Mac Life 3
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Fri 2008/06/20 14:06
As some of you know, my MBP (MacBook Pro) decided to die on the day of my speech in Germany last month.
Arrived back in Japan without the use of my main machine but was able to get back up n running within a short amount of time.
First thing I done as to open the MBP and take out the drive. Stuck the drive in an external 2.5" case and booted my Mac Mini from it. This is the one good thing about Apple making all the hardware - complete compatibility.
When the Mini booted up, I was with exactly the same working environment as my MBP - no driver issues whatsoever.
Arrived back in Japan without the use of my main machine but was able to get back up n running within a short amount of time.
First thing I done as to open the MBP and take out the drive. Stuck the drive in an external 2.5" case and booted my Mac Mini from it. This is the one good thing about Apple making all the hardware - complete compatibility.
When the Mini booted up, I was with exactly the same working environment as my MBP - no driver issues whatsoever.
As for the MBP, called Apple and got them to come to pick it up - great service.
The first time I called Apple was a few months ago because the battery kept cutting out at 30% full. Many others seemed to have the same problem. The chap at Apple support got me to turn the machine on with a combination of keys pressed to reset the hardware (forgot the term) and do a bunch of other things for 20 mins before he decided the battery was dud.
This time however I told the lady at Apple "A guy in the Apple store in Germany said the motherboard is screwed" and she skipped the 20 min "try holding Apple+shift" shenanigans and arranged for a guy to pick up the MBP straight away.
So, the next time you need to send something to Apple for repairs just say "I brought this iPod/Mac Book/iPhone to the Apple store in Germany and the guy there said its screwed" - they should arrange for a pickup straight away ^^;
Has anybody here had to send hardware back to Apple for repairs? Do they come to pick up the goods or you have to send it yourself? Was customer service was excellent or sucked like a chicken with lips?
The photo here is of the MBP freshly fixed from Apple - they replaced the motherboard which died. They were also kind enough to change the screen. They also included in the box a "how about the Apple care protection" thingy which I may end up paying for, Macs are great machines but there seems to be a load of hardware probs with them.
Hectors MacBook Air is overheating like mad and the machine automatically shuts down one of the core processors when its hot. Apple released a press release acknowledging a problem with the machine.
Does your laptop overheat?
The first time I called Apple was a few months ago because the battery kept cutting out at 30% full. Many others seemed to have the same problem. The chap at Apple support got me to turn the machine on with a combination of keys pressed to reset the hardware (forgot the term) and do a bunch of other things for 20 mins before he decided the battery was dud.
This time however I told the lady at Apple "A guy in the Apple store in Germany said the motherboard is screwed" and she skipped the 20 min "try holding Apple+shift" shenanigans and arranged for a guy to pick up the MBP straight away.
So, the next time you need to send something to Apple for repairs just say "I brought this iPod/Mac Book/iPhone to the Apple store in Germany and the guy there said its screwed" - they should arrange for a pickup straight away ^^;
Has anybody here had to send hardware back to Apple for repairs? Do they come to pick up the goods or you have to send it yourself? Was customer service was excellent or sucked like a chicken with lips?
The photo here is of the MBP freshly fixed from Apple - they replaced the motherboard which died. They were also kind enough to change the screen. They also included in the box a "how about the Apple care protection" thingy which I may end up paying for, Macs are great machines but there seems to be a load of hardware probs with them.
Hectors MacBook Air is overheating like mad and the machine automatically shuts down one of the core processors when its hot. Apple released a press release acknowledging a problem with the machine.
Does your laptop overheat?
This is the external drive that I had been working with on the Mac Mini. I attach it to my fixed MBP to see if everything is in working order.
I hold down the Option key while booting. This screen shows up allowing me to choose which drive to boot from. All my drives/servers are named after figures ^^; The orange icon (Nida) is the external drive that I took out of the MBP.
Now its time to put Nida back in the repaired MBP.
This section may be of particular interest for MBP owners but boring for the rest ^^;
First remove the battery and memory cover..
First remove the battery and memory cover..
