Greetings, I've had an 17" G4 iMac with 768mb RAM since August 2002. This has proven to be a beautiful to look at computer, but I've had a terrible time keeping the OS working. The folks at Apple Care are nice, but they haven't figured out the source of the problem, except for getting it working again after system freezes, etc.
My older Beige G3 using OS 9.2, which I've had for a long time has none of problems my new iMac has. My three older 5500/250, 5400/180, and 5400/120's never just quit or lock-up in perpetuity. Comments I've received from the Apple folks have been, "10.2 is what 10.1.5 was supposed to be", and on another occasion, "10.1.5 has got a few things that 10.2 fixed", and so forth. With Apple Care's guidance, I've gone as far as reinstalling the complete restoration three (3) times since Aug 2002. This is ridiculous. Likewise, I've gone through numerous trips to OS 9.2 to verify and repair Btrees, etc. Most recently, OS X simply went to blue screen. In this case, the Apple Care rep walked me through several UNIX tests, as well as zapping the PRAM. That worked for a day. The next day, back to OS 9 and Btree repair. Folks, I don't get it. This 17" iMac is driving me nuts. And I'm only running one suite of programs (Adobe's Design Collection: Illustrator 10, Photoshop 7, Acrobat 5, and InDesign 2) which operates in either 9 or 10; supposedly. However, I normally use these programs in OSX, up until recently, when it went to "blue screen" after start-up. Here is my question - hopefully to someone else who's using a 17" G4 iMac with OS 10.1.5: 1. Have you had any abnormalities with OS 10.1.5? 2. What seemed to cause the problems? 3. What did Apple Care tell you the problem was? 4. Did you find a solution that made any sense - vice zapping PRAM, re-installing OS restoration, reinstalling OSX, and bouncing back to OS9 to do verify and repair constantly? I would sincerely appreciate anyone's expertise on this situation. One last note...I asked the folks at Apple if my purchasing OS 10.2 would get rid of these problems, in that it would be worth my while to simply purchase a new OS IF they believed it would fix the problem. Their response -- "I don't think a new OS will fix your problem". I got this answer about 3 or 4 times, nearly verbatim, from several of their representatives. Notwithstanding, if anyone has FIXED a similar instability problem (such as mine) by upgrading to 10.2, I would love to hear about it. However, if I likely have a hardware problem, that wouldn't make any sense. Again, I would MOST sincerely appreciate anyone advise as soon as possible, as this is the only Mac we have that I can stand to look at for graphics design. Tim [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
