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Apple 10.4.11 Update Can Brick Macs With Boot Camp
g-san writes "Some Mac users are having problems with the latest 10.4.11 update, yours truly included. The problem seems to be caused by the presence of a Boot Camp partition and renders the Mac unable to reboot after the update fails. Note the Geniuses at the Apple stores are recommending a full disk wipe; but data can be recovered via Firewire." MacNN has a note up that if you fall victim to this "known issue" and need to reformat the disk, you can't reinstall Boot Camp because it is no longer available to OS X 10.4 Tiger users.
This seems like a rather glaring oversight. The only reason that something available previously being available only for newer versions of a product is to force someone to upgrade.
I'm sure this is definitely mod-bait, but Apple's Boot Camp beta has expired.
If you have Boot Camp installed now, and it's not on your new Leopard operating system, you're running pirated software; you are in violation of the EULA; do not pass "Go;" do not collect $200.
I realize the issue is that people have beef with the fact that they've been getting Boot Camp for free, and now Apple, bastards that they are, have the gall to use the finished product as a means to make money. They have always been open and upfront with the fact that Boot Camp Beta was a limited license, set to expire, and that the new version would be a part of Leopard, a pay-for-upgrade product.
Where's the beef?
If you've got a pirated version of Photoshop, you install an Adobe-branded update that notices your copy is in violation of their EULA, and they cripple it, do you really think you've got any sort of recourse? It's like filing a police report that someone has stolen your marijuana (apologies to the cool countries that legalized it, maybe the bug up our ass will die one day).
Apple's position, legitimized by the American legal system (and any legal system that recognizes EULAs for that matter), is that they released a software update that wouldn't cripple anyone that was in compliance with the law and the EULA. Only those in violation are hosed.
Shady business tactic? Maybe.
Legally justified? Absolutely, 100%, no question, without a doubt.
Rubbish. I work as a mac technician and I haven't witnessed any issues with this new update. Its most likely caused by disk corruption more than anything else, can't believe this made news.. Same with Vista being in the top ten worst tech list. I can speak for the rest of us by saying "a-duuuuuuh..!!"
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In other news...
My car was bricked after running out of gas!
My phone was bricked after I failed to pay my bills!
My house was bricked after I locked my keys inside!
My dinner was bricked after I let it get cold!
The really sad thing was, I read the blurb, the article, the posts, etc. I moved on, as it was highly non-interesting. About 10 minutes later, I thought, "Heh, this is exactly the sort of thing people bitch about every single time kdawson posts. Wouldn't it be funny if it was a kdawson post?" 10 minutes after that, I'm back at slashdot and I notice, "Oh. It's a kdawson post. Fuck kdawson. Dude needs to get out more."
Also in other news: kdawson's girlfriend was bricked after his thumb cramped up!
-G
Their may be a grammatical error, misspeling, or evn a typo in this post.
You could have spent two minutes on Google (or even Apple's site as the procedure is outlined) to find out that you can turn back your Mac's clock and still use the Boot Camp beta. Or maybe you didn't realize that you can still use your Windows partition, you just can't use the Boot Camp Assistant to create a new one. In any case, you're an idiot.