Remove these two screws.
Remove the screws on the memory compartment.
Remove the 4 long screws at the back.
Remove the 4 screws on each side of the MBP.
Remove two screws on the hinge.
Once all the screws are removed, lift up the keyboard panel like so.
When you get to this angle you will feel resistance - simply step on the screen with your left foot and kick the keyboard with your right foot to remove it.
Alternatively you can just rock it back and forth to remove it.
Alternatively you can just rock it back and forth to remove it.
Prop the keyboard up against the screen.
If you want your keyboard lit all the time, you need to cover this light sensor with some electrical tape.
If you dont use the drive, now is a good time to remove it.
If the orange wire from the keyboard to the motherboard comes loose then start to cry.
I stuck in a formatted crap drive before I handed in the MBP. Lift up this wire - whats the word for this?
Remove this screw.
And lift the piece of metal holding the drive in place.
Old MBPs will have a different interface (IDE) that has many pins on the drive. This is an SATA drive - the interface is exactly the same size as 3.5" SATA drives.
Looks like I will be opening up the MBP again soon as the 500GB 2.5" drives are out costing 24,950 yen at Kakaku.com.
Looks like I will be opening up the MBP again soon as the 500GB 2.5" drives are out costing 24,950 yen at Kakaku.com.
Remove these knobs from the drive.
Me takes Nida which has my main working environment on and sticks it back in the MBP.
I've had bad experiences in the past loosing data. My whole drive was wiped out due to a virus on my first computer many moons ago. The Chernobyl was said to be one of the worst viruses of all time which wiped out hundred of thousands of computers in 1999.
I had just started computing at the time and thought that viruses where just something invented by virus software companies in order to sell software - which is why I didn't install any anti-virus apps.
I currently have Norton running on my Windows machine but nothing on my Mac. I was going to say what Apple say and that "Macs don't get viruses" - I'm sure they do exist but they seem to be near non existent. Do you run anti-virus software on your machine? Have you been the victim of a virus before? Have you lost a load of data due to disk failure or virus?
I had just started computing at the time and thought that viruses where just something invented by virus software companies in order to sell software - which is why I didn't install any anti-virus apps.
I currently have Norton running on my Windows machine but nothing on my Mac. I was going to say what Apple say and that "Macs don't get viruses" - I'm sure they do exist but they seem to be near non existent. Do you run anti-virus software on your machine? Have you been the victim of a virus before? Have you lost a load of data due to disk failure or virus?
I was bit hard by the Chernobyl which is why I'm anal about backing up everything and having *at least* two copies of everything.
These are external drive cases which I picked up a while ago.
These are external drive cases which I picked up a while ago.
This is the one that you saw in the earlier photos. Comes with FireWire 800 X 2 and a mini USB socket. Runs off bus power but includes a socket for external power too.
This is the back of the bigger drive. You can stick in two HDs and treat them as one, run as RAID or separately.
The bunch of poo that comes with the drives.
Inside the external drive.
In goes two 500 GB drives. I write dates on all my hardware to remind me when I got it - also give drives names - Kazumi from Shakugan no Shana.
Mac OS Leopard comes with a feature called Time Machine which makes backups of everything on your machine. Even if you change files on your Mac, Time Machine will keep the previous version up until the backup disk is full.
Do you keep backups of your data and how often do you back up? Do consider keeping an encrypted version of your data off site in case something happens to your house/apartment.
Macs are also great for making encrypted disk images too by using the Disk Utility application - find it in the applications folder.
Mac OS Leopard comes with a feature called Time Machine which makes backups of everything on your machine. Even if you change files on your Mac, Time Machine will keep the previous version up until the backup disk is full.
Do you keep backups of your data and how often do you back up? Do consider keeping an encrypted version of your data off site in case something happens to your house/apartment.
Macs are also great for making encrypted disk images too by using the Disk Utility application - find it in the applications folder.
Before switching to Mac, I was using Windows for over ten years. I found maintaining and restoring Windows a pain in the bottom and was surprised that Mac came with the tools to make backing up and restoring so easy.
