If it's any consolation, computers are getting better, albeit slowly: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7098005.stm
-- Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of David Mann > Sent: 18 November 2007 05:06 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: More computer problems > > Hi all, > > I'm unsubscribing again in the face of yet more computer > problems. Unrelated from the previous lot but now the 10.5.1 > update has caused me problems with unresponsive applications > and difficulty shutting down. It seems that Mail is very > good at triggering this whenever it tries to connect to a > server. I've also found that Safari will crash whenever it > tries to make a secure (https) connection. > > I don't like dealing with large quantities of email using my > webmail so I'll unsubscribe for a while until I can sort this > out. I was just starting to think that my gremlins had all > been vanquished. After my initial installation problems I > utterly refuse to reinstall the OS so I might have to wait for 10.5.2. > > Another thing I've found out with Leopard is that my > Macromedia MX (2004) suite asked me to re-enter the license > key due to the system upgrade, but then the license program > itself crashes. Further research shows that Adobe won't > support this old package with Leopard. They don't guarantee > Photoshop CS2 either but that ran OK last time I tried it. > I'm undecided about either booting Tiger off my secondary > drive or just upgrading the software. Rebooting seems a > little inconvenient. > > I know I could solve all this by throwing money at it but I'd > prefer not to do that! Don't want to spend lots of money on > myself with my partner's birthday coming up. Maybe I could > buy "her" a shiny new iMac! > > Anyway I should be out enjoying the sunshine. It's too nice > to be getting aggro about some piece of machinery. > > Cheers, > > - Dave > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly > above and follow the directions. > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
