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[MaxV6]

When crApple finally fully wall the Mac, only the true fanboys will still use one 

or, those of us who have to for work.....   a goodly pile of "must have" professional audio production software and hardware ONLY runs on Mac.... or, even more commonly, only runs PROPERLY on the Mac... and similarly for video and graphics.... 

i'm unimpressed by "lion"  i have a copy installed on a drive, but won't be using it unless for some reason i have to use something that is lion only... 

i'm also leary of the forthcoming iCloud....   i've been a happy mobile me user for a while,  syncing studio and office macs and my iphone wirelessly for all the mundane useful stuff....    with the changes they're implementing, i stand to be a good deal less happy....    won;t move till next july when they cease Mobile me altogether...

always thought of the iPhone as a bit of a gimmick until i got one.....   then I discovered all the work related apps i could run on it... and it  suddenly made  sense....

Ditto the iPad.     

(for example, iPad can act as a wireless version of a certain well known DAW hardware control surface,  total cost, about £500 for the iPad and app,  as opposed to £1199 for the hardware , AND it's mobile, not tied to the desk by wires.... makes it something of a no-brainer )

got to say though,  was mighty impressed when i first got my 8 core Mac pro with 16GB of ram....      the amount of grunt on tap is ridiculous... 

and for someone who remembers paying ££££££ for a very early 10MB  HD,   frankly, the cost is pretty reasonable

i would not count myself as a fan boy....    i tend to be too cynical about new shiny tricks,  when all i want the thing to do is work....   which unlike   so many PC's i encounter in my support role....   it does....  solidly, without fuss and bother...


and anyway  What's a virus?   


i do however, get a bit defensive when i feel PC nutjobs are being unreasonably aggressive about Crapple in general.... 

ultimately they produce good hardware, with a decent stable operating system.....   

it's just a bloody computer ferchrissakes.... there's no real need to be actively anti either platform.

[TheBoy]

No beep codes, don't think it keeps powered enough to even get to the start of post. Literally, power button lights (and fan noise etc) for a fraction of a second then blanks/shuts down. Fraction later, does same again then repeats for perhaps 20 seconds total then shuts dead.  Given that, thinking psu but probably just guessing.

Standard ATX PSU? 20 pin, or 24pin?

[Marks DTM Calib]

The Macs lost thier only advantage when they ditched the Risk micros, now they are nothing more than an over priced pc.

[hotel21]

Where do the pin configs get read?  It powers later drives with thin red ribbon cable rather than wide IDE style if you follow. Power connection to drive is narrow flat pin instead of older three wire White plastic connector.

[TheBoy]

MaxV6 - as well you know, I am currently a crApple user. And have been on and off for 15 years, having flirted with 68000, powerPC and Intel ones .

As to that falicy about Virii, thats what Linux users used to claim, and soon shut up  .  I'm 99.9% certain there was a Mac PoC worm about a few months ago.  If a system has access to the outside world, its vulnerable. Windows, Linux, Solaris, HP-UX, BSD, OSX, System390, anything.

Windows' biggest problem, security wise, was that most users felt it cast doubts on penile length if they didn't run as Administrator, thus opening the OS to the level of intelligence of the user. Always tears before bedtime. So MS came up with the excellent UAC, which every moron "my penis is bigger" idiot disabled. They get what they deserve, shame they are allowed to bred.

[TheBoy]

Where do the pin configs get read?  It powers later drives with thin red ribbon cable rather than wide IDE style if you follow. Power connection to drive is narrow flat pin instead of older three wire White plastic connector.

Ah, Sata drives. Adapter available from egay, molex to sata.

[hotel21]

You concur with psu diagnosis then?  If so, can get Frankenstein5 back to life....   

[TheBoy]

You concur with psu diagnosis then?  If so, can get Frankenstein5 back to life....   

Its a possibility. If its an old P4 or Athon, could be CPU fan, or potentially systemboard failure. I'd try a 'spare' PSU if you have one, even if you can't plug in the drives, just to prove.

[hotel21]

Suppose effect would be the same if drives were unplugged and pc powered up then....

[Paddy Flannery]

Currently typing this on a 6 year old ASUS A6R laptop.

It's never given me a problem.

[Kevin Wood]

You concur with psu diagnosis then?  If so, can get Frankenstein5 back to life....   

Its a possibility. If its an old P4 or Athon, could be CPU fan, or potentially systemboard failure. I'd try a 'spare' PSU if you have one, even if you can't plug in the drives, just to prove.

Agreed. Worth taking the lid off and blasting the dust out with some compressed air, then checking all the fans attempt to start. I have had PSUs that have done the same thing when full of dust too.

Quite often the caps in the standby supply part of the PSU fail, so it can't supply enough power to pull itself out of standby. The caps are all sh1te quality and the standby PSU is always on so these fail first.

[TheBoy]

You concur with psu diagnosis then?  If so, can get Frankenstein5 back to life....   

Its a possibility. If its an old P4 or Athon, could be CPU fan, or potentially systemboard failure. I'd try a 'spare' PSU if you have one, even if you can't plug in the drives, just to prove.

Agreed. Worth taking the lid off and blasting the dust out with some compressed air, then checking all the fans attempt to start. I have had PSUs that have done the same thing when full of dust too.

Quite often the caps in the standby supply part of the PSU fail, so it can't supply enough power to pull itself out of standby. The caps are all sh1te quality and the standby PSU is always on so these fail first.

Sometimes, even when still working, you can see the little tinkers bulge, and wonder how the hell it can still work

[hotel21]

Been thinking this through tonight and recon a lappy would be more convenient in a number of different ways, given my semi retired lifestyle and hobo movements! 

Looked at a dell i7 Inspiron 17r, I think it was, and seems to fit the bill. With discounts, takes it below £700 and that, currently, is doable.  6 meg ram and 640'g hard drive.

Yea or nay? 

[TheBoy]

H21 - don't know your needs, so probably best clarify:

Games?
'laptop' or 'tabletop'?
Main uses?

[justjohn]

Laptops good portability but can be expensive to repair, also to easy to drop.

Desktop rugged and reliable, easy to maintain but remain static. I would get the desktop repaired then consider the replacement if needed.