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- roctimo, on 11/13/2008, -1/+56Best quote in the article:
"If you have a Mac that you can open up (look for a set of screws near the vents, which will let you remove a panel that covers the fan), and you’re comfortable doing this yourself, you probably already know the drill— lovingly disassemble the computer and give it a blow job."
Insert Mac fanboy joke here. ______________________________ - Hincapie, on 11/13/2008, -0/+42i dont think spilling ***** on your computer is a "mac" error. its an idiot error.
- MacParrot, on 11/13/2008, -14/+53How soon until the first idiot shows up with a "b...b...but I thought it just works!"
Macs can develop problems just like any other OS. It isn't invunerable to stupid actions by users. - pyrates, on 11/13/2008, -8/+43If the apple fanboi's didn't constantly say that it just works, then we might not be able to make fun of them for it. But they do, and so we have to point it out :)
- CoreyTamas, on 11/13/2008, -0/+28I like the article but I'd like it better without the huge "AUUUUGH!"-face images under every heading.
- Stavanger, on 11/13/2008, -1/+25Some disasters I would like solutions to:
1. Kernel panics when using bluetooth
2. Random screen flicker
3. System freeze when doing something involving high intensity graphics
4. Unreliable wifi
5. Flaky superdrive spits out discs at random - johnomaz, on 11/13/2008, -8/+28On a Mac, you just buy a whole new computer.
- TsarDusan, on 11/13/2008, -3/+203.???????
4. Profit - ncc74656m, on 11/13/2008, -0/+16Computer is a computer... Well, except Compaqs. They're... something else.
Anyway, a Mac is prone to the same hardware failures all computers are. So what's so surprising here? - AboveandBeyond, on 11/13/2008, -12/+28In Microsoft Windows, You upgrade and fix your computer.
- veriix, on 11/13/2008, -0/+13Those are features
- whiteguysamurai, on 11/13/2008, -3/+15In linux you just keep using that crappy computer you put together while you were intoxicated.
It'll work, that's all it really does. - schrutefan, on 11/13/2008, -1/+12Buy a new one. Duh.
- somabc, on 11/13/2008, -1/+12Having spent a fortune on replacing parts on my out of warranty mac I can say the the 2 solutions are
1. Get Applecare
or
2. Throw your mac in the bin and buy a new one - TsarDusan, on 11/13/2008, -0/+11download too many apps and thats what's slowing your computer down? here download this one as well in order to speed it up!!
- megapeg, on 11/13/2008, -0/+10I thought I was the only one with the random screen flicker. Glad to know I'm not alone.
- megapeg, on 11/13/2008, -0/+10"Films"? Heh.
- synthaxx, on 11/13/2008, -6/+15I tried to write "Most mac users will be very familiar with this concept" in there, but it didn't fit.
Also, SPOILER ALERT! The real answer to all 17 disasters is "buy a new mac". - AmyVernon, on 11/13/2008, -2/+11Especially helpful on why your mac is running slow. Our desktop unit is like molasses.
- kanningt, on 11/13/2008, -0/+9Connecting a Mac to a windows network is far easier than connecting a damn Windows machine to a windows network. You must have some old ass macs and the dumbest IT ever, because it takes about five seconds to network them.
- TsarDusan, on 11/13/2008, -3/+11CALM DOWN
- Miche1987, on 11/13/2008, -6/+14Dugg for seeing how the Mac fanboys like a taste of their own medicine.
- Maxwell1234, on 11/13/2008, -6/+13Vista? Really?! Vista?! you could've said any OS and you....
...why? - L0NER, on 11/13/2008, -0/+7No one every talks about the 'gray screen of death'
- macbookcoard, on 11/13/2008, -8/+143. Shoot yourself.
- antistupid, on 11/13/2008, -2/+7I think he makes the comments to piss off people like you. From the looks of it, it's working.
- rickblank, on 11/13/2008, -2/+7Whereas PC users are so adverse to any human contact whatsoever that they prefer to sit in mommy's basement twitching from gallons of Red Bull and pirated video clips from clubjenna.com.
- ZeNiTH456, on 11/13/2008, -3/+8Not every Windows user has issues with viruses, bsod's, and a generally slow system.
Windows can develop problems just like any other OS. It isn't invulnerable to stupid actions by users. - chthonical, on 11/13/2008, -6/+11Walked into my college's Mac lab the other day and half the computers were down with unrecoverable errors. :P
- chilibeanie, on 11/13/2008, -0/+4I'm a PC person, but I use a Mac at work for Photoshop and e-mail. It's a pretty quirky machine sometimes.
To me, using a Mac is like owning a car with the hood welded shut. You can operate it pretty well most of the time it but when something goes wrong, it's hard to figure out what to tweak. It's probably just me. - theaceoffire, on 11/13/2008, -1/+5Windows comes with its own headaches as well, and to claim otherwise is foolish.
