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Are you sure it isn't caused by the mid-2010 macbook video card bug? I had it re-exposed when i upgraded past 10.6 and that laptop now reboots 8 times a day.

Are you sure it isn't caused by the mid-2010 macbook video card bug? I had it re-exposed when i upgraded past 10.6 and that laptop now reboots 8 times a day. Mostly from mac mail or when the power drops and it shifts video cards.

pekk 13y ago
and I'm always told that macs are superior because they "just work," hmm
- 72deluxe 13y ago
  That's marketing. They have the same number of problems as all other OSes and computers. I have found a higher percentage of Windows users to know where to look for system messages compared to the number of Mac users who know how to look for system messages. Perhaps it is because I have met more Windows users or perhaps they need to look these things up more...? But in any case, you meet more "hardcore" Windows users who know their way around compared to Mac users, perhaps because the end-user expectation of a Mac user is that it "just works" so doesn't need to poke around as much.
  - 72deluxe 13y ago
    Not sure why the downvotes here! It isn't an anti-Apple rant, it's true! My day job involves writing OSX software on a Mac Pro and at home my only machine is a MacBook Pro, where I funnily enough write OSX software!
  - darkarmani 13y ago
    > That's marketing. They have the same number of problems as all other OSes and computers. Absolutely not! I have to support my parents using a computer and I bought them a mac mini 6-7 years ago, because they would always get their windows machine in an unusable state where i couldn't even remotely connect to help. Using a mac, they can do the things they need to do with almost no problems: store photos, backup, email, web browse, facetime, ichat. That would be impossibly for them on a windows machine.
xentronium 13y ago
FWIW, I had my 2010 mbp motherboard warranty-replaced and the crashes were gone.
- dunham 13y ago
  Mine started failing a few months outside the replacement period (3 years). I was due for a new work laptop, so I just replaced the machine.

pekk 13y ago

and I'm always told that macs are superior because they "just work," hmm

72deluxe 13y ago
That's marketing. They have the same number of problems as all other OSes and computers. I have found a higher percentage of Windows users to know where to look for system messages compared to the number of Mac users who know how to look for system messages. Perhaps it is because I have met more Windows users or perhaps they need to look these things up more...? But in any case, you meet more "hardcore" Windows users who know their way around compared to Mac users, perhaps because the end-user expectation of a Mac user is that it "just works" so doesn't need to poke around as much.
- 72deluxe 13y ago
  Not sure why the downvotes here! It isn't an anti-Apple rant, it's true! My day job involves writing OSX software on a Mac Pro and at home my only machine is a MacBook Pro, where I funnily enough write OSX software!
- darkarmani 13y ago
  > That's marketing. They have the same number of problems as all other OSes and computers. Absolutely not! I have to support my parents using a computer and I bought them a mac mini 6-7 years ago, because they would always get their windows machine in an unusable state where i couldn't even remotely connect to help. Using a mac, they can do the things they need to do with almost no problems: store photos, backup, email, web browse, facetime, ichat. That would be impossibly for them on a windows machine.

xentronium 13y ago

FWIW, I had my 2010 mbp motherboard warranty-replaced and the crashes were gone.

dunham 13y ago
Mine started failing a few months outside the replacement period (3 years). I was due for a new work laptop, so I just replaced the machine.