All I will say is, ouch! I'm staying away, far, far away. Though I remember the good old days on my Windows machine doing something similar about every 30 minutes or so. That is one of the reasons I actually got rid of the tin can monstrosity pretending to be an HP laptop. The MacBook has been behaving thus far, and for that I am grateful.
Warm regards, Brandt Steenkamp Sent from my macbook pro Contact me: Mobile/iMessage/WatsApp: +27781205013 Email: brandt.steenk...@gmail.com My ring to Skype: California, United States +(1)760-5140161 Extension 512 Cape Town, South Africa +(27)213-002317 Extension 161 Johannesburg, South Africa +(27)105-002316 Extension 170 Skype: Brandt.steenkamp007 SIP: 5500...@spokn.com Twitter: brandtsteenkamp On 17 Apr 2013, at 10:51 PM, Sandi Jazmin Kruse <sandi1...@gmail.com> wrote: > hi all. I know it is a weird subject line, but when you are done > reading i am sure you are in full agreement with me. But first things > first. > For some time for what ever reason i installed boom on my mac mini > generation II. I dont know but i never got too use it, it is a mini 1 > gig of ram, and have as well as all my other macs been raped and > brought too hyperventilation on a daily basis with ocring over a 1000 > pages books, flying with the flight-simulator, etc. None of that have > actually ever brought it too its knees as the story i am about too > tell. > For a few evenings back i am sitting on irc, chatting, having a grand > and cheerful time, when my mac suddenly stops, not just stops but > shots totally down like 3...2...1...off. Too a new mac user this, > indeed might look like the order of things, right? but no, actually > not , we are still and hopefully always will have some sort of unix > under the hood so shutting a mac down if it have been running full > tilt over a few hours, do actually take time. Much too my amazement i > look down, say a few unwritable words, better suited for a us core > mariners bar, and hit the poweron botten, there contact! clear prop! > so now i sit high and mighty and wait for my trusty mac to do what it > does next-best of all things , right? booting up, problem is, i wait, > and wait, and wait, and ... yes you got it oh girl am i waitin., i > wait! and well after a smoke i am, still, waitin'! > okay, i do believe this computer is about 5 or 6 years old,and it have > never, ever, done this before. as flighty as i am, and yes i can be > pretty flighty i sit back and think. It turns out too make a very long > and frustrated story short that boom is indeed the sinner! > Lets go alittle back, i said i had installed boom, not actually used > it, installed as in copy from image, lay in apps folder, Period.. And > i tell you when it expires, all hell breaks loose, not just loose like > in a lil labrador waggin' its tail loose, but more like 105 tons of > old russian tank down over a hill unstoppable, kinda hell loose. > For the trained terminal user it is not a huge problem, you find all > references too boom and coldly and with great glee rm them, and that > is that. > But for the new and untrained mac user, do simply not ever use boom. > It is not worth it. > And what, have all this too do with a british landrover, ever tried > too get one out of a lake, too the trained its childs play, else, dont > do this at home... > > > > /sandi > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
