Hi mac users, *Sometimes shit happens :( * Friday evening I baked my macbook. I connected an external USB disk, with it's own power supply, to my macbook. A sharp electrical crackle with an accompanying mini lightning flash and both my macbook and that USB disk died immediately and were completely fried. Both smelled terrible. The power supply of the disk caused some short circuit power in both devices. A quick repair of my macbook would be at least 400 euro's (main board replacement) but most possibly 500+ euro's. A possibly cheaper repair by cannibalizing parts of other macbooks could be cheaper but take at least a couple of weeks (due to summer holidays and currently missing parts).
I used to be a convinced Linux user until I got to MacOSX in May 2006 when my very old Dell laptop running Linux died. I was given a macbook by someone who likes me very much. That's how my OSX adventure started. Being a Hugin user on Linux, I wanted this on OSX as well. Ippei Ukai was working hard on OSX improvements (and did a very good job) and he also built bundles. But he did not really keep up "the bundle building" with all the new developments in my opinion. That's why I stepped in, which was also a good way to share the workload. As mentioned, the repair of my macbook costs more than a new basic model amd/intel "pc" laptop, which is all I currently need and want. That's why I decided to buy such a laptop and get back to Linux (immediately sanitizing the disk from terrible Vista). I think I want "some" mac back, but it might take months (macbook or iMac?) as I need to decide whether I want the macbook repaired, buy a top model iMac or ..? (and I'm 4 weeks on holiday starting somewhere next week) It simply means that I will not build hugin bundles anymore for an uncertain time (weeks or months) as I just can't do that on Linux. The "timing" is a bit awkward just before the final 0.8.0 release, but I can't help that. Someone needs to step in to start building OSX bundles again. I will do everything I can to support the new builder(s), but (again): *someone really needs to step in as bundle builder.* FYI: I immediately built the RC5 on Linux again , with all it's whistles and bells. Note: what bothers me most is my own ImageFuser, which I use frequently and can't use any longer until I have a another mac. And there is no substitute either on Linux. I used to use Kommander <http://kommander.kdewebdev.org/>occasionally on Linux. Maybe I start a KImageFuser "project" on Linux. Hoi, Harry --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hugin and other free panoramic software" group. A list of frequently asked questions is available at: http://wiki.panotools.org/Hugin_FAQ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hugin-ptx -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
