Computer Woes

[electrolux137]

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I may be "in absentia" for a while... My Mac died last night. I am waiting for a technician to come look at it but until I find out what's wrong and whether or not I can afford to get it fixed, I won't be on-line very much. Just one more problem I don't need right now. Please keep Arlee and me in your thoughts and prayers. Thanks...

 

[electrolux137]

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I'm in a client's office right now. I put my hard drives in her Mac and they're fine, Thank God. (System Drive, Data Drive, Backup Drive). So the problem is something else. Still waiting for the Mac technician to get here. Just hope it's nothing expensive....... *sigh*

 

[jmurray01]

That's why I use Microsoft. They may have their faults but the computers can be picked up dirt cheap if you need a quick replacement. Macs are just far too expensive for me to even consider. I could literally buy a CAR for the value of one.

 

[human]

I love my Macs

I've been a Mac user for almost 25 years and I find them far more reliable than 'Win-blows' machines. Granted, they're not immortal but they're reliable and I don't have 'Big Brother' forcing unwanted updates on me, nor have I had to clear a bunch of 'shovelware' off in order to make it usable. And I've never had a registry error on any Mac because they don't have a registry!

Hope you can get yours working again without too much heartburn.

 

[electroluxxxx]

it most likely could be the motherboard. and regardless of operating systems I stick I have both OS, windows and Linux. I prefer the windows because if anything were to go wrong I am VERY familiar with it. people have personal Preferences and like the saying goes " all mechanical and electrical things are prone to failure no matter how it works."

 

[oliveoiltinfoil]

I am an IT technician. Where I work there are veterans of the IT industry. Guys there have worked for BAE systems. Nokia, IBM and so many others. Our college has windows PC's mainly with a couple of MAC rooms for the media and music students. We swear by Macs. Their build quality is just sooo good. Solid chunk of beautifully machined metal, keyboards and mice which feel quality and no waiting around for boot-up and we have 0 problems with them. Inside they are quality machines as well. They last for years and apple support is brilliant.

Needless to say, I got a MacBook pro 2015 model with force touch track-pad and I love it. Never go back to a PC.

 

[electrolux137]

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No news on my Mac. My very busy computer tech still has it and hasn't called yet.

I have been cross-platform literate for many years. Got my first PC in 1986 and have used Macs since 1990. My preference, by a wide margin and on many fronts, is the Mac.

 

[jmurray01]

Each to their own. I just prefer being able to buy a decent system for £100 rather than £1,000.

 

[human]

Yeah, well you get what you pay for.

 

[jmurray01]

"Yeah, well you get what you pay for."

Do you? To quote the origninal post: "My Mac died last night."

 

[cb123]

That was a GOOD ONE!!! Touché ...HEEHEEHEEHEE!!!

 

[jmurray01]

I couldn't resist!

 

[super-sweeper]

Well played JM, well played! 

 

[electrolux137]

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I heard from my Mac technician this evening. The problem is big but not as big as it could have been.

What happened was that the video card failed. It's a painful expenditure for me, but, again, it could have been a lot worse. I'll have to wait a few days for him
to get and install the card. Hopefully I'll be back in business by this coming weekend. Maybe sooner.

The best part of all this is that I didn't lose any of my data. Again, I do have a backup drive but with the Mac dead in the water, all the backups in the world would not have helped.

Thanks for all-y'all who commiserated.......

 

[electrolux137]

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In the past week I have dodged two Really Big Bullets -- well, three if you count the good health report I got from my doctor last week. Feeling grateful and relieved.

 

[charleskirby66]

Yay!

Congrats on the clean bill of health and having dodged some major bullets!

 

[jfalberti]

I prefer Macs too

Sorry to hear about the problem you had with your Mac Pro Charles, but glad you got it resolved. True, a video card can be expensive, but thank God it wasn't the system board. That would have been far more expensive. I currently have two computers, a 2006 Mac Pro, and a 2007 MacBook Pro. Both are running OS X, Windows 10 (in a boot camp partition and under VMware) and OpenSUSE Linux. I run 90 percent of what I need for work under OS X and the odd work program that is "Windows Only" under Windows 10. I run Linux because we use it as a server platform, and I use it as a learning tool and guinea pig for testing things out. Both Macs are very speedy, and run all the latest versions of softwae without a hiccup. How many people do you know that have a Windows machine that is 8 or 9 years old and still running? I can't tell you the last time I had a system crash under OS X. Crashes a plenty with Windows (but not as much with the newer versions). Basically, I like all of the platforms and they all do what I want them to do. I like Apple hardware because it really lasts. True, it does cost more, but you do get what you pay for. And it holds its value too. Resale prices on used Macs is up there too.

 

[sebo_fan]

Only a month ago I considered changing up to my Macbook Air '11 since the Macbook 13.3" from 2008 is beginning to slow down due to its older components. However upon discovering a social site auction group online, I managed to get an old iMac for £200. I couldn't be happier. It previously used OSX 10.7.5 when I bought it and having used that OSX system before I was quite happy to keep it.

However, last week I upgraded to El Capitan OSX 10.11.1 and I'm even more happy. The fonts, the colours and the clarity has improved and it brings it into line with my Macbook Air'11.

Put simply, even a second hand Mac built by a knowledgeable Mac technician can be cost effective.

 

[jfalberti]

Both of my Macs

Are second hand.  I bought them both on eBay.  I couldn't be happier or more satisfied with them.