
Adam
Audioholic Jedi
Because if I actually learn from my computer mistakes, then I'm on the verge of omniscience.Paying attention to Adam's suggestions in computer question thread? Why should I ?![]()
Because if I actually learn from my computer mistakes, then I'm on the verge of omniscience.Paying attention to Adam's suggestions in computer question thread? Why should I ?![]()
Well FML. I'm not sure what happened or what I did, but I was hooking everything up at my desk when I plug in my BD burner into the computer and suddenly the computer screen goes black and it shuts itself down. Now, as far as I can tell neither the computer nor the BD burner is functional. The computer makes the startup noise and I hear the HD spin up, but it stays with a black screen and the RPM's never drop below what sounds like full blast. If the thing is going to die and it wasn't my fault, I'm glad it happened now and not in the middle of the school year. If it is my fault, I have no idea what I did wrong. I'm fairly tech savvy and have a masters in educational technology, so it's not like computers are foreign to me. Oy vey.
First off, anyone have any ideas as to what's wrong or any questions to help me diagnose the issue? I'll be bringing it to a repair shop tomorrow to see what they have to say, but any info or questions to ask them would be helpful.
If the thing is shot (which I pray it isn't because I'm very nearly tapped) I guess I'll be looking at another macbook pro. I use my computer for streaming (movies and music), ripping, burning, document editing, website creation, skyping, plus all my speaker programs, I'm teaching myself a little CAD type stuff, and now that I'm going to be teaching I'm sure there will be video editing added to the mix. If there are any suggestions other than a macbook pro I'm open. My only requirements are that it has to be a laptop since I'll be bringing it to and from the school with me.
Thanks in advance
-fuzz
You and Craig should start your own "Mac haters" club.btw: Congrats to Fuzz on brand new and heavily overpriced laptop![]()
It is not that I hate Mac's per se. I hate the fact they are a closed system, cost too much, use same hardware as a PC at twice the price and a PIA to work with in my world. On top of that every person I know who has a Mac has windows installed as well which I find hilarious.You and Craig should start your own "Mac haters" club.![]()
For the records - I don't hate MacIt is not that I hate Mac's per se. I hate the fact they are a closed system, cost too much, use same hardware as a PC at twice the price and a PIA to work with in my world. On top of that every person I know who has a Mac has windows installed as well which I find hilarious.
I'll admit that I view it differently. I use to think the same as you, but not any more. It depends on what you want. I like silence and small form factors - the MB Air and Mac Mini are outstanding in that arena, utterly crushing the PC equivalents that I have. And I mean utterly. The Mini can be user upgraded pretty easily with any brand RAM or hard drive(s) you want. I don't follow the "same hardware as a PC" mentality because I'm not aware of PCs that use fans as quiet as these. Oh, doesn't mean they don't existI hate the fact they are a closed system, cost too much, use same hardware as a PC at twice the price...
Just use the Windows built in snipping tool to capture a picture.The one you gave me is video only? I don't see pic capture.
Possibly, I'm not knowledgeable enough to say for sure and I hadn't thought to ask the tech when he was checking things over.Static electricity?
Ah, expensive for sure, overpriced is a matter of perspective as Adam notedbtw: Congrats to Fuzz on brand new and heavily overpriced laptop![]()
See now from my point of view, as someone who only deals with old, outdated PC's that schools use, I hate windows and the unnecessarily complicated nature of PC's. Things aren't where I want them to be, it takes 3+ clicks to get something done when it only takes 1-2 clicks on my Mac. Plus I'd need to spend more just to avoid that cheap plasticky feel that I have in a PC laptop. Don't get me wrong, I've used plenty of PC's, laptop and desktop that I know I could be perfectly happy with, but I know I'd end up spending at least as much as I did on my macbook pro, it would have a larger form factor, be uglier (to me) and require more time and effort to get it the way I want it. Coming from a mac, there's something to be said for being able to restore from my time machine backup and be back up and running almost immediately (which I know you could probably do with a PC as well if I was coming from and going to). Right or wrong, I just view PC's as something I'd need to tinker with and ultimately relearn, which I don't have the time or patience for right now. OTOH, I don't necessairly disagree with anything that mac critics have to say about them. If and when my needs change and a PC can fulfill them better I'll switch over, or supplement. I already had plans on getting a cheap PC laptop to use for all the speaker software I run so I can unload parallels. Plus I'd like to build an HTPC as a fun project for that faraway time when I A) have some extra cash and B) don't have a list 20 items long of things that I have to replace or worry about replacing in the not too distant future. Plus there's some sort of ring I'm supposed to be looking into as wellIt is not that I hate Mac's per se. I hate the fact they are a closed system, cost too much, use same hardware as a PC at twice the price and a PIA to work with in my world. On top of that every person I know who has a Mac has windows installed as well which I find hilarious.