To shut down or not to shut down...that is the...

Hi
Got an early 2008 MAC Pro...is it best to leave the computer on all week, shutting down maybe over the weekend, or is there harm in shutting everything down every night...got about 2 TB worth of hard drives in it. Does it really matter?
Thanks
K

I leave mine on all the time and put it to sleep when I'm not using it. I've got four 750 GB Seagate drives in my April 2007 Mac Pro. Lots of people have their opinion about thermal stresses on solder joints and mechanical stress on spinning up hard drives but I feel the point is moot. Most of the components become outdated and are replaced long before failure due to these effects.
My biggest concern is that it generates enough heat to warm up my den in the winter even when I'm doing light web surfing. Although it doesn't cost much to leave the computer on all the time in the summer the heat it generates has to be removed by my air conditioning and since I live in the desert that can cost a bit more to leave it idling which is why I put it to sleep when I'm not using it.

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To EAR or not to EAR? That is the question.

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What really is the benefit to EAR'ing other than supposedly making
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essential. And as far as the second reason goes... I don't see that
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[email protected]

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undeploy applications in a clean manner. This can give you the
possibility of having hot upgrades on a production system amongst other
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Research professional
CIRANO
"Michael J. Hudson" wrote:
Ok, I'm near the tail-end of a long upgrade process from 5.1 to 6.1,
and man,
were there some major bumps to get over. And the thing is... a good
number
of the problems were dealing with the new J2EE packaging specs, i.e.
EAR,
WAR files.
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to solve my
problems other than putting the soap.jar INTO my EAR file (which I
don't like)
seperate from my SOAP WAR file (which was also in the EAR). Then
define
a manifest file that pointed the files in the SOAP WAR outside of
itself
to the SOAP JAR file in my EAR. See... If the JAR was inside the WAR
it wasn't
able to access any of my beans... and outside the WAR, the files in
the WAR couldn't get to the JAR.
Second, we use Toplink. And in one case, we actually serialize an
object to
the database using Toplink (not always a good idea, but made sense
here). Now,
in pre-EAR 5.1 days, this was all fine and good. But with the EAR,
all hell
seem to break loose. Essentially, Toplink... being part of the App's
container
environment is independent of the whole EAR classloader stuff. You
NEED the
Toplink JAR files in the system classpath (not inside the EAR), which
is fine and what I would want. However, when you deserialize the
object and Toplink
needs a reference to the class it's being deserialized into... well,
being
outside the EAR... you have to put that class reference in the system
class
path. And of course, that class has dependencies on a number of other
classes
in the system (including, eventually an EJB or 2)... and well, we
almost
ended up having to put a whole thing outside of the EAR and back into
the
system classpath again. But I was able to modularize some things a
little
more, and package what I needed into a jar file and put that on the
system
classpath without affecting the deployment of EJBs in the EAr.
Third, I'm having problems getting my JMS to access a listener class
inside
the EAR. I haven't fully confirmed this... but from what I've read,
this
seems like a similar problem as described above. And, you need to
somehow
get that in your classpath. Of course, dependency-wise, that WILL be
pulling
in some of the EJBs.... and now, I have a couple of my EJBs back in
the
classpath... UGH!!! Well, eventually, I'll refactor this stuff into
message
driven beans, and I can then supposedly get out of this whole. But,
for
the time being... that's where this is.
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What really is the benefit to EAR'ing other than supposedly making
your packaging of things cleaner AND the ability to port your
application to other
app servers easily. Cause, though the first reason is nice... it's
not
essential. And as far as the second reason goes... I don't see that
changing
anytime soon. It just seems that every problem I get is related to
this
stuff, and it's very annoying. And I'm not sure what I REALLY get
from the
EAR that's worth all the pain??
-Michael J. Hudson
[email protected]

To subclass, or not to subclass? That is the question.

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More generally, given close siblings when should you choose a single class with options and when should you subclass? (Assume that the single class is not so big that division is a practical necessity.)

You can always use the Decorator (GoF) pattern. Look at what Sun did with collections. You have List (and ArrayList, etc.). There is also a method in Collections: synchronizedList(). That 'wraps' the normal list with a decorator that provides synchronization. For your application, take the 'base' functionality and add a decorator for paint() and fire().
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AbstractButton
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ComplicatedButton extends AbstractButton (with constructor and extra methods)
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Why can I not open a attachment that has the suffix .mpe?

