it's far, far worse than that. apparently there is a major flaw in the power manager such that if you go to x after using 9, the fans won't run at all and the machine will try to self destruct! this is clearly, clearly a design flaw. the idea that older software could actually damage hardware is ridiculous, i've never, never heard of such a problem before. what's worse, is that os 9 will run, but the problem comes when you try to use the "sanctioned" software after using os 9. this is not how a well designed machine should work. if it won't run os 9, that should be clearly stated. that it will run 9, apparently without problems, and then self destruct if you go to x is clearly, clearly a major design flaw, apple should be fully liable for it and should fix it quickly! in the past many people have run older versions of the os on machines than what they came with, sometimes the machine won't boot or function with too old an os, that's fine, and to be expected. what shouldn't be expected is for the older software to appear to run but ruin the machine. what's completely absurd is that the old software will run fine but running the newer software later causes a problem! this is just the type of problem that will have people running away from the mac.
it's perfectly fine if machines won't boot into 9 now, or in the future, it's not fine for things to appear to be ok until you boot into x and the machine fails, possibly fails very expensively! after all, it could be the dual processor module that dies first, hopefully the power supply fan is still controlled by the power supply itself, as it should be. in this case the user has not abused the machine or done anything wrong or unusual, apple should fix it immediately, and should fix the machines already shipped so this does not happen, and they should apologies from the heart for this design flaw. frankly, it terrifies me that the power manager is so frail that it can easily be corrupted enough that it won't run the fans when it needs to, it's only a matter of time before people find another program that does this accidentally, or someone writes a virus, or that an improper shutdown or crash accidentally triggers this. sometimes when machines crash preferences and memory locations get messed up, it's not unreasonable to think this might also confuse the power manager since it is obviously so easy to confuse it in a very, very bad way. apple should not only fix it under apple care, and fix it so it won't happen again, they should fix it on any machine sold this year for a long time into the future, just like they did with the defectively designed and assembled monitors they were selling at one time, or were those monitors failing because people were using the wrong os or occasionally using them on a pc? Aaron Willems wrote: > > I just read this on the Forum boards on MacinTouch. It really sounds > like Apple needs to address the issue, and clarify the matter for those > who need to run OS 9. I'm not one of them, but I'm an understand kind > of guy. > > I'm incensed after calling Apple technical support today to check that > the new PMG4 dual 867 would run OS 9 without any problems. This what > Apple told me. > > 1) The PM was NOT designed to run OS 9, which he claimed had been > dropped over a year ago (I'm sure 9.2.2 came out more recently than --------- -- "Promise me, promise me this day, promise me now..." he asked. "Even as they strike you down, you will remember: humanity is not our enemy. The only thing worthy of you is compassion...Hatred will never let you face the beast in human beings. One day, when you face the beast alone, with your courage intact, your eyes kind...out of your smile will bloom a flower. and...on the long, rough road, the sun and the moon will continue to shine." Thich Nhat Hanh, Buddhist monk -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
