grawk Posted May 28, 2010 Report Share Posted May 28, 2010 Apple treated me right, tho I ordered the wrong replacement memory, so now I have to wait. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blessingx Posted June 10, 2010 Report Share Posted June 10, 2010 (edited) An old interview I can across on longform.org this morning where Jobs sounds very different. Thought some of you might enjoy too. http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/4.02/jobs_pr.html "The problem is I'm older now, I'm 40 years old, and this stuff doesn't change the world. It really doesn't." Edited June 10, 2010 by blessingx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopstretch Posted June 10, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2010 just get a 27" i7 iMac. Mine came last night. Planning on migrating everything over this afternoon then repacking for transit down South next week. May run a few benchmarks just for fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salt Peanuts Posted June 10, 2010 Report Share Posted June 10, 2010 Nice, Stretch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voltron Posted June 10, 2010 Report Share Posted June 10, 2010 "The problem is I'm older now, I'm 40 years old, and this stuff doesn't change the world. It really doesn't." Oh yes it does! It changes everything [again]. Did he use the words "magical" or "revolutionary"? Mine came last night. Planning on migrating everything over this afternoon then repacking for transit down South next week. May run a few benchmarks just for fun! Sweet. That thing must smoke. Maybe you can post a few more times a day again with its increased speed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopstretch Posted June 12, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2010 Sweet. That thing must smoke. Maybe you can post a few more times a day again with its increased speed. After migrating all my data over, now it won't boot! Faaaaaaaaaaark. Beginning troubleshooting process. If it's anything more than a disk issue, it'll have to go back for refund as the movers come Monday and it's a little big to fit in hand luggage! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agile_one Posted June 12, 2010 Report Share Posted June 12, 2010 Bummer, Stretch. How did you "migrate"your data? Time Machine via Migration Assistant? I've had good luck with that in past. Sorry to hear ... just what you (don't) need at final weekend before an intercontinental move. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopstretch Posted June 12, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2010 Yeah, I used Migration Assistant and it went fine. New Mac was working fine. When I restarted, though, it was White Screen Of Death. So far, managed to boot from install DVD and repair the startup volume -- but that didn't fix the issue. Now running the hardware test. Last resort will be a full reformat and restore from Time Machine, assuming it can see the external drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shellylh Posted June 12, 2010 Report Share Posted June 12, 2010 Major major bummer Stretch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopstretch Posted June 12, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2010 Good news is it doesn't seem to be a hardware issue. Doing a clean install and if it boots OK after that then I'll sink the nine hours required into a full restore. Pray for mojo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grawk Posted June 12, 2010 Report Share Posted June 12, 2010 do a system migration from the backup rather than a restore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopstretch Posted June 12, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2010 Won't boot from a clean install. I think that's game over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voltron Posted June 12, 2010 Report Share Posted June 12, 2010 FFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Total Apple Rape at the last second. So so sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knuckledragger Posted June 12, 2010 Report Share Posted June 12, 2010 That blows, Stretch. Probably better that it happened now than after the move, I suppose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopstretch Posted June 12, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2010 It's not over until the fat naked lady sings no longer displays her boobs as my wallpaper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aardvark baguette Posted June 12, 2010 Report Share Posted June 12, 2010 lots of apple issues on hc lately Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopstretch Posted June 12, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2010 This is a weird one. The bugger booted perfectly out of the box and seems physically perfect (awesome display, no yellow tint, no dead pixels, diagnostics OK), but something clearly went awry in the migration process. I nuked the HD from orbit a second time, booted from the install DVD, repaired the startup disk and was finally able to get up and running. Now migrating again from a separate backup volume. Fingers crossed! BTW, this is my 4th iMac and first ever issue with going from one to another. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Monkey Posted June 12, 2010 Report Share Posted June 12, 2010 'Stretch, make them replace the fucker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aardvark baguette Posted June 12, 2010 Report Share Posted June 12, 2010 If I ever get another, the only migration will be moving over music ripping stuff; XLD / MAX, maybe VLC. Or I can just download it. Do you have your itunes music on the OS drive? Or external? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopstretch Posted June 12, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2010 Fuck this shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Hopstretch Posted June 12, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2010 VICTORY IS MINE! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shellylh Posted June 12, 2010 Report Share Posted June 12, 2010 Congrat! I like how you need two monitors to read head-case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopstretch Posted June 12, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2010 Corrupt login items. Fffffuuuu. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voltron Posted June 12, 2010 Report Share Posted June 12, 2010 NM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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