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Leopard Upgraders Getting "Blue Screen of Death"

Posted by kdawson on from the they're-called-haxies-for-a-reason dept.

Z80xxc! writes "Some Mac users upgrading to Apple's new Leopard operating system are encountering long delays on reboot — an experience they liken to the Windows 'Blue Screen of Death.' While some of those upgrading were able to access their computer after waiting for as long as several hours, others were forced to do a complete reinstall. Some suspect that a framework called 'Application Enhancer' by Unsanity LLC may be causing the problem, but there has been no official word from Apple at this point."

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  1. When posting replies to this article by JamesRose · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Just remember, if windows got taken down by a third party app, not only would you be screaming and shouting about bill gates and phalluses, but also you would be baying for the blood of anyone who dare use windows. Hippocracy is not pretty people (unless you are wearing purple, in which case it totally complements the outfit)

    1. Re:When posting replies to this article by mattgreen · · Score: 1, Flamebait

      Oh please, you don't need to look hard to see what comments get moderated up on this site. Groupthink is strong here, whether you notice it or not. Say the right thing and you'll be rewarded with meaningless moderation points, and a bunch of "me too" responses. Throw in some classic Slashdot cliches to really fit in, and you'll do great. People would rather devolve every discussion into this needlessly epic "us vs. them" debate so they can justify their dogma. I'm not terribly surprised though, given that people pride themselves on not reading articles here. Knowing that, who wants their kudos anyway?

      Overall the "there's more than one person here" argument is something you can say to feel better, but that doesn't make it true.

  2. Re:indeed by thannine · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    You just got to love the apple fanboy's logic and intelligence here. There just isn't any adequate any to answer a claim like that.

  3. Re:Archive and install by Brian+Gordon · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Wow, what a terrible idea. It's like WinXP logic for font installing- Explorer is consistent _except_ for the font folder which calls the font register-er when you drop files into it. Finder is consistent _except_ for the applications folder which installs system services and processes scripts every time you drop a dmg into it. Hm.

  4. That's what you get for using cheap knockoffs! by Britz · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    If you want BSD, get a real BSD.

    They even come in flavours:

    www.freebsd.org (for the bleeding edge riding speed monkey)
    www.netbsd.org (for the toaster owner)
    www.openbsd.org (for the paranoid)