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From: Wes Groleau on 4 Jan 2010 21:14 salgud wrote: > I've had nothing but troubles with my iMac since I bought it over a year > and a half ago. Almost since it was new, I couldn't get any browser to Almost ? Does that mean when it was new, the browser worked but they soon stopped ? > the Genius bar in 14 months, could help. Apple finally gave me a new iMac, > and copied my old system over, but the problem remained. Sounds like shortly after you got it, something you did, or a power surge, or some other event altered one or more files on the disk causing a problem which was moved to the new iMac when they "copied my old system over" > I finally decided this weekend to install SL, hoping it would help. Voila! > My iMac is once again a fully functioning machine! Don't know what SL does So then you installed a new version of the O.S., thereby replacing whatever file(s) had been corrupted, and/or wiping out some malware you had allowed in. (Yes, Macs can get _malware_ if the owner is careless. That statement does NOT contradict the claim of no known Mac _viruses_.) -- Wes Groleau Trying to be happy is like trying to build a machine for which the only specification is that it should run noiselessly. -- unknown
From: Nick Naym on 4 Jan 2010 21:37 In article hhto5c$4rv$2(a)news.eternal-september.org, Priam at priam(a)notsosure.com wrote on 1/4/10 4:56 PM: > On 01/04/2010 04:37 PM, Tom Stiller wrote: >> In article<hhteir$4qb$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, >> Priam<priam(a)notsosure.com> wrote: >> >>> I don't know how you Maccies can cope with such problems... for years! >>> After 15 minutes, I'd get furious and make a Web page that would bring >>> the store down in no time at all. >> >> Talk is cheap. Do it, if you can. > > Do what? I don't have any problem with my computer. > Priam- Nobody cares. -- iMac (24", 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2GB RAM, 320 GB HDD) � OS X (10.5.8)
From: Priam on 4 Jan 2010 22:54 On 01/04/2010 06:09 PM, JF Mezei wrote: > Priam wrote: > >> Maybe you should consider buying a Dell with a 20" monitor for $429? >> >> <http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?oc=bv1awkc&c=us&l=en&s=bsd&cs=04> > > Priam, you need to complete the customization of that computer. When I > finished it, it came to $1034. Would have been more if it had not chosen > a mouse/keyboard combo kit and selected them separately. <http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-10422849-263.html?tag=mncol;txt>
From: Lloyd Parsons on 4 Jan 2010 22:56 In article <hhud47$sab$2(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Priam <priam(a)notsosure.com> wrote: > On 01/04/2010 06:09 PM, JF Mezei wrote: > > Priam wrote: > > > >> Maybe you should consider buying a Dell with a 20" monitor for $429? > >> > >> <http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?oc=bv1awkc&c=us&l=en&s= > >> bsd&cs=04> > > > > Priam, you need to complete the customization of that computer. When I > > finished it, it came to $1034. Would have been more if it had not chosen > > a mouse/keyboard combo kit and selected them separately. > > <http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-10422849-263.html?tag=mncol;txt> Strange, your link has zero to do with completing the customization of that Dell. I guess your reading skills are missing. But I digress... Here's the relevant part of the article : "A few people"
From: Salgud on 5 Jan 2010 09:42
On 1/4/10 7:14 PM, Wes Groleau wrote: > salgud wrote: >> I've had nothing but troubles with my iMac since I bought it over a year >> and a half ago. Almost since it was new, I couldn't get any browser to > > Almost ? Does that mean when it was new, the browser worked but they > soon stopped ? > Exactly. >> the Genius bar in 14 months, could help. Apple finally gave me a new >> iMac, >> and copied my old system over, but the problem remained. > > Sounds like shortly after you got it, something you did, or a power > surge, or some other event altered one or more files on the disk > causing a problem which was moved to the new iMac when they > "copied my old system over" > Most likely, the Genius and I agreed. >> I finally decided this weekend to install SL, hoping it would help. >> Voila! >> My iMac is once again a fully functioning machine! Don't know what SL >> does > > So then you installed a new version of the O.S., thereby replacing > whatever file(s) had been corrupted, and/or wiping out some malware > you had allowed in. > > (Yes, Macs can get _malware_ if the owner is careless. That statement > does NOT contradict the claim of no known Mac _viruses_.) > Will probably never know if it was some sort of malware or some system glitch, as you suggest. Obviously, this kind of thing, contrary to fanboi beliefs, can and does occasionally happen on a mac. I believe it happens much less frequently on macs than on Windoze machines, but I don't have any numbers to prove that. Funny how the fanbois accuse me of being a troll for reporting problems with my iMac. Of course, I must be a troll! It's impossible for anyone to have problems with an Apple product!! When I reported these problems here back when they were first occurring, I was accused of being a troll then - just making it all up. Must be nice to live in a fantasy world! |