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I am hesitant to believe that the reason they can open the file and I can't is because they are running mountain lion and I am not. It would seem to me that Quicktime is Quicktime no matter which operating system one is using, or...?
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To Shut Down or not to Shut Down that is the question

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[SOLVED]cann't to startx then broken down that used the nvidia driver

pc：lenovo-y400 graphics：nvidia GT 650m（Special Display Card） kernel：linux-3.12.6-1 driver：nvidia-304 nvidai-331.20
when i use the nouveau ，that be ok。
lspci |grep VGA >>01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GK107M [GeForce GT 650M] (rev a1)
lsmod |grep nvidia dmsge|grep nvidia >> it's ok.
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[ 20.632]
X.Org X Server 1.14.5
Release Date: 2013-12-12
[ 20.633] X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[ 20.633] Build Operating System: Linux 3.12.5-1-ARCH x86_64
[ 20.634] Current Operating System: Linux skk556 3.12.6-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Dec 20 19:39:00 CET 2013 x86_64
[ 20.635] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-linux root=UUID=3f690a11-9fc3-4d97-b739-36c00962fa80 rw quiet
[ 20.636] Build Date: 13 December 2013 03:11:42PM
[ 20.636]
[ 20.636] Current version of pixman: 0.32.4
[ 20.637] Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
[ 20.638] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[ 20.640] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Mon Dec 30 14:29:44 2013
[ 20.670] (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
[ 20.671] (==) Using config directory: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[ 20.697] (==) No Layout section. Using the first Screen section.
[ 20.697] (==) No screen section available. Using defaults.
[ 20.697] (**) |-->Screen "Default Screen Section" (0)
[ 20.697] (**) | |-->Monitor "<default monitor>"
[ 20.698] (==) No device specified for screen "Default Screen Section".
Using the first device section listed.
[ 20.698] (**) | |-->Device "Device0"
[ 20.698] (==) No monitor specified for screen "Default Screen Section".
Using a default monitor configuration.
[ 20.698] (==) Automatically adding devices
[ 20.698] (==) Automatically enabling devices
[ 20.698] (==) Automatically adding GPU devices
[ 20.742] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/OTF/" does not exist.
[ 20.742] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 20.742] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/Type1/" does not exist.
[ 20.742] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 20.743] (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/".
[ 20.743] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 20.743] (Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/").
[ 20.743] (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/".
[ 20.743] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 20.743] (Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/").
[ 20.743] (==) FontPath set to:
/usr/share/fonts/misc/,
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/
[ 20.743] (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
[ 20.743] (II) The server relies on udev to provide the list of input devices.
If no devices become available, reconfigure udev or disable AutoAddDevices.
[ 20.743] (II) Loader magic: 0x7fec20
[ 20.743] (II) Module ABI versions:
[ 20.743] X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
[ 20.743] X.Org Video Driver: 14.1
[ 20.743] X.Org XInput driver : 19.1
[ 20.743] X.Org Server Extension : 7.0
[ 20.743] (II) xfree86: Adding drm device (/dev/dri/card0)
[ 20.745] (--) PCI:*(0:1:0:0) 10de:0fd1:17aa:3972 rev 161, Mem @ 0xc2000000/16777216, 0xb0000000/268435456, 0xc0000000/33554432, I/O @ 0x00003000/128, BIOS @ 0x????????/524288
[ 20.746] Initializing built-in extension Generic Event Extension
[ 20.757] Initializing built-in extension SHAPE
[ 20.767] Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM
[ 20.777] Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension
[ 20.786] Initializing built-in extension XTEST
[ 20.795] Initializing built-in extension BIG-REQUESTS
[ 20.803] Initializing built-in extension SYNC
[ 20.811] Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD
[ 20.819] Initializing built-in extension XC-MISC
