find myself having to operate one. This is probably just because the first computer I regularly used was a PC, but I've always found the Windows interface to be more intuitive (ie, the max/min/undock button triplet on each window, right clicking an object to do things other than opening it, etc).

I also love my computer's customizability. If I want to upgrade to 1024mb of RAM I can get two 256 cards off eBay for $70. My computer stopped running about a year ago--I took the cover off and immediately found the fan on my video card had siezed and fried it. New one goes in, plug and play, its like a whole new machine.

Dan

Once the dual-core Macs come out (soon), it'll just be a matter of time before Apple offers users the options of switching back and forth between Windows and OS.

Cheers,
Clem, Mac user since 1984

Clem,

Wasn't 1984 the year that Apple produced that commercial? The one directed by Ridley Scott? :wink:

John

Once the dual-core Macs come out (soon), it'll just be a matter of time before Apple offers users the options of switching back and forth between Windows and OS.

Cheers,
Clem, Mac user since 1984

Good god! First its Intel chips, and now you won't even need to use OS. Is an Apple still going to be an Apple?

Dan

Got to chime in here! I learned on a Mac...........Uni of Otago is steadfastly Macintosh!

I am currently in our dept computer room surrounded by 6 imacs, 4 apple mini drives and 5 brand new PC's.

Marine Science is one if the few Depts to have any PC's which is because most oceanographic equipment interfaces only with PC's (at least the stuff we have!).

I personally have a PC..........financial decision! An ibook (or similar) in NZ starts at $3999 and goes up! a PC Laptop can be as low as $999.............so I have had to learn to deal with a PC and can now swap from one to the other....................I am very proud of myself...........I am a computer numbskull!

J

I was a PC person for many, many years. Unfortunately, although the business world (and most of the rest of the world) is based around PCs, the world of editing, computer animation, sound design, sound editing - basically everything having to do with the creative side of the entertainment industry - uses Mac as the industry standard. We eventually wised up to this and crossed-over to the Dark Side. Never been happier. Don't know why we didn't do it before.

I think we need a third computer format... something like the Un-Compter or something like that. Light, crisp, refreshing... Without the MAC attitude or the PC hyper-conformity blue screen of death. Hmm...

I think we need a third computer format... something like the Un-Compter or something like that. Light, crisp, refreshing... Without the MAC attitude or the PC hyper-conformity blue screen of death. Hmm...

Well, even without touching the os market, Google is going to rule the world pretty soon!

Dan

I was a PC person for many, many years. Unfortunately, although the business world (and most of the rest of the world) is based around PCs, the world of editing, computer animation, sound design, sound editing - basically everything having to do with the creative side of the entertainment industry - uses Mac as the industry standard. We eventually wised up to this and crossed-over to the Dark Side. Never been happier. Don't know why we didn't do it before.
Yeah all the good music recording software is mac based and uses firewire instead of usb. I'm having to borrow a mac to work on my band's promo DVD. Ah for the halcyon days of the amiga and the video toaster.........

I could say a lot about this topic, but I'll sum it up: all computer operating systems suck. The one *you* like is just what you're used to, and when you have to use one you're not used to, you notice the things that suck more. Personally, I use linux more than anything, which makes me notice the stuff that sucks about windows and OSX, but I wouldn't want to push linux on anyone, either.

Really, the computer industry, and the field of computer science, have really let the world down in terms of producing reasonable products.

thbpfttttt.

My son-in-law, who is ed. in chief of a computer industry journal agrees with you. He thinks that linux is by far the best system. I guess the probelm. like always. is the microsoft monopoly. The onlyu computer game ZI ever really got into (besides variious solitaires) was the pie Bill Gates thing. That was fun!

I could say a lot about this topic, but I'll sum it up: all computer operating systems suck. The one *you* like is just what you're used to, and when you have to use one you're not used to, you notice the things that suck more.

Good thinking with the extended warranty, Erich!

As someone who works on both PCs and Macs, I agree with Monty. I complain about everything equally. Mac isn't as fast with stats programs, but any word processing software to write up those stats crashes more on PCs.

Melissa