Is there a bug in the Imac?

Question

I got serious problems with my iMac right now. First the problems started in iPhoto with everything going crazy when trying to establish (write in) albums. Then the program started - by itself! - to throw away newly imported photoes. Then I tried to write a message to this discussion forum. Impossible! No reaction. Then I took a restart.
I have tried three keyboards. Same problem with everyone. Is this a bug?
kjell

Answer 1

No... I'm saying people can make up their own minds whether or not to believe me based on my posting history.
And what "experts"? You posted a bunch of random forum postings from different websites. Forum posts made by random people. I didn't really bother looking at a single one, so I don't even know how old some of those are. For all I know, they could be from like 1995 or older.
I let my record speak for itself. If you're too lazy to check it, that's not my problem. Here's a brief rundown of my pedigree.
First computer was a 486DX-2 running DOS 6.2 and Windows 3.11. One summer when I was stuck at home and all my friends were on vacation with their family, I spent my time sitting around teaching myself how to use the thing. I taught myself DOS by reading the help files, and Windows just by doing.
Around 1995, I became aware of Linux, and started experimenting with different distributions. Started with Slackware, moved on to RedHat, Mandrake (now Mandriva), Gentoo, and some other little distributions that probably don't even exist anymore. This was back in the day when you had to manually edit the XF86Config file to enter in your own modelines to make a monitor work. There just wasn't any of the hand holding that exists now. Especially Gentoo. When I used it, they were just thinking about creating a graphical installer, but I went through the entire manual process that involved chrooting. I ran that as my personal desktop for a couple of years.
When I got to college, I figured I'd give Windows 2000 a try, ran that until XP came out. Used that for a few years off and on with Linux.
Around my Junior year of college, I picked up a 1.2GHz 14" iBook G4 with 10.3. I used that for the rest of my days in college, and even for some time after. Finally it suffered from the stress fractures around the GPU that were common with that line. But not before I had occasion to upgrade it to 10.4 and 10.5 when they came out. Admittedly, even with 768MB of RAM, 10.5 was probably a bit much for that system.
Out of college I ran my own small consulting company for a couple of years. Did pretty much anything that needed doing. Everything from helping redesign forms to recommending hardware purchases, run of the mill tech support... I even set up a Squid server for one of my clients. Didn't know anything about Squid except what it was at the time I took on the project. I just kept reading everything I could get my hands on about it until it started making sense.
After I grew tired of the unpredictable nature of consulting, I got a job as the "hardware guy" at a small University in the SF Bay Area. I spent my days repairing Dell and Apple computers. I was required to get my ACMT for that job. I studied for the tests while working 45 hours a week, and got my certification just under the 1 month mark with absolute flying colors. Checking my scores, I got a 93% on the hardware exam, and an 86% on the software. When I recertified, I got perfect scores on both exams.
I worked that job for about a year and a half, and since then I've started working at a national retail chain. I am the "Apple guy" in the central distribution warehouse. Any Apple computer system that is returned and the store techs can't fix comes to me. I pretty much do it all. I figure out what's wrong with the system, and what needs to be done to fix it. I've done just about every repair you can think of. I've replaced logic boards on dozens of iMacs, Mac Minis, MacBooks, MacBook Pros, I've replaced display panels on MacBooks, MacBook Pros, and iMacs. I've replaced CPU trays in Mac Pros. I've replaced trackpads and top covers on MacBooks and MacBook Pros, which is quite a bit trickier than you might think.
To date, I've only had one computer, ever, blow up on me, and that was due to a defective LDVS port on a replacement logic board. It couldn't handle the current needed to power the display, and it went POOF. Apple apparently agreed it wasn't my fault, because they paid for the labor on the repair.
And since a lot of people don't really know how to work with Apple systems, I have to be able to tell the difference (quickly) between a software and hardware issue.
I'm not just some random idiot who tries to act big on Internet forums. I can actually back it up. And generally I don't go bragging about that sort of thing, because I'm not insecure. I'm perfectly content knowing what I know. I don't generally feel the need to justify it to anyone. The advice I give should be able to stand on its own merits. But every now and then I run across someone like you. Someone who puts more value in a persons post count than post content.
You have a very narrow view of the world, and anything or anyone that does not fit into that view, or agree with it, is automatically wrong. You can't even be bothered to spend 30 seconds contemplating something someone said to decide if it makes sense or not. That would upset your happy little groupthink world view. You go with whatever popular opinion is, not what the facts support. You dislike me more because I only have 600 odd posts, and have only been here a few months. If I had a couple thousand posts, and had been here 2-3 years, you wouldn't be questioning anything I had to say. On a somewhat personal note. I genuinely feel sorry for you. Yours must be a sad and lonely existence. You can be surrounded by people, and still be all alone.
Now, to anyone else... I again invite you to review my "credentials" as well as my posting history. I stand by my work, and don't expect anyone to blindly follow me. I think if you actually spend a little time actually thinking about what I said, before being so rudely interrupted, you'll find it makes sense. Make up your own mind whether or not to believe me. Don't let someone try and bully you into believing what they believe.