[ 20.827] Initializing built-in extension SECURITY
[ 20.834] Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA
[ 20.841] Initializing built-in extension XFIXES
[ 20.847] Initializing built-in extension RENDER
[ 20.854] Initializing built-in extension RANDR
[ 20.860] Initializing built-in extension COMPOSITE
[ 20.865] Initializing built-in extension DAMAGE
[ 20.870] Initializing built-in extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
[ 20.875] Initializing built-in extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
[ 20.879] Initializing built-in extension RECORD
[ 20.883] Initializing built-in extension DPMS
[ 20.888] Initializing built-in extension X-Resource
[ 20.892] Initializing built-in extension XVideo
[ 20.895] Initializing built-in extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
[ 20.899] Initializing built-in extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
[ 20.902] Initializing built-in extension XFree86-DGA
[ 20.905] Initializing built-in extension XFree86-DRI
[ 20.908] Initializing built-in extension DRI2
[ 20.908] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
[ 20.952] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
[ 21.903] (II) Module glx: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
[ 21.903] compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
[ 21.903] Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[ 21.903] (II) NVIDIA GLX Module 331.20 Wed Oct 30 17:36:48 PDT 2013
[ 21.921] Loading extension GLX
[ 21.921] (II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
[ 21.939] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so
[ 22.063] (II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
[ 22.063] compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
[ 22.063] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 22.067] (II) NVIDIA dlloader X Driver 331.20 Wed Oct 30 17:16:53 PDT 2013
[ 22.067] (II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all Supported NVIDIA GPUs
[ 22.068] (++) using VT number 1
[ 22.073] (II) Loading sub module "fb"
[ 22.073] (II) LoadModule: "fb"
[ 22.077] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfb.so
[ 22.088] (II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 22.088] compiled for 1.14.5, module version = 1.0.0
[ 22.088] ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[ 22.088] (WW) Unresolved symbol: fbGetGCPrivateKey
[ 22.088] (II) Loading sub module "wfb"
[ 22.088] (II) LoadModule: "wfb"
[ 22.088] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libwfb.so
[ 22.090] (II) Module wfb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 22.090] compiled for 1.14.5, module version = 1.0.0
[ 22.090] ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[ 22.090] (II) Loading sub module "ramdac"
[ 22.090] (II) LoadModule: "ramdac"
[ 22.090] (II) Module "ramdac" already built-in
[ 22.116] (II) NVIDIA(0): Creating default Display subsection in Screen section
"Default Screen Section" for depth/fbbpp 24/32
[ 22.116] (==) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (==) framebuffer bpp 32
[ 22.116] (==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888
[ 22.116] (==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
[ 22.116] (==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
[ 22.117] (**) NVIDIA(0): Enabling 2D acceleration
[ 26.350] (EE) NVIDIA(GPU-0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA GPU at PCI:1:0:0. Please
[ 26.350] (EE) NVIDIA(GPU-0): check your system's kernel log for additional error
[ 26.350] (EE) NVIDIA(GPU-0): messages and refer to Chapter 8: Common Problems in the
[ 26.350] (EE) NVIDIA(GPU-0): README for additional information.
[ 26.350] (EE) NVIDIA(GPU-0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA graphics device!
[ 26.350] (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failing initialization of X screen 0
[ 26.350] (II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
[ 26.350] (II) UnloadSubModule: "wfb"
[ 26.350] (II) UnloadSubModule: "fb"
[ 26.350] (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.
[ 26.350] (EE)
Fatal server error:
[ 26.350] (EE) no screens found(EE)
[ 26.350] (EE)
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
at http://wiki.x.org
for help.
[ 26.350] (EE) Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
[ 26.350] (EE)
[ 26.369] (EE) Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file.
what“s wrong？
Last edited by skk556 (2014-01-01 12:46:37)

