On Mar 21, 2011, at 10:32 PM, Daniel Stewart wrote: > But truth be told they have > found they are much more impressed with the old G4s because unlike the > new faster Intel macs the G4s are actually consistently reliable. > Their Intel Macs are consistently crashing or malfunctioning in some > other way.
This is directly contrary to my experience managing a college with about 100-120 Macs in use, all but a handful of which are Intel macs of one form or another; none 'consistently crash'. Of course there are occasional issues, but most of those have been fixed by either starting in safe mode (to clear the caches) using Applejack (once per machine so far, not as a routine maintenance) or most often, just getting enough RAM in the systems. (people trying to run a bunch of Mac apps plus Windows in a VM need more than 2GB ram, or the system slows to a crawl on a regular basis.) Not saying they don't have problems, just no way is that experience comparable to mine with Intel Macs. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
