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offline CS2x from London (United Kingdom) on 2008-02-16 07:35 [#02175708]
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Anybody else had any unlucky strings of bad technology
recently? I'm just really fucked off with getting brand new
pieces of software or hardware that behave like ungrateful
shits at the money I threw at their creators.

My new Macbook for example - I don't anything particularly
demanding on the thing. Photo Booth has crashed at least a
quarter of the times I've used it, as has imovie. Even
fucking safari crashed a couple of times.

And then there's ableton 7 and sonar 7 (maybe it's a 7
thing), both of which are great when they work but are still
act like dickheads a lot of the time.

! ! !


 

offline Drunken Mastah from OPPERKLASSESVIN!!! (Norway) on 2008-02-16 07:59 [#02175714]
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Technology also ruined your English.


 

offline pidgin from St Kilda on 2008-02-16 17:43 [#02175954]
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if you hadn't paid for it you wouldn't feel so bad. not that
i'm advocating piracy.


 

offline Broken_Drum from United Kingdom on 2008-02-16 17:44 [#02175955]
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Ableton acts like a little piss with me also.


 

offline yoyoyo from cornwall on 2008-02-16 17:49 [#02175960]
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live in the woods


 

offline freqy on 2008-02-16 17:51 [#02175963]
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a computer never lies they say....no but, it can give you
false information..and display on your monitor total
bollocks.

iits a constant battle to keep the systm running the more
stuff you hAVE

a good thing to do is patition your hard drive and dual boot
xp or whatever and test stuff out on that operating systerm
see if you still hae the same prob both sides if you do its
likely hardware prob or the software is screwy or whatever


 

offline hedphukkerr from mathbotton (United States) on 2008-02-16 17:56 [#02175964]
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some programs may work better in xp than osx and vice versa,
but dual booting will in no way lead to you to figuring
whether the problem is hardware or software.

with all that crashing, especially of cocoa apps, first of
all make sure youve got all the latest updates for your
programs... and i dunno what else to say. that really
shouldnt be happening on a mac.


 

offline belb from mmmmmmhhhhzzzz!!! on 2008-02-16 18:05 [#02175966]
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multiple dead computers, hoover motor burned out after about
a fortnight, boiler that does hot water pretty much
randomly, new toaster about every 6 months, phone cuts out
all the time, fuses melting constantly, the other week every
lightbulb in the flat just exploded, glass everywhere. don't
talk to me about technology, something is properly wrong
here. been happening more and more the last couple of years,
fucking weird and i don't like it


 

offline earthleakage from tell the world you're winning on 2008-02-16 19:01 [#02175986]
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all toasters are shit fact


 

offline CS2x from London (United Kingdom) on 2008-02-18 11:29 [#02176706]
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I thought switching to Mac would be an improvement, in spite
of my cousin's warnings about their own Macbook crashing at
random fairly often. Unfortunately, I've been pretty
unimpressed with the machine so far. I was browsing a forum
a few minutes ago, and got an endless beach ball for no
reason. Had to restart. It happened yesterday a couple of
times on various websites, too.

belb, that sounds horrendous. Maybe your stuff needs an
exorcism.


 

offline Zephyr Twin from ΔΔΔ on 2008-02-18 11:34 [#02176708]
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I've had problems with Hewlett Packard PCs before... first
one I bought (1999) was fine operationally, but the case was
so tiny it made upgrading the PC nearly impossible. The next
one MAY have powersurged but it also may have just died.
Because I wasn't sure if the culprit was the computer's
power supply or a power surge, I gave HP one more go. Now
the current one sometimes doesn't boot past the opening blue
"HP" screen, and I have to power it off and back on.
Definitely not purchasing from them again, but hopefully
this computer will last me a while because I don't have the
money right now for another computer.


 

offline dave_g from United Kingdom on 2008-02-18 12:27 [#02176735]
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If you can, always try to get professional grade equipment.
Modern "consumer" stuff is crap. Most of it won't last very
long and can't be serviced easily or at all.
Of course this is more expensive, but if it lasts you a
lifetime it's a bargain.

If you want something stable. you need to step back from the
"cutting edge". Get something a couple of years old, which
has matured.

Oh and apple are just a fruit themed toy maker now.


 

offline JivverDicker from my house on 2008-02-18 12:38 [#02176737]
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Computers?? If you were a serious 'investor' you'ld be in
gold at the moment. That article was nonsense really.