ewaller wrote:
skk556,
Welcome to Arch Linux. To be honest, this thread is a bit of a mess. As Karol and Jellicent have indicated, we have standards for posting large blocks of text output. We also expect these forums to be in English. Please clean up your first post and provide translations. I understand that English is probably not your native language. You might want to post a thread in your native language on the "Other Languages" portion of our site.
Thanks.
Just like you said，i‘m sorry to that，I 'll take your advice.As you can see,"in your native language on the "Other Languages" portion of our site",that is slow to take my problem.When i read a thread https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1346506 ,i try to solve it.
Thanks a lot.
Oh
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html is the best suggestion for me.
Last edited by skk556 (2014-01-01 12:24:32)

My ipad will not connect to anything that uses the internet.

I have owned it for over a year and suddenly it exits out of Safari, Netflix, iTunes, iBooks.... etc. It's not the wifi itself because we have Apple laptops that work just fine. I click on iTunes and then it just exits out of it and goes back to the homescreen. This is just irritating the BEJEZUZ out of me and I feel like smashing it right now! This has been going on for a few weeks now HELP!!!

Try two things:
1. Unplug (literally) your router for a few seconds, then plug it back in
2. Reboot your iPad: Press and hold BOTH the power and home buttons at the SAME time for at least 10 seconds (ignore the red slider to shut down) until the Apple Logo appears, then let go fo both buttons and your iPad will restart.
See if you can then access the internet.........

Frozen but not frozen...that is the question!??

Hi,
I've been searching everywhere for a solution. The last 6 months or so, at random, my macbook pro will "freeze" on a certain app. Most often this will be safari. But it doesn't freeze in the normal sense...I can carry on using safari, but if i it wont open other apps, i cant close down anything or shut down. If i go to force quit, there is nothing in there to force quit.
If any of that makes any sense what so ever, any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thank You!!!!

The AC adapter I have works with voltages from 100-240V and frequencies from 50-60Hz. It should work worldwide. The only difference is that you may need to buy a plug adapter to connect it to your local electrical system. These typically cost about £5 here in the UK, or $8-9.
I would recommend the dock for convenience, but it really is down to personal preference. If you think that $40 is a lot for a glorified stand with a pass through connector then you probably won't want it, unless you have a use for Apple's IR Remote which works with the dock.

To Restore or not restore...that is the question.

Alright, well I along with a ton of other people have upgraded to iTunes 7 and 1.2 software update for my iPod and now it wont sync anything. Will restoring the iPod bring it back down to the older version? and where can I get the older version of iTunes back until they fix this one? Thanks in advance.

Hello,
You basically have to make a choice and decide whether you want your iPod to have the windows FAT32 format or the Mac HFS+. I would recommend that if your iPod is still going to need to interface with a windows machine in the future to leave it in the windows format, otherwise you will need to install software on the pc to read the HFS+ format. HFS+ does have it's benefits though, especially if you use your iPod as a file storage/transfer device. Unfortunately FAT32 is limited to a maximum file size of 4GB. If you don't do any large file storage on the iPod, then it shouldn't be hard to decide on a format. You either decide to keep the ability to interface the iPod with pcs or not.
If you do decide to keep the iPod in FAT32 format you will need a pc to upgrade the iPod to the latest firmware. Simply download the latest updater from the Apple iPod Updater page ( http://www.apple.com/ipod/download/ )
hope that helps

10.4, or not to 10.4, that is the question

I have a powerbook G3 (Pismo) currently running 10.4.8, and I have been noticing the computer slowing down more and more with each update. It has now gotten to the point of unbearably slow, and I was wondering what I could do to speed it back up again, as I intend to use it for a while.

techy,
One thing I did notice in your computer info was the lack of memory; 256MB is just marginal for Tiger. The problem with insufficient RAM is the endless hits to Virtual Memory on the HD, a much, much slower process than using real RAM. Depending on your finances and what apps you are running, I would recommend a minimum of 512MB and ideally max out the RAM to 1GB. Here is one good source:
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/memory/iBooks-PowerBooks/G3-Pismo/
There are many other reasons for poor performance: Not enough free space on the HD; too many applications open; failure to run routine maintenance scripts like the cron scripts and flushing caches; processes running in the background eating up your CPU cycles, etc.
He is an excellent site which covers most of this:
http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/faqs.html
As a start, open your Activity Monitor in Applications > utilities; click on the CPU button at the bottom and see what percent of the CPU is 'idle' while you are not performing any tasks. Now click on System Memory and see how much free RAM you have. Also look at the 'Page ins/out' below free memory; if the page outs are in the tens of thousands, these are hits to VM. I currently have zero page outs.

Distrbution Point, or not to Distribution Point, that is the question... :)

I work for an organization with about 12,000 clients/servers and we are starting the process of migrating from SMP/Altiris to SCCM 2012 R2. We have a lot of sites with 7 Mbps connections and about 30-50 clients at each of those sites, the rest vary greatly.
Our general guidelines with SMP/Altiris have been any site that hosts OS deployment gets a package server. Any site with a 1 Gbps or higher link generally doesn't need a package server, but anything with less then 1 Gbps generally has a package
server.
I've been reading a lot on BrancheCache and some of the big benefits there. I'd say my overall desire is to shrink our footprint, so I am curious what other people had for recommendations. I know site utilization can vary by high degrees, and I understand
that what may work at your site, with your services/infrastructure may not work for ours. I am just looking to see if people are utilizing BrancheCache and have had good luck, and if they have had good luck not utilizing DPs at a lot of remote sites.
We will utilizing software deployment, updates, etc. Thanks.

