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MaximumPC Demystifies the BSOD
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Not one yet under the Win7 64 beta.
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Actually our main problems have been with Linux server crashes lately. I can not remember the last time I saw a BSOD, but I love articles about it. Takes me down memory lane.
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The last BSOD I got was when I had a faulty stick of RAM 5 years ago or so.
OSX 10.4 on an Intel MacBook Pro 15 on the other hand, has once dimmed the screen and informed me in multiple languages that I must shut the power off due to an unrecoverable error.
I've seen countless kernel panics in Linux, but none remotely recent enough to count for anything... all 8+ years ago.
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@axiomatic: I have TOTALLY had dumber comments. And have you read some of the FB comments. Yowza!
@d4rksektor: Really? 80% of the time my mac has hung up, it had given me error codes. Of course, type 66 is no help until you get a list.
@Paradise: Nah. I was trying to be humorous. I don't always succeed, but it was funny.
@All: In all my years of using my PC's, I have never had a BSOD. ::knocks on wood:: My comment was meant to be funny as only Windows has a "BSOD". The other OS's/Computers have their own version, but it's not a BSOD. It's like the easiest way to avoid buying a crappy Ford is to buy a Chevy.
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"many of us that have PCs have much better hardware than you get with a Mac, there is no escape."
Bha ahaahahahahha.
Look, there are plenty of well-built PC's out there, but I can guarantee you that the MAJORITY of them are not using better hardware than a Mac.
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Maybe not the majority of cheap big box store brands, but Apple still does have a large number of well covered-up flaws in their hardware.
[www.appledefects.com]
On the bright side, once the problems are well known, they do move to fix them in future revisions.
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Macs have a "BSoD", it's called the bomb message. You know, the warning message with the bomb icon that you needed to click on restart.
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@Shane Killgore: I tracked the problem down. My USB is JUST long enough to reach the computer, but I added a 1.5 foot extended cable to reduce any strain. One of the JerseyCats must have been fighting/chasing bugs under there and knocked it loose. All 4 cams up and running now. Anyone stopping by, drop me an IM!