Same for Ubuntu and other Distros. - theaceoffire, on 11/13/2008, -0/+4True, Linux OS's, Game consoles, etc also randomly get the odd hiccup.
- decoy9697, on 11/13/2008, -1/+5Here's the thing. For as long as I remember whenever a Pc user was doing some troubleshooting some Mac person would come along and chip in merrily with "Get a Mac!" Apple has built a massive ad campaign around this smug sneering gloating twee bit of smarmy advice.
Now a PC user has responded with EXACTLY THE SAME JOKE* and it's a case of not being able to take your won medicine. Suck it up you proud Mac users, take it on the chin and confess that you can't really give PCs grief for screwing up when Macs do the same thing. RANT OVER.
*what a set up for your funny "MS copies everything" bit - deathsythe, on 11/13/2008, -3/+7How to Fix problems on a Mac
1. Backup any necessary data (if you can)
2. Open Window
3. Throw
4. Drive to Store
5. Purchase New Mac. - venomoushealer, on 11/13/2008, -5/+9And here begins another Windows/MacOS/Linux battle.
Brace yourself. - fluffyturtle, on 11/13/2008, -0/+4Only problem is a Macbook (which they seem to be talking about) has vents in the keyboard that, to a pair of cynical eyes, are made to purposely channel all liquids directly to the most sensitive parts inside of the laptop.
If you have ever taken the keyboard off a macbook you would know what I am talking about, no other laptop is like that. - t0ny, on 11/14/2008, -0/+3I dont know what all you "anti-mac" fanboys are saying. Have you ever used a Mac or every even read anything about Macs thats not from other anti-mac fanboys? I have a friend that has an old beatup 1Ghz powerbook with 256MB of ram and he is happily running leopard. Try running vista with that old of hardware.
I dont care if you prefer Windows but if you have make stupid reasons why you dont like mac then I think you shove a fork up your ass. - kawaiirobo, on 11/13/2008, -1/+4Mac's don't need to defrag since the file structure is better at keeping files sorted. Osx isn't perfect, and if you don't like it that's cool, but just in my experience, I've had less headaches using osx for the past two years than I had when I used windows. Other people may feel different, but for me osx just suits my needs better. I really don't understand why so many windows users have so much pent up hostility towards mac users though.
- Darkyuubi, on 11/13/2008, -4/+7Good set of tips but know this:
Mac's work well when they work. If they go ***** up, good luck fixing it. If you are anything less than a Unix guru, your best bet is to format the entire machine.
Thats one thing they WON'T tell you in those Mac Vs PC ads.
Typed from a MacBook Pro. - kawaiirobo, on 11/13/2008, -0/+3Voxxov, actually as a mac user I can do all that as well with the exception of the graphics card, I don't know where people get the idea that macs are not upgradeable, it's actually much easier to upgrade the parts on my macbook than it was when I was using a sony vaio.
- borez, on 11/13/2008, -0/+3Mac desktop keyboards are dirt cheap, if like me your prone to sitting up way into the morning knocking back booze and watching films, surfing etc.
Keep a spare, on a shelf, in a box.
FTR I went through 5 white mac keyboards last year, I'm clumsy... so sue me. - CalmLlama, on 11/14/2008, -0/+3Because they aren't online anymore...
- inactive, on 11/13/2008, -1/+4game's over, losers! I have all the money. Compare your lives to mine and then kill yourselves.
- rowjimmy, on 11/13/2008, -2/+5i think it's funny that all these jackasses who don't know the first thing about IT consider mac to be "a child's toy"; hint - OSX is basically BSD with a really nice desktop environment atop of it. most anybody who actually works in IT (software development and academia/research) who isn't locked into a MS development environment because of corporate bureaucracy prefers OSX to Windows, for the simple fact that working in OSX is like working in *nix.
i'd say you can break it down like: novices (grandmas, etc) prefer macs because it is easier and tends to work with simple things without much setup; mid-level users tend to prefer windows because they play computer games; developers etc prefer anything unix-like, which includes OSX. - inactive, on 11/13/2008, -0/+3Developers like OSX.. hmm smoking the crack again.. more like developers like using OSX to surf the net and watch movies and play mp3s.. then they go make real programs for windows and linux.
- rickblank, on 11/13/2008, -1/+4Like an eMachine? Those rock!
- tdclark23, on 11/13/2008, -0/+3Neither is a scratch or letting the vents get clogged.
- rowjimmy, on 11/13/2008, -1/+3when it comes to laptops, voxxov, you're definitely the exception to the rule. i work in IT, and know a lot of people who work in IT, and while it is very common to build a desktop from parts, replace/upgrade/change parts in a desktop, or generally just tinker with it, I know very few people who do similar hacks to laptops. the most i've done to laptops is taking ram and a hdd out of a dead one (melted processor/motherboard) and putting them in a living one.
- Tichondrius74, on 11/13/2008, -4/+618. Buying a mac.
How do you survive that one? - kawaiirobo, on 11/13/2008, -1/+3Get a real life TROLL.
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