My Windows machine still runs XP and didn't use Vista long enough at Microsoft to find out whether it has tools to backup and restore the OS/data.
I do remember as a Windows user laughing at Mac users thinking to myself "how come your machines only have one mouse button and where is the floppy disk drive slot?"
My Windows machine still runs XP and didn't use Vista long enough at Microsoft to find out whether it has tools to backup and restore the OS/data.
I do remember as a Windows user laughing at Mac users thinking to myself "how come your machines only have one mouse button and where is the floppy disk drive slot?"
I have noticed through the comments and puchi blurbs more and more members switching to Macs. How has your switch been so far? Do you regret switching? Any one else here also thinking to switch to Mac too?
Any Mac users here who want to switch to Windows?
Before I did make the switch I used to also think "but macs don't have software." Been using Macs since 2005 and have not come across anything that I cant do on a Mac that I can do on a Windows machine. If I really need to test out an eroge, I use Parallels which runs Windows on top of Mac OS - its ironic that running Windows this way is actually easier to maintain because you can make snapshots of Windows and restore with ease.
Macs are also great for web development - this site is all built and coded on Macs ^^
Macs also come with web server Apache and scripting language PHP installed as default. Erm. its starting to sound like I'm preaching so I'll stop here ^^ But me cant help it because I get so much enjoyment from using Macs.
Any Mac users here who want to switch to Windows?
Before I did make the switch I used to also think "but macs don't have software." Been using Macs since 2005 and have not come across anything that I cant do on a Mac that I can do on a Windows machine. If I really need to test out an eroge, I use Parallels which runs Windows on top of Mac OS - its ironic that running Windows this way is actually easier to maintain because you can make snapshots of Windows and restore with ease.
Macs are also great for web development - this site is all built and coded on Macs ^^
Macs also come with web server Apache and scripting language PHP installed as default. Erm. its starting to sound like I'm preaching so I'll stop here ^^ But me cant help it because I get so much enjoyment from using Macs.
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The inside of a Macbook. Nice. Apple product battery life I have to say suck. My ipod barely last a year before the battery dies on me. Still, I do love Apple product. I want a Macbook Pro!!!!! I so want!!!!!!!!!
(ID #217793) Posted on 2008/06/20 14:19
Actually i think the battery life for my iBook lasts longer than most PC laptops. Been eyeing MacBook Pro for a long time now, but just can't justify buying another Mac when i still have 2 perfectly working iBook. Truth is the MacBook itself is a good choice for everyone; instead of the Pro, because it's smaller and lighter and works just fine for "normal" use.
(ID #219898) Posted on 2008/06/23 14:10
Actually i think the battery life for my iBook lasts longer than most PC laptops. Been eyeing MacBook Pro for a long time now, but just can't justify buying another Mac when i still have 2 perfectly working iBook. Truth is the MacBook itself is a good choice for everyone; instead of the Pro, because it's smaller and lighter and works just fine for "normal" use.
(ID #219899) Posted on 2008/06/23 14:10
oops...why the duplicate postings...???
(ID #219915) Posted on 2008/06/23 14:35
I usually lose data due to disk failure. For virus, never had a serious case b4 (coz I'm using dual OS, when one had virus, use the other one to backup data, the format the partition which have virus). Oh, BTW, i use Norton also (but didnt update the virus definition files for 6++ months now). My PC still safe though, by not recklessly open suspicious email attachments or programs, rarely download freebies (like flash games), didnt use Ares, Veoh etc, and be extra careful when accessing external storage (like thumbdrives, portable HDD)
(ID #217796) Posted on 2008/06/20 14:26
Procrastinator Extraordinaire
holy crap that looks complicated. i've never been the unfortunate victim of a virus wiping out content in any of my PC's. However, one 5G 60 gig iPod which i used as a backup drive had its entire memory wiped by a nasty worm which came (RavMon.exe). Got pissed off because it held a lot of my digital art (.psds and jpegs). Right now I have a 500 gig and 1 TB WD acting as backup drives for all my stuff. I also use all 3 of my iPods as data storage.
