There’s a question that comes up often in a conversation between me and someone I’ve never met before: “Mac or PC?”. You see, I can’t talk, relate, understand, or tolerate that person, if they are a strong believer in the PC. That’s just the way I am.
But what about those people, that when you actually do meet them, you can’t help but praise/respect them? You know who I’m talking about… FAMOUS PEOPLE! So I spoke to Noah Kalina, a photographer who really made a name for himself creating a film titled ‘ Noah takes a photo of himself every day for 6 years‘ where he literally took a photo of himself daily for 6 years and is still going (I recently completed my goal of doing the same for 1 year).
Noah Kalina
Noah, Mac or PC? I use both, and I think they both suck equally as much.
Haha, so you’d prefer no computers at all? I don’t know about that. I like macs a lot, but i think it is more because they look cooler.
Lately I’ve been thinking, and thinking, and thinking, all about problems with Apple products. I know (sadly), that they’re not all perfect, but I’ve really been trying to pinpoint the faults that make me angry - :@. And I think I’ve figured out what annoys me the most.
ONLY 3 USB PORTS!
I cannot take it. I’ll get out my iPod and the USB cord, ready to plug it in and update. I reach behind the iMac and feel around for the spare USB port, and then BAM! None there. But then as soon as I take something out from the back, (whether it be the Eye TV USB, external hard drive, or maybe even the cord I’m using to charge my PSP), I need to plug that back in to be functioning in my normal MacUser mode.
And trust me, I have plenty of USB Hubs but in the end (resulting in then only 2 USB 2.0 ports), unless I go out an spend $50 on a USB 2.0 Hub, I’m stuck with the 3 built in.
The Thought: Wouldn’t it be great if Apple made the default amount of USB ports on the iMac about 5? -I think so.
Apple had really gone quiet with the Mac vs. PC ads lately, directing its attention to iPod and iPhone ads, but luckily, they’re back and funnier then ever.
The three new ads, Podium, Boxer and PR Lady, all started airing just a little while ago, and are getting a very good response, as can be seen from articles such as TUAWs.
You can either click on one of the links above, or click here to see all the ads, but seriously they are worth checking out - very funny!
Yes, its true.
Of course your mad, no one thought that apple could sink this low but they managed. And trust me, its much worse for me.
I don’t want to say this, I don’t want to relive the pain, but of course I must. Ok, so let me tell you my story:
I was sitting at home minding my business when lo and behold, my computer guy rings me up and says: “Yeah, we got your new customized iMac and we’re gonna drop it at your place in say….10 minutes.” I thanked him and hung up the phone. I had been waiting for weeks for my iMac to come in, and when it came I was so happy I nearly relieved myself in my pants….as you do….
So anyhow, I took the 24 inch screen out of the neatly packed box (Which was lots of fun, I must say) and I plugged it into the wall and off I went.
The iMac then asked me which language I would like it to function in, of course I chose English. It then asked me the question I was looking for: Do you have a previous mac? I clicked yes and then waited the 2 hours of migration from my old to new mac. The longest 2 hours of my life, but of course I had no idea what I was in for.
4 episodes of Scrubs later and one migration completed I then moved on to register my computer. I typed in the details and then received a message saying: Failed processing and I thought to myself: well that’s odd… But swept it aside.
As I logged into my account I heard a faint humming noise…it was quietly comforting at first until it became a loud whirring noise. I thought this is either a hardware failure or software, so I ran the system off the start up disc but Oh NO!: My computer came with Tiger not Leopard! I was horrified…But soldiered on, noting to retrieve leopard online.
The computer ran off the disc fine, and still continued to whirr.
UPDATE: For all those who still want to know the answer, it was because a wire had slipped out of place and was caught in the fan. Sadly, it wasn’t fixed on the spot but was taken in to repairs and has still not come back.
This is a great example of little flaws in big companies, I say this painfully but the truth must be told.
2. Put Leopard disc into iMac, hoping to do an Upgrade installation so that I could just keep all files on the iMac on it, and continue with Leopard. However, it claims the internal hard drive cannot be installed onto, requesting that is reformatted to Mac OSX Extended (Journal), which I do, knowing that I have my back up for when this all starts working.
3. Installing fine, finishes after 1h - 2h, asks to Restart, which I do.
4. Computer starts loading up, goes through the standard white background (with Apple logo and spinning dial) loading up the computer, then the standard blue background. However, the blue background does not change, it remains like this, on-going.
There is more so keep reading if you would like to see what happened. All Updates:
UPDATE 1: I now have the original Leopard installation disk. Put it in whilst holding down C and managed to pull up the original Leopard installation window. I am currently verifying the disk as instructed.
UPDATE 2: Disk was verified as “ok” which is good. I then erased the hard drive completely. Now am installing Leopard onto the hard drive as if it was a new computer. 1 hour 9 minutes remaining. Should be done sooner though. Will keep you posted.