 

offline JivverDicker from my house on 2008-02-18 12:38 [#02176738]
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GOLR


 

offline JivverDicker from my house on 2008-02-18 12:39 [#02176739]
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Or maybe GOLD


 

offline dave_g from United Kingdom on 2008-02-18 12:53 [#02176743]
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Gold? How do I use that to look at youtubes on internet and
make crap electronic beats and post nonsense on here?



 

offline goDel from ɐpʎǝx (Seychelles) on 2008-02-18 12:56 [#02176744]
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funny how the comments to that article make much more sense.
the writer was probably on ballmer's payroll.

the whole american economy is a sinking ship atm...


 

offline JivverDicker from my house on 2008-02-18 13:04 [#02176749]
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I don't know! Someone said invest in gold now! the other
day.


 

offline goDel from ɐpʎǝx (Seychelles) on 2008-02-18 13:09 [#02176753]
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well, first you buy it, and after a while you sell it with
profit. profit is extra money, and i'm sure you can figure
the rest out for yourself.


 

offline futureimage from buy FIR from Juno (United Kingdom) on 2008-02-18 13:31 [#02176767]
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Ableton Live will get better, believe me!


 

offline dave_g from United Kingdom on 2008-02-18 13:37 [#02176777]
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Oh I forgot to say, technics 1210s and stacks of vinyl have
never let me down. No buggy software, no crashes, no DRM and
no office paperclip assistant: "it looks like you're playing
a record..."



 

offline oscillik from the fires of orc on 2008-02-18 13:40 [#02176780]
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did you NOT see what has happened to me and Apple hardware?

i've had 5 pieces of Apple shit pie

all break down for the exact same reasons


 

offline iiiiiiiiii from Gloucester on 2008-02-18 13:40 [#02176781]
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"Macs are glorified Fisher-Price activity centres for
adults; computers for scaredy cats too nervous to learn how
proper computers work; computers for people who earnestly
believe in feng shui"


 

offline oscillik from the fires of orc on 2008-02-18 13:47 [#02176785]
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there actually was some sense in that article.

i never had a problem with any Apple computer....

until they started with all this iPod bullshit.

they are blatantly letting their computer business slip, a
perfet example of which being: Leopard was supposed to be
released February/March last year. but was postponed until
October, due to needing the staff on the iPhone launch.

anyways. Apple unfortunately sold their soul a long time
ago.

they don't innovate. they just buy out other companies and
other technologies and smack a white Apple logo on it and
brandish it as their own.

don't believe me?

look into the origins of OS X, the origins of the iPod, the
origins of the touch-screen interface on the iPhone, etc etc
etc


 

offline iiiiiiiiii from Gloucester on 2008-02-18 14:12 [#02176799]
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after the grief i've had with my ipod i wouldnt recommend
apple to anyone.


 

offline goDel from ɐpʎǝx (Seychelles) on 2008-02-18 14:28 [#02176814]
Points: 10225 Status: Lurker | Followup to oscillik: #02176785



look into the origins of OS X,
you mean nextstep? yeah that was steve's child before he got
back at apple...
the origins of the iPod,
no please tell me

the origins of the touch-screen interface on the
iPhone,

touchscreen technologies were bought by apple, yes. that
doesn't make the product any less innovative. the
user-interface was way ahead of anything else on the market.
that didn't fall out of the sky.

etc etc
etc

i'm still interested. please continue with the etc. (in
general, people falling back to "etc" haven't got any
examples left...although they feel they do.)

btw, what would be an innovative product?



 

offline oscillik from the fires of orc on 2008-02-18 14:33 [#02176821]
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no, not NeXTSTEP, Mach


 

offline lupus yonderboy from 1970. (United Kingdom) on 2008-02-18 14:36 [#02176826]
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all answers in full please sir.



 

offline oscillik from the fires of orc on 2008-02-18 14:38 [#02176830]
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i've already done my own research

i ain't doing your homework.

make your mind up

that's what makes us all diverse

hare krwishna


 

offline lupus yonderboy from 1970. (United Kingdom) on 2008-02-18 14:47 [#02176837]
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failed. must try harder.


 

offline goDel from ɐpʎǝx (Seychelles) on 2008-02-18 15:22 [#02176851]
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*yawn


 

offline avart from nomo' on 2008-02-18 15:47 [#02176858]
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I think people tend to evaluate some persons opinion and
experience based on the impression the person makes


 

offline hanal from k_maty only (United Kingdom) on 2008-02-18 15:49 [#02176859]
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vinyls


 

offline avart from nomo' on 2008-02-18 15:54 [#02176860]
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funny article - interesting how apple released the buggy
leopard after all their vista-kicking... :D *my tiger
stays*


 

offline big from lsg on 2008-02-19 03:53 [#02176971]
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techmology


 


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