(ID #217797) Posted on 2008/06/20 14:26
Scientist, unemployed.
No more complicated than changing the HD in any laptop. Maybe a few more steps (Most PC laptops have the drive stored behind the battery, so by removing the battery you can slide the old HD out) but not that complicated. As for using a Mac, I have not switched. I use PCs, despite the Windows problems (I am still on XP, though.) And there are free anti-virus programs out there for Mac. AVG (http://free.grisoft.com) is a good one. I've also heard good things about avast!, but have never used it.
(ID #218395) Posted on 2008/06/21 09:55
On the contrary, I'll never use AVG ever again. I've been hit twice with viruses and in both times I had to reformat the whole drive. I had AVG installed in both occasions. No harm done actually, but backing up was a pain. I was using the windows version though (still on XP). I'm now using NOD32 and liking it.
(ID #219300) Posted on 2008/06/22 17:33
This is the first time I have seen a MBP taken apart. Personally, I would never use one in a corporate environment because replacing that drive would be a huge hassle. If one of our thinkpads goes down it takes less then 2 minutes to move the user to a new machine. My first day working at my last job and our servers got hit by msblast. That was a very fun first day. I never back up my data at home which is funny because I always yell at my coworker to change the backup tapes.
(ID #217798) Posted on 2008/06/20 14:27
Email & Network Support/Administration
On my Mac I use Time Machine. On my XP laptop I use Acronis TrueImage for backups. On my Linux server, it's for testing and practice so I don't back it up. On my Vista box, well, I've come to loathe it so I use it for tinkering around with databases, programming (before I do the work on the other three OS's), gaming, etc. Deciding if I want to buy an MBP or a Toshiba laptop and slap Linux on it for my next major upgrade/hardware replacement
(ID #217799) Posted on 2008/06/20 14:28
I switched on the Time Machine just to try it on a iBook with a 500GB external HHD and in only 2 days, I'm down to only 100 over GB left. The worst part is i don't even have anything on the iBook in the first place. I download some movies and they go straight to the EX-HHD. After switching it off and downloaded quite a number of HD movies now, i still have 300 over GB left. I guess there must be some settings i can tweak to limit the Time Machine use but so much space in just 2 days... Anyway back to the main topic about backing up data. I do use RAID 0 on my PC. Some how, having 2 copies of the same thing written on 2 different HHD automatically make me feel safe when i sleep at night and not afraid that my harddisk would crash while moving files and deleting some other at the same time... Bad experience....cried over it for a while...then found some data recovery software and saved everything again and was so relived I was singing and dancing over it.
(ID #219908) Posted on 2008/06/23 14:27
I switched on the Time Machine just to try it on a iBook with a 500GB external HHD and in only 2 days, I'm down to only 100 over GB left. The worst part is i don't even have anything on the iBook in the first place. I download some movies and they go straight to the EX-HHD. After switching it off and downloaded quite a number of HD movies now, i still have 300 over GB left. I guess there must be some settings i can tweak to limit the Time Machine use but so much space in just 2 days... Anyway back to the main topic about backing up data. I do use RAID 0 on my PC. Some how, having 2 copies of the same thing written on 2 different HHD automatically make me feel safe when i sleep at night and not afraid that my harddisk would crash while moving files and deleting some other at the same time... Bad experience....cried over it for a while...then found some data recovery software and saved everything again and was so relived I was singing and dancing over it.
(ID #219909) Posted on 2008/06/23 14:27
Macbook White here, first gen. Mine had issues at first, called up Apple they took my information, the next day I had a box to ship it back in. Took about a week to get it back. Been running like a champ ever since. I'll NEVER go back to Windows, hell I don't use any of microsoft's products. Macbook air is first gen and the issue it sounds like it's having was the same I had.
(ID #217800) Posted on 2008/06/20 14:29
i used to do design work at a company and went thru 4 macs in 3 1/2 years(one of them was a cube, i kno, ancient times). i prefer to work on pc. i don't really like anything apple except for the ipod, never had one die on me (on my 3rd one now, the second is still running, and the first was traded up).
