Yet Another Leopard Issue - Page 2 - iPhone 3G

mrarmbar22 · 11-09-2007, 02:14 PM

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Originally Posted by MacManPro

I had no issues on my Mac Mini. Smooth install, didn't even have the blue screen of death.

I still haven't solved the issue. I tried to Install Tiger and Leopard, no dice. I called Apple, and I'm taking it in tomorrow.

Mac Man,
Is your book set to the highest performance setting when you tried to instal Leopard? I had the same issue but it worked once I set my computer to the optimum performance setting. Also, keep your laptop plugged in and DON'T let it go to sleep.
The laptop going to sleep is what caused this so make sure you keep moving your mouse every once and a while. Also, setting your laptop to optimum performance will speed up the install process.
TC

Lincoln · 11-09-2007, 09:14 PM

No, going to sleep did not cause it. It didn't sleep in the entire process.

Apple has it now, and said I should have it back by tomorrow.

x999x · 11-09-2007, 09:54 PM

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Originally Posted by MacManPro

No, going to sleep did not cause it. It didn't sleep in the entire process.

Apple has it now, and said I should have it back by tomorrow.

Leopard isn't as "smooth" as I was expecting it to be come update time.

It locked up my aluminum imac during the "Welcome" video, which really suprised me to be honest.

Lincoln · 11-09-2007, 11:14 PM

The welcome video disappointed me - It was just in a little Setup Assistant window. I wanted full screen.

x999x · 11-10-2007, 09:36 PM

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Originally Posted by MacManPro

The welcome video disappointed me - It was just in a little Setup Assistant window. I wanted full screen.

Well the music sounded cool. Is there any way to watch it again? Did a quick video search without luck, so I guess its part of something else.

geordisjd · 11-11-2007, 01:09 AM

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Originally Posted by x999x

Well the music sounded cool. Is there any way to watch it again? Did a quick video search without luck, so I guess its part of something else.

Check

THIS OUT.

x999x · 11-11-2007, 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by geordisjd

Check

THIS OUT.

Thanks for this, but it appears I'll get another chance to watch it again

I'm taking back my 24" aluminum iMac for a 3rd replacement right now.

I can't even begin to explain how sad I am. That's right, I'm not furious I've wasted 72 hours on reinstalls, restores, upgrades and long calls to apple support... I'm sad because if this next iMac continues to freeze like these first to have, my wife demands that I switch back to PC.

I have done every system update and have done every apple support recommendation, but I just cannot stop randomly freezing.

It was so cool it was running all my PC programs perfectly through vmware. Its all I needed to keep that half of me satiated, sure gonna miss that.

Wish me luck, third time is a charm I hear.

x999x · 11-12-2007, 03:41 AM

Alright, I managed to sneak yet another exchange in... Yep, my 4th 24 inch aluminum imac... I'm dying for this one to work, the 3rd one was rock solid but... it had a dead pixel. Talk about bad luck.

Oh yeah I forgot why I was posting, thats right... Having seen the intro 3 times now, and heard it 4, I've noticed that the Leopard intro you linked has different music. Maybe thats what you hear when you have the full disc install back on launch. I've got the drop-in Leopard with these imacs. The seal was literally cut open so they could add the Leopard cd. Anyway, heres the music I hear, I actually like it a lot. I think its whats been possessing me to continue to seek out the perfect imac, or should I say one that just works...

Heres the vid:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4TeKG98kiQ

geordisjd · 11-12-2007, 05:32 AM

Did you watch the other videos? I love the laptop booting up in WindowsXP with nothing happening for 5 minutes, except the guys' feet coming on and off the screen, then the room's lights being turned off while it's still booting. Guess the guy gave up and went out to buy an iMac.
Hope your 4th iMac's the charm.

x999x · 11-12-2007, 06:23 AM

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Originally Posted by geordisjd

Did you watch the other videos? I love the laptop booting up in WindowsXP with nothing happening for 5 minutes, except the guys' feet coming on and off the screen, then the room's lights being turned off while it's still booting. Guess the guy gave up and went out to buy an iMac.
Hope your 4th iMac's the charm.

I just watched it actually, and it reminds me of why I'm in the midst of switching back to mac.

In all fairness, the computer they're booting XP on is rather archaic, kinda like trying to boot Leopard up on one of those macbooks that look like candy clamshells, or whatever predates those. Still, it does show off one of the problems that has been really bugging me about PC, and thats the whole Antivirus/Firewall/Spyware thing.

What it comes down to is having to buy a more powerful setup more often to minimize the system overhead of turning your PC into Fort Knox just to do a little web browsing. The downside to this is that if you don't upgrade to keep up with having a 400 meg virus definition list get cross referenced at every boot you're going to pay for it by waiting longer and longer to finally get into your PC and get down to business.

I've had to uninstall the antivirus/firewall software from my wife's PC because I noticed she stopped turning it off. When I asked her why she said it was because it took forever for it to load and she didn't want/need to use it anymore by the time it did load up. If all goes well on this 4th mac, we'll probably get her one too so I don't really care what happens to her PC at this point.

Now, if only Apple could just sell me a Mac that works I'd be one happy camper.

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