Comments on: News flash: Apple computers can crash

By: Best Registry Cleaner

Best Registry Cleaner — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:17:23 +0000

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By: Gus Brunson

Gus Brunson — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 22:19:29 +0000

Intalled Leopard and it crashed my Macbook…
When I start in Target Mode, through another computer I can see that all of the data still there. However, on my Macbook all I see is a desktop picture that comes with Leopard.
I tried updating/replacing, the firmware (both 1.3 & 1.4) and nothing happened.
I have tried Dik Utility from the install Disk, and again, nothing happened.
But the worse was yet to come…I left the install disk in the Macbook, and it spinned so much that now the actual disk is damaged , with some grooves in the center of the DVD disc…
So, so far Leopard has been nothing but a NIGHTMARE!!!

By: DBL

DBL — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 05:27:56 +0000

“Iâ€™m not some Microsoft fanboy who is gloating that Apple is having problems too (including reports of a Trojan in the wild and other reports of problems with wireless connections after installing Leopard).”

A hilarious bit of parenthetical self-satire, there. You should write for The Office!

By: Tom Tucher

Tom Tucher — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 04:26:18 +0000

I think the vast majority of Leopard updaters are having no problems. For heavens sake, over two million copies have been sold, and if everybody was having problems, you’d damn sure be hearing a LOT more about it. I’ve put it on two machines, a new iMac and an iBook G4, and both installs were successful, with no issues,

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 01:52:53 +0000

Three upgrades last Friday zero problems. As a 20 year Mac user I’ve been lulled into complacency when upgrading. I now manage two dozen systems and I can only recall having bricked two Macs during upgrades over the last 10 years. Obviously it CAN happen. I’ve lost much more data in 10 years from hard disk failures.

Before doing an upgrade on mission critical systems I DO a full disk backup… yet, I admit to save time I have taken risks.

However, I NEVER take risks in the first few days after a new OS release. Until one reads about the experiences of others they should WAIT! At least TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTIONS to minimizeâ€”e.g. BACKUP.

It is obvious from my readings that Leopard is more problematic than most previous OS X upgrades. Lesser skilled users would be wise to read more and slow down. My Dad used to say, if you don’t have the time to do it right, then how are you going to find time to do it over? He never used computers, but his advice still fits.