(ID #217802) Posted on 2008/06/20 14:31
and i nearly never back up anything important, like work <_< i only move the animu to external hds to save space.
(ID #217805) Posted on 2008/06/20 14:33
marvin (Registered on 2006/12/25 00:30)
I usually backup my webserver every month ever since the whole thing got wiped out by a hacking incident, although I do backup my work server twice a day. ^^ regarding macs and windows, would love to switch to mac, unfortunately none of the system database and programs at work would run on it. ^^;
(ID #217803) Posted on 2008/06/20 14:32
Since I'm using a windows machine I don't have much to say except "sucked like a chicken with lips"? LOL... wtf? My sis uses Mac though, so I am familiar with Mac components. She does alot of backing up. At the moment we have an airport extreme for Wifi, but she's lookin to get the time capsule for easy backup capability. She gets pissed off when I steal her bluetooth keyboard to type on my PS3. Only Mac product I own is the Ipod touch, and you know I love it to death. Have anti-virus, firewall, spyware checkers etc... I've been lucky, and haven't been terribly zapped by a virus I couldn't recover from. Also, I haven't had a HDD crash yet (knock on wood)
(ID #217804) Posted on 2008/06/20 14:32
bluetooth keyboard for PS3??? How does it work??? What is it for?
(ID #219911) Posted on 2008/06/23 14:30
I used to back up my data until my worst nightmare occurred. I was using the IBM Thinkpad and had all my data backed-up on an external HDD. The Thinkpad was about three years old and started to get cranky which was the reason why I spent a great deal of effort and time to back-up all my photos (3 friggin' years' worth of travel photos in both the States/Europe!) and all my music and movies. Only to find that... on my way back home to Singapore, my mom dropped my Thinkpad at the Airport (it obviously died after that) and when I got home, found that my HDD was corrupted for no particular reason. T.T Now I can't be bothered to back-up my data anymore... even though I say that, I do intend to burn important files into CDs but I just haven't gotten down to doing it.
(ID #217810) Posted on 2008/06/20 14:36
website designer (currently assist. graphic designer)
I've had problem with my HDs, blue screen of death or otherwise. I always run a chkdsk in DOS before deciding whether or not the disk has truly died. The only way know how to get into DOS to do so, is by running the installation disk and selecting recovery (I've haven't had the need to do this in a long time however, so I can't remember details ^^;) [I'm running XP pro btw]
(ID #217925) Posted on 2008/06/20 17:43
what external hd casing is that?
(ID #217813) Posted on 2008/06/20 14:43
@soju: you're asking me? Ehhh... I cannot really remember. All I know is that it was a 40Gb external USB HDD. Eh... And got some fella to rescue the stuff in it, but apparently the reading head was the culprit and if they opened the vacuum-tight casing(?) to fix the head, the data would be lost anyway... Honestly, I don't know what I've just tried to convey... not too good with specifics...
(ID #217841) Posted on 2008/06/20 15:27
I've got myself a macbook earlier this year and I quite like it ^^ I still use a windows PC and bascially I've got no preference between Mac and Windows. Like Danny said, you can probably do anything on the mac that you can do with windows.
(ID #217814) Posted on 2008/06/20 14:45
study
i want this pc how much cost u.s dollar?
(ID #217815) Posted on 2008/06/20 14:47
The Macbook Pro starts at $2000 U.S Dollars.
(ID #217817) Posted on 2008/06/20 14:50
Which is at it's all time best Price for a MacBook Pro now i guess.
(ID #219912) Posted on 2008/06/23 14:31
I bought my first mac about a month ago and I love it so far. It's perfectly fine for my "everyday use" machine - email, web, music, etc. I'm still going to keep building my own Windows PCs for gaming though. ^^ I also built a machine to use Debian Linux on as my server. Downloads, file storage, web hosting, typical server stuff. :D Danny, the "egg shaped" Sony branded item on top of the Mac Mini in the first photo - what is that? It looks like some sort of speaker.
