Summer's Shenanigans

Wired Magazine is having a contest that requires you to destroy your most hated gadget and submit the photographic proof.



The funny thing is that this was brought to my attention (thanks Conner ;)...), just as I was contemplating smashing my new Lexmark printer ala "Office Space". At least now I have an extra excuse to destroy this POS...

Details to follow, but fireworks are legal in Puerto Rico. I might try and get this bitch airborn...

Labels: Computers, Fun, Funny, Technology, Weird

I have a new iMac and quite honestly, I think the new Leopard operating system pretty much SUCKS. And that is pretty harsh coming from a die-hard Apple lover...

I have had nothing but problems with the Leopard operating system. It was so bad that I just went back to using my MacBook (which has the Tiger operating system), but I finally figured that I had better get some use out of my new iMac, since I just spent $2000 on it. So, I started calling Apple support and going through a bunch of bullshit trying to get the stupid computer to work properly.

First off, my Lexmark printer was not compatible with my iMac. I was having flashbacks of trying to set up a printer with our office PC. I finally searched through some forums and found some sort of patch.

Then, the bluetooth wouldn't work. I had to call Apple support and they fixed it.

Then Stuffit Expander wouldn't work. So I decided to make a list of all the crap that didn't work before I called Apple support again. By the time I finally called them, these are the issues that I was having with the stupid Leopard operating system:

- Stuffit Expander immediately crashes whenever opened.
- Adobe Fireworks MX will open, but if you try to do anything it will immediately freeze up.
- Could not open Sims 2 because at least 1 MB of available disk space was needed (It's a brand new, maxed out iMac, come on now...)
- Adobe Photoshop would immediately crash whenever opened.

These are all things that HAVE to be attributed to the Leopard operating system because I have several Macintoshes running every operating system for the past 3 - 4 years and I have had no problems whatsoever.

Apple support has fixed all the problems, EXCEPT for Fireworks MX. I did some digging and Fireworks MX is just not compatible with Leopard. I have no idea if Mac is trying to fix this, but Adobe doesn't care. They are not going to release an update to fix the compatibility problem with Leopard:

http://www.adobe.com/support/products/pdfs/leopardsupport.pdf

(And by the way, I can't even open that PDF. I had to check it out here.)

But realistically, Fireworks shouldn't have to fix Leopards problem. Fireworks MX works on all my other Macs so I perceive that as a Leopard flaw, not a Fireworks flaw.

Oh, and for whatever reason my fonts are acting crazy too...They used to work just fine. Stupid. Apple shouldn't have tainted their Macintoshes with PC parts (Intel processors).

Labels: Computers, Geeky Stuff, Macintosh

My old iMac decided not to turn on the other day, so I went on the Apple website and was surprised at how easy it was to troubleshoot. I followed the instructions and I did not get a 2nd LED light which means I need to replace the logic board. I ran down to the Apple store, dropped off my computer and it was ready to go the next day. And I was charged exactly $0.00.

The simple fact that I was able to follow the instructions on the Apple website and troubleshoot the problem with ease is awesome. Plus, my iMac is 3 years old and I never purchased a warranty, yet I wasn't charged a dime for the repair. How's that for service?

If this happened with an IBM, you would have to take it to some tech geek to take apart your computer, try and figure out what's wrong, wait and worry for 2 - 4 weeks and them pay a couple hundred bucks for the repair.

Apple is so awesome. :)

Labels: Computers, Geeky Stuff, Macintosh