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Hello, everyone!
HaHaWorld here. I'm the guy who's been living in G5 Quad hell for the past year and a half. Thanks to all who gave me advice. I just wanted you to know that I've been to the Genius Bar 4 times in the past month. I took my entire MIDI setup with me and demonstrated the slow disk errors and dropouts that have been plaguing me from day one. Each Genius (save one), made me feel like I was an intruder, even though I have a ProCare card. A great Genius named Charles is the only one who gave me undivided attention and did not keep reminding me that my fifteen minutes were almost up. Here are the steps I have taken in the past month, per the Apple Store Genius Bar instructions:
The first visit: Re-install all your audio software, samples and loops (I did this, and the problem persisted)
The second visit: Do an archive and re-install (I did this, and the problem persisted)
The third visit: They checked it in for a diagnostic. They called me and said, "It must be your RAM. We took out the additional 6G of RAM you installed yourself, and GarageBand and Logic Pro 8 are running fine now!" (I picked up the machine and tried to start Logic 8 with only the original 512MB RAM. Logic 8 will barely run without 1024, so that didn't work either. I don't know what the guy who took my RAM out was smoking, but 512MB just ain't enough, folks.)
The fourth visit: Here's the (partial) good news: They finally agreed that my G5 Quad is a lemon, and are replacing it with a 2.66GHz Dual Core Intel machine. It's only partially good news, because I'm trading a Quad for a Dual (albeit a Quad that isn't worth the cardboard it came in).
I just wanted you all to know what's been going on. I'll keep you posted and let you know how the Dual Core fires up. I hate to say it, but I'm not optimistic. This is the first time in my life I've been tempted to move into the world of PCs.
HaHaWorld
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JonRaven What Mac To Buy? Sun 16 Sep 2007, 20:05 Jim Hoyland We have 8 dual G5s and 7 MacPros running in variou... Sat 22 Sep 2007, 11:57 lepetitmartien Thanks Jim, more mac pro input than I've heard... Sun 23 Sep 2007, 03:28![|](style_images/en/to_down_pipe.gif) JonRaven Yes this is a grreat posting reply Jim. Thanks so... Sun 23 Sep 2007, 06:55 Mac Daddy Jim Hoyland,
I knew there was a reason I liked yo... Sun 23 Sep 2007, 14:56![|](style_images/en/to_down_pipe.gif) JonRaven ok so now that I know i want a dual g5 2.5 machine... Sun 23 Sep 2007, 19:59 lepetitmartien errhhhhhh
Maybe some reading over the G5 family w... Mon 24 Sep 2007, 04:28 Mac Daddy lepetitmartien.... "errhhhhhh. Maybe some rea... Mon 24 Sep 2007, 08:31 JonRaven in that case... merci Mon 24 Sep 2007, 14:17 lepetitmartien I point the solution to cover the basics and more,... Tue 25 Sep 2007, 02:56 JonRaven tres' bien, merci
I look very forward to hear... Tue 25 Sep 2007, 03:04 lepetitmartien Well, no Leopard, no iPhone, no keynote, not very ... Tue 25 Sep 2007, 22:57 mishmashmole I have seen referrals to this thread when people a... Wed 26 Sep 2007, 12:57 mortalengines Go ahead and upgrade to Live 6. I did and I have... Thu 27 Sep 2007, 04:55 mishmashmole Wow, it's nice to know someone out there has t... Thu 27 Sep 2007, 09:36 lepetitmartien Ttt G5 are either mono, MP or dual cores, with the... Wed 10 Oct 2007, 23:58![|](style_images/en/to_down_pipe.gif) JonRaven thank you so very much for your collective help.
... Thu 11 Oct 2007, 00:07 Mac Daddy [thank you so very much for your collective help.
... Thu 11 Oct 2007, 13:54 lepetitmartien Yeah cool deal you got! the most important is ... Fri 12 Oct 2007, 14:18 JonRaven Yeah i feel i got an amazing deal as well. And it... Sat 13 Oct 2007, 11:30 lepetitmartien 512 MB of RAM is a laugh, OS X to start being aliv... Fri 26 Oct 2007, 23:25 rcross73 And actually, your dual-core 2.66 Intel machine? ... Sat 27 Oct 2007, 15:16 hahaworld Thanks for the good words, friends! I'm pi... Sat 27 Oct 2007, 15:41 Mac Daddy hahaworld,
Bravo! Hurray! Yippeeeee! ... Sun 28 Oct 2007, 13:58
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