On Jan 21, 2008 2:03 PM, Michael L Torrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jason Edwards wrote: > > I've checked and recheck many times. I don't run any widgets in > > Dashboard. I don't have any icons on the desktop (the window server > > has to draw a window for each icon, even when you can't see them!). I > > also don't let any third party apps put anything in the menubar > > (because it slows down redraws). I only have iTerm, Firefox, Mail, > > iTunes, and Eclipse open. In the background I've got MySQL and > > Mongrel (app server for Ruby on Rails). I rarely have any swapspace > > in use. I suppose I could reboot everyday, but I like to pretend OS X > > is better than Windows. > > I can assure you that what you are seeing is not typical. I have no > idea what the problem is, but OS X normally does not exhibit this > behavior on the vast majority of Macs I've ever used (OS X!) or work on > on a daily basis.
Yeah, I don't know what the deal is. Other people don't seem to have as many problems as I do. On the flip-side, I put Ubuntu on my wife's laptop, and it locks up on her all the time, usually when she launches Firefox... > > Linux, on the other hand, blah blah blah, stable for weeks at a time, > > blah blah blah, consistent load avg of 1.0, blah blah blah, much less > > resource intensive, blah blah blah, doesn't crash, blah blah blah. > > (I'm preachin' to the choir, I'm sure). > > I do find Linux to be very stable. And it's my preferred operating > system for 90% of what I do. > > > > > I'm certain it's something that I do to computers though. While most > > Mac users have never seen a kernel panic, I've lost count how many > > times OS X has kernel panic'ed on me. I like to compile things by > > hand. I script everything I can. I'm just plain hard on computers. > > I've seen every OS under the sun crash for a variety of reasons. Linux > has some of the most spectacular crashes of any OS out there. And I'm > not talking about pretty crash screens. I'm talking about crash > behavior. One cool way to bring down a linux machine is to make a > writable snapshot of a LVM partition of, say 2 GB, and then make more > than 2 GB of changes to the original file system! Be forewarned. If > you ever do this you have to boot on a rescue CD and manually destroy > the snapshot. Otherwise linux blows up when it sets up the volumes. Crashing computers is fun -- all the cool kids do it! > > On a separate note, ever since this thread started, my MacBook Pro has > > decided it's doesn't like waking up from suspend... Coincidence? > > Yeah, I don't think so either. Apple probably has some sophisticated > > algorithm that can detect when people are talking poorly of their > > products... Please bear with me while I build up my karma: "My > > MacBook Pro is awesome!" "I love my Mac!" "Windows is crap!" > > "FairPlay is totally reasonable!" "You should have to use iTunes to > > use your iPod touch/iPhone" "Woz is the man!" "Steve Jobs can do no > > wrong" > > Is this under OS X? MacBook Pros have had many more hardware-related > problems with sleep than any of the PowerBooks before them. My first > action is always to make sure I have the latest firmware installed. > When that fails, I get the motherboard replaced. Of course Apple is > getting much worse about such thing. At the same time their QA is going > down, their willingness to change out parts and honor their warranties > is also going down. This fact does figure in to my decision on laptop > buying. Yes, this is under OS X, I put Linux on another computer. Don't get me started on hardware... I've owned five Macs and only one of them has never had any repairs done (it's a G4 iMac, the flat panel with a round base, if you're curious). The MacBook Pro I have now is a new one I got last July, because it's predecessor was all screwed up, and after several trips to the Apple Store, they finally replaced it. I've worked at two companies that are Mac-only shops, and we regularly had/have to get Mac serviced. Laptops seem to be a little worse than desktops, but they all crap out eventually. Now that I think about it, I think my iMac is the only Mac I've known that hasn't had to be repaired... If you ever buy a Mac, make sure you buy the AppleCare Protection Plan, chances are, you're gonna get your money's worth! Jason > > > > > Jason "OS X rulez!" Edwards > > > > On Jan 21, 2008 10:58 AM, Jonathan Duncan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On 18 Jan 2008, at 18:06, Jason Edwards wrote: > >> > >>> Oh yeah, I've used it -- I've used it daily since 2003, then last > >>> month I got fed up and went back to Linux. And daily I see that > >>> stupid pinwheel of death spinning. And I'm not running a junky old > >>> Mac, it's a 2.4 GHz Core 2 Duo MacBook Pro (not the base model). > >>> > >>> Anywho, if you feel like OS X is fast, then nothing I say is going to > >>> change your mind. > >>> > >> If you are seeing the pinwheel a lot, you may some processes that you > >> need to evaluate. I have had some programs on my MacBook Pro that had > >> a lot of unnecessary overhead and once they were removed or fixed or > >> upgraded all was well once again. If you think your Mac is slow, you > >> need to check what you are running. > >> > >> > >> /* > >> PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > >> Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > >> Don't fear the penguin. > >> */ > >> > > > > /* > > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > > Don't fear the penguin. > > */ > > > > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
