Comments on: Scoble Cries That Apple Lies

By: kiwamura

kiwamura — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 14:19:07 +0000

Hold “Shift” while holding the power button to restart your machine. It boots in “Safe Mode” hopefully getting rid of the error “Please restart … bla bla bla”. Then go to Applications > Utilities > Disc Utility. Try to “Repair Disc Permission” as it may be corrupted in some way. If it still doesn’t work repair it by booting on to your OS X disc and go to the disc utility and repair it while booting on the disc.

Good thing about OS X is if it is broken you can fix it. Windows however ends up in my trash can and I do mean the real thing and not the OS X Trash Can.

If something doesn’t work try to find a solution. If your car won’t start don’t blame the manufacturer just because you didn’t fill the gas.

Cheers!

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 15:21:17 +0000

It’s called “archive and install,” it works wonders.

By: Diesel

Diesel — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 09:19:47 +0000

“Hey Robert, there is this thing called BootCamp that lets you run Windows on a Mac – how about you use that.”

Ehh… If he can’t boot properly then how is bootcamp considered a solution?

And…. He obviously had a lot of hardware issues and I see no way of solving these by installing software. To some extend I undestand his frustration. After what I’ve heard then Apple doesn’t offer the best service.

By: Oskar Syahbana

Oskar Syahbana — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 22:33:52 +0000

I have a kernel panic once when I jumped into the Apple train a year ago. Imagine the horror of seeing a panic screen instead of BSOD, a totally new experience for me :P. At that time, I really don’t know what caused it, probably the faulty memory (have since upgraded the original memory), or simply because I was trying so many new programs that it crashed one another.

PS: I’m seriously considering buying a 15″ Macbook Pro although honestly speaking, I don’t really need it. The lust! Argh darn you Apple!

PPS: I might wait for the MBP to have another upgrade, say maybe a nice Nvidia 8800 mobile GPU?

By: chad

chad — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 18:38:26 +0000

wow…. what do these twats do? play rugby with their laptops?… my 15″ macbook pro has been running strong for going on 2 years now… and the damn thing has only been restarted maybe 40 times in those 2 years…. if that ain’t stable I dunno what the fuck is.

Yo Soble …. enjoy Vista ya schmuck :D

By: Sam

Sam — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 16:54:59 +0000

The problem you are having is software related, I had this happen to me. It has to do with software you are using that is reacting poorly with the airport. It forces the OS to quit.

My problem came from torrent downloads, specifically something within the torrents or Transmission(which I use). I used AppZapper to get rid of Transmission and have had no further problems.

My advice: get IceClean 3.0 when it is relased(freeware) to clean up your computer and and AppZapper to rid your computer of any unwanted programs.

By: Robert

Robert — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 15:36:51 +0000

I’ve never understood exactly what Scoble has actually accomplished to get the amount of attention he gets. He’s not technical, he doesn’t seem to be a very good marketer, I just don’t get it. Reading his blog posts, he’s not a very good writer either. Whatevs.

As far as reliability, why would we take this anecdotal sample when there are actual tracking numbers that show these things? A sample of 2 machines is hardly viable.

By: Khurt Williams

Khurt Williams — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 15:18:29 +0000

I recently hopped on the Apple train. About 2 years ago I bought a G4 Mac mini. Now I have two Macs in my home. I added a MacBook in 2006. The hardware is pretty but the OS is what sold me. The MacBook had a motherboard issue which Apple quickly remedied. Since then.. nirvana. My Mac mini chugs away quietly serving up content ( photos, video, music ) for the family. The MacBook is my daily take along. One complaint. I don’t have a budget for an Intel iMac for the kids.

By: Jon

Jon — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 15:13:28 +0000

Puch

By: Dale Mugford

Dale Mugford — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 15:03:06 +0000

Um, kernel panics are often user/software related, a little research and troubleshooting and he might have been fine, instead of crying blog.

Secondly, anyone who buys into advertising hook, line, and sucker deserves to be awoken harshly.