(ID #217823) Posted on 2008/06/20 14:59
Director/代表取締役
Its a rolly http://www.dannychoo.com/adp/eng/1334/Rolly.html
(ID #218488) Posted on 2008/06/21 12:04
Student, Spiral Warrior
My faithful 12" PowerBook had a drive failure earlier this year. Fortunately I was able to save all my data and upgrade a a new, twice as spacious hard drive. Was not a fun time, though. Before that, I had sent the same machine in a couple years ago (when my AppleCare warranty thingie was still in effect) to have the track pad replaced. Service was outstanding, like perfectly cooked chicken you could suck off the bone. Yum. As for backups, since the drive death incident, I've backed up everything but my music onto my iPod once a month. Much of my music is on the iPod anyway, but I also figure since most of it was... *ahem* "easily" acquired, I shouldn't be too sad if it should be as easily lost. In the future I'd like to get a serious external drive and keep more complete backups. Glad you got your machine fixed successfully, Danny, and thanks for putting in an authoritative word on the whole "but Macs can't XYZ" argument. I've been fighting that off since 8th grade.
(ID #217831) Posted on 2008/06/20 15:11
I have been using windows since 2000. I just bought my first mac last month. I have used my windows desktop less and less these days. I still have my windows desktop for torrents and dvd recoding. I have been backing up my data on an external seagate 750gb drive. I also back my macbook on another 250gb external drive. Im paranoid of backing my data, since I had my drive die on me last year and loosing almost have of the data on the drive.
(ID #217835) Posted on 2008/06/20 15:17
part time illustrationist, doll clothing seamstress
my first couple personal computers were actually macs. I think I had 1-2 macs before it got too expensive to own ^^; I did have my macs die on me before and replacing it was so costly for a student =_= I use macs at my last office job. Then my last macintosh died and I used a laptop PC as a desktop for the longest time until I got a 2nd hand PC CPU I dare say macs are pretty idiot proof tho, was scared to use windows PC for the longest time until I met some PC users thru work lol up to know I still don't dare to install a PC OS ^^;
(ID #217836) Posted on 2008/06/20 15:23
Oh, Danny was wondering doesn't opening up your macbook pro voids the warranty? I know the macbook have manuals from apple on how to replace the hard drive and the memory.
(ID #217837) Posted on 2008/06/20 15:24
it only voids the warranty if you break something along the way ;]
(ID #217840) Posted on 2008/06/20 15:26
Good point ;)
(ID #218569) Posted on 2008/06/21 14:14
Penryn Macbook Pro user here, took some time to get used to Mac OS X but after you get used to it, it feels comfortable. I'll also be upgrading the internal HD when the 500GB 7200RPMS are out.
(ID #217838) Posted on 2008/06/20 15:25
Engineering research
Macs also come with web server Apache and scripting language PHP installed as default. Oh I didn't know that, could be useful. ^^ (+1 pt for Mac)
(ID #217844) Posted on 2008/06/20 15:30
Director/Technical Director, Cameraman
My motherboard died on my MBP too, I had no video on the screen, but it still booted up in OSX fine. Apple replaced the motherboard, and my DVD drive too, all for free. 1200$ for parts, replaced for free = happy me. I'll probably end up getting Apple Care, just incase something happens again in the future. Time machine is also a lifesaver, makes backing up really easy, and saves a lot of time. Lastly, I never actually saw good photos of replacing the HDD inside, so I'm pretty happy you showed them, was kinda skiddish about replacing mine, but I'll probably give it a go sometime soon with s 7200rpm drive. Oh and btw, that type of cable you were wondering about is called a ribbon cable.
(ID #217845) Posted on 2008/06/20 15:30
Director/Technical Director, Cameraman
Oh nice, you can use enter now, and make new paragraphs, finally :D And the external drive cases you got are really nice, makes me wanna get matching equipment and stuff too ;p
(ID #217847) Posted on 2008/06/20 15:33
i had an iBook that crapped on me (the screen started acting funny). now my MBP is acting funny, too...the battery dies even though it's not all the way drained. i should probably send it in and get the screen fixed, too (i have some dead pixels from my trip to japan).
