Summer's Shenanigans

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

I just thought that everyone would like to know that Linksys wireless routers are crappy. Less then a year ago, the office started getting kicked off the internet more and more frequently, and the fix was to unplug and replug in the Linksys router, which would fix it for a little while. Then our computers started getting errors trying to connect to the wireless network. Then the router would kick us off the internet in 30 minute intervals. Finally we got fed up and bought a new Linksys Wireless-G Broadband router. That was less than 1 year ago and once again, the stupid new router is starting to kick us off the internet a few times a day again. What a piece of crap.

I'm going back to using the Apple Airport, which I never had a single problem with. I switched to Linksys because someone told me that they were really good routers. That someone apparently has never used an Apple product before...

(By the way, the Linksys router just kicked me off the internet again...for the 8th time today...)

Labels: Geeky Stuff, Macintosh, Technology

I've found yet another reasons why PC's/Microsoft sucks... I just spent 3 hours driving around town looking for some stupid software program. And guess, what...I STILL DON'T HAVE IT. I went to microsoft.com and they told me that Staples, Fry's and Comp USA all carry the program I'm looking for. WELL NONE OF THEM DO!!! You would think that Microsoft would understand how import it is to keep your website up to date, but apparently not.

I have NEVER had to drive around town looking for software for any of my Macs. Macs just come with everything you need and if you do need a special program, you can just download it from Apple.com.

Microsoft has wasted so much of my time, it's retarded.



More funny Mac vs PC ads

Labels: Geeky Stuff, Macintosh, Microsoft, Technology, Videos

Here are the Mac versus PC commercials that are really, SO funny. Unless you own a PC and then you're just pissed...;)


















This Mac commercial is pretty hilarious too :D!

Labels: Funny, Macintosh, Technology