At 2:19 AM -0400 4/14/02, Scott Holder wrote: >At 11:38 PM 4/13/2002 -0400, you wrote: >><snip> >>The first time this happened was on my very first day of service and you >>know I was gritting my teeth at some PC guy saying I needed to reboot my >>Mac. My computer? Did I mention, sir, I'm using a Mac?! Wouldn't you know it >>-- it worked. > >I've been doing tech support for a few years now, and it's an amusing thing >that rebooting fixes probably over 50% of internet (and even general >computer) problems, whether it's Mac, PC, Linux, or whatever :) Who knows >exactly why, it's just true :)
My suspicion is that a lot of times when people zap the PRAM or rebuild the desktop or both it's really the restart that fixes things. But since they zapped and/or rebuilt they assign credit to those actions. This is, I think, why zapping and rebuilding are recommended so often. Yes, they do work in specific cases, just not nearly as often as people think. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting [EMAIL PROTECTED] "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | SPECIAL LIST PRICES - Apple PCI Video Cards from $19.99, MacOS 8.5 CD $79.99 Replacement Parts IN STOCK, Apple CDROMs from $19.99 <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> 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/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