(ID #217849) Posted on 2008/06/20 15:35
Unemployed Digital Production Artist
Danny, always get the Apple Care protection, especially if you are buying a Mac Book. Best insurance you can buy. As for backing up data, I should do it more often. Lost a 250GB Lacie Porsche last year. Had about 30-40GB of bootleg music that I can’t get anymore.
(ID #217855) Posted on 2008/06/20 15:39
Still hoping to get a mac in the near future...hope my ipod touch lasts...>.<
(ID #217861) Posted on 2008/06/20 15:51
Danny,i am glad you finally fixed it ,you have great skill
(ID #217867) Posted on 2008/06/20 16:03
Receptionist/ Accountant/ Junior Designer/ Illustrator
Very informative post, Danny! I'm too scared to open my own pc, for fear of breaking it. I used to back up but, it just got troublesome after a while >.< My pc is most lovable, it's only had one virus wipeout and one USB freeze.. beyond that, I have next-to-no problems with my pc. I run windows XP, have yet to mess with a Mac.
(ID #217868) Posted on 2008/06/20 16:06
College student, Software Engineer, Otaku
I always prefer windows systems for the game support. True Macs don't need much anti-virus, but virus for Macs does exist...just not used. Weird, I thought only windows have the major hardware issues... I have like 3 sources of back up, one external hard drive for my anime and other critical or hard-to-get software, one online storage site for easy access to time critical files, and one USB stick for documents and contacts.
(ID #217872) Posted on 2008/06/20 16:23
Anime & Ferrari fanboy
Only time I had major issues with a computer is when viruses attacked my first computer 4 times (killing it every single time) and then my laptop (which had neat files on it). Those 5 times really annoyed me and virus makers who waste their time making the viruses, had a few things deleted that I wanted to keep. My Toshiba Laptop (that i had for a few years) still holds up well and has AVG on it. I'm not taking those chances again. As for my PC I have AVG 8 on it since I found Norton to be crap. Computers can be a blessing and a curse.
(ID #217880) Posted on 2008/06/20 16:41
I can only "see" what people like about a Mac, they do look pretty. Is the function really there? I just can't wrap my mind around a one button mouse?
(ID #217883) Posted on 2008/06/20 16:43
You just activate multi-touch support for the trackpad, tap with two fingers = right click.
(ID #217936) Posted on 2008/06/20 18:12
Mac also support a left and right click.. I use a Logitech MX without any problem.
(ID #218061) Posted on 2008/06/20 23:13
IT Desktop Support
I attended the opening of the new Apple Store in Sydney yesterday. Its the 2nd biggest Apple store in the world (London the biggest) and its the biggest Apple store in the southern hemisphere. Considering the line was long and I got there a few hours after the official opening time, I still managed to get one of their special Apple t-shirts. There had 2,500 as originally announced for the first 2,500 customers but I'm sure they had more. Immense all the hype, I was tempted to leave there with an iTouch and/or a Macbook after learning a bit about the hardware and its functionality but considering the expenses I had due, I had to hold back. T_T Still, I'm interested in learning about new technology and considering I need a laptop soon, I might as well get a Mac to fulfill that.
(ID #217890) Posted on 2008/06/20 16:51
website designer (currently assist. graphic designer)
I wanted to stay~! I showed up around 3:30 but I had church so I left around 4... line wasn't as long as I expected (I should have stayed u_u~)
(ID #217915) Posted on 2008/06/20 17:30
I do sort of backup. I currently have a Windows 2k3 fileserver, and it has a 700GB RAID5 array in it (4x 250GB HDDs), and so if one goes I can replace it with no data loss. I do also have an external 320GB HD that I will regularly back things upto. My Debian mailserver has a cron job set to backup all the email off to the fileserver every Sunday night as well. I do also have a DDS3 tape drive, and a DLT drive but I dont really use them (yes, i should). In my main workstation (Kubuntu 8.04) I have a co