My last query about how trying to stop a print job after being sent to one of my printers always freezes the iMac has prompted me to wonder - how often should (or rather 'does') an average 333 iMac with 8.6 crash?
Mine freezes, on average, about once per day. Is that a lot? Below is some data that reflect my use patterns: The machine is a 333 iMac with 512Mb RAM and the stock 6Gb hard drive (about 45% full). I still haven't gotten around to signing up with the cable modem people, so I use the internal modem to access the web. Frequently used programs (not in order of usage): Apple remote access internet exploder 5.0 Eudora Pro 5.1 Word 2001 Gold Palm Desktop 2.5 I also use these from time to time but shut them down when done: Acrobat Reader 4.0 Stuffit Expander 6.0 (once and a while) Norton Utilities 4.0 (with the crash gaurd stuff turned OFF as that causes crashes) Disinfectant 3.7.1 (old - last version made) Grapple (better textual search device than Sherlock 1) I have scads of memory allocated to each of the above mentioned programs as the machine has excess RAM available. I recently ran a demo of Virex 5.9.1 and it found nothing amiss. I have three shareware extensions that I have paid for (and LOVE): Caps-off (disables your caps lock button - very cool for us sloppy typists) AMICO (allows users to order items in their apple menus) Default Folder (allows more control over your folder usage) I do have kind of a long cable (15'?) between the iMac and the HP 1200 laser but the output is great and the printer never seems to get confused. Suggestions? Am I overlooking something? I do enough clean installs of the OS (three of four per year on average) that I'm confident that that is not part of the problem..... -- Matthew D. O'Conner, Attorney at Law Seattle, Washington, USA - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _____________________________________________ -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; 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/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
