I learned not to do that way back in the early days of OS 9.x. There were a few updates that they put out that would break stuff. Ouch.
I would say that their OS X updates are pretty bulletproof, but some of the app updates, like iTunes, can be hinky right out of the box. And yes, you can certainly crash a Mac, but you can't "force quit" on a PC like you can on a Mac.... MacDan --- Curt Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The thing about Mac guys is they generally jump to > update everytime sometime comes available. > I can remember at one point when I worked in tech > support where my first call every day for 2 weeks > was answered with "sorry but you shouldn't have > upgraded the OS without asking us first." > Apple had broken our software with an update and it > took us a couple weeks to catch up. > I'd say things like "lets turn off automatic > updates" and then the next time an OS update came > out we'd go through the SAME DANG THING... > > Anybody who tells you a Mac can't crash isn't using > it hard enough. At NAB this year (big broadcaster's > convention) I walked into the Apple booth and was > looking for a seat when I happened to glance up and > the Mac had crashed. > That was in the Apple booth running Final Cut Pro... > > -Curt > > Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 07:53:23 -0500 > From: "OK Don" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] vista > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Message-ID: > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; > format=flowed > > I finally got an opportunity to work with a Mac last > week. I have thsi > digital video clip that needs just a little editing, > so I took it to > the publications office, where they have lots of > Macs. They pointed me > to the one with the most RAM - 3 Gigs I think. > Copied the video from > the camera - open iMovie - tried to add a title - > crashed iMovie. > Restarted - wouldn't save the file. Shut the Mac > down, powered it back > up - same thing. Drove across town, found the guy > with a cheap video > editing program on a PC - worked just fine. Nice > titles on the 1 > minute clip. I work in an IT shop that supports 8000 > PCs, 250 Windows > servers, 10 Macs, and a couple of mainframes.I > beleive that the 10 > Macs in the publications unit have as much trouble > as 100 PCs in an > office. The systems guys managed to blue-screen the > mainframe a couple > of weeks ago - due to a hardware driver > configuration issue - that was > amazing. > It's all in the management - those Macs are > unmanaged. > > Free range chickens = road kill, regardless of the > pedigree. > > > --------------------------------- > Get the Yahoo! toolbar and be alerted to new email > wherever you're surfing. > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: > http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Shape Yahoo! in your own image. Join our Network Research Panel today! http://surveylink.yahoo.com/gmrs/yahoo_panel_invite.asp?a=7 _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