Hi, Dont think anyone know's BranchCache better than us at the moment. Having said that, its hard for us to answer very generic questions, but I will give it a shot. If you want more info have a look at our FAQ here first and then I am happy to respone more:
http://2pintsoftware.com/2psfaqs
Is 30-50 clients an issue for BranchCache: No, we do our general testing with about 50 clients, works great. Can you use more than 50 clients: Yes.
Does BranchCache require any specific network speed? No, not really, but it obviously takes longer to get the content down the slower it is. We do most bandwidth simulations on links between 512Kb/s to 5Mb/s.
Has a lot of people deployed BranchCache? No, since it hasnt worked for Task Sequences on Pro machines and for OSD, until now as Jason points out. Will it change, yeah well we wouldnt found a company promoting it if we didnt believe in it. ;-)
//Andreas
Proud Co-Founder of 2Pint Software
http://2pintsoftware.com

Buy or not to buy? that is the question !!

I have a powerbook already and I love macs, I being thinking about buying an iMac to have at home and enjoy the sweetness of the dual core intel processors but when I start reading "rumors" web pages I came down to the question of if it was the proper moment to buy an iMac or not, I mean, we have "Leopard" stepping at our doors an there are rumors about it coming on the end of march or beginnings of April, and possibly the computers may update then too, so should I buy it now? I don't mind to wait a little time to get some thing better like leopard or a little more of ram or video memory, what should I do?

Hi Kornfobic
Elmac is right as far as I am concerned. I just bought this iMac about three weeks ago knowing that I'll probably have to pay extra for Leopard whenever it comes out. I don't for a minute regret getting the iMac now instead of waiting. It is SOOOO much better than the old G4 I had. I am having a real ball working with it and, as a sort of bonus, when Leopard actually does come out I will no doubt upgrade and enjoy yet again all the new features as if I had just purchased yet another iMac.
Go for it.
Rick

IDE or not to IDE? That is the question!

Hello. I have been wondering about getting an IDE controller card? I know it would help, so I could put OS X on a larger hard drive and OS 9.2.2 on another? But how much of an actual difference will I see in performance? Or will I?
- PowerMac G3 (Sonnet G4-500)
- Mac OS X (10.3.9)
- 640MB RAM
- Radeon 7000 64VRAM (PC-version flashed)
- Internal SCSI 8GB (10.2.8 - Jaguar)
- 80GB Western Digital (3 part. - 1 - 10.3.9; 2 - OS 9.2.2; 3 - for Files and Applications.)
- External SCSI 1GB with OS 9.2.2 for emergencies!
- OrangeMicro USB/Firewire PCI-card.
- LiteOn DVD-R/RW & CDRW combo.
I want to find out more about this because I'm tired of partitioning a hard drive for 2 operating systems. It makes troubleshooting a hard drive more difficult with it sharing a harddrive.
Thanx!
Powermac G3 MT/Sonnet G4-500Mhz-OC'ed 566Mhz 75 Bus Spd. Mac OS X (10.3.9) Radeon 7000/VE 64MB, 640 MB Ram, 80 GB WD, 9GB SCSI, LiteOn DVD R+RW, USB/FW

Thank you everybody for the quick response!!!
And thank you Allan for reminding me about power draw from the cards.
I'll choose one that best suits my budget!
Yeh, about the power draw issue; eh..hem...I upgraded my wifes Video Card that was in her Wintel (eMachine). I put the PCI version of the ATI Radeon 9250 256MB in it, failing to READ the requirements for WATTage of the power supply. Well, it ran fine for a couple months, when the machine wasn't cooling the way it should. An intermittent SHUT-OFF a couple of weeks ago, gave me a sign. Especially when I went to boot it, and the sucker kept beeping! Well, I tried everything, and to my dismay I found out from a friend that I fried the motherboard.
So, I'm typing this on her new DELL (SMELL, I like to call it.)
I'm safely assuming that this has to be true even for Macintosh computers. "Read the Specs" please!
Powermac G3 MT/Sonnet G4-500Mhz-OC'ed 566Mhz 75 Bus Spd. Mac OS X (10.3.9) Radeon 7000/VE 64MB, 640 MB Ram, 80 GB WD, 9GB SCSI, LiteOn DVD R+RW, USB/FW

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