Tzale
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You guys want to hear something strange? Yesterday in a Graphics Design Techniques class, the 2 students using Mac Book Pros both lost work..... On a practical final exam worth 30% of their grade! The other 26 students using Windows operating systems didn't have one problem.. Makes you wonder... This is not even a joke because I really do respect Macs when it comes to graphic design work. I was amazed to see the only two people with problems both being Macs... What could have caused this?
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both lost work... What could have caused this?
Not being backed up? |
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RadioDoc
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Chicago, IL | And you would carry a full backup to a practical exam and have time to restore before the exam was over?
Please. 
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X Man
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Prove it. |
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RadioDoc
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Do you know what crashed? Was it hardware, the OS or a particular program?
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Re: Crashing MBPs...
'twas a lighthearted response. (I should have put in a smiley)
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How am I going to "prove it?" Is that what you post all the time whenever someone asks a question you don't like? I'm simply telling you that when both of these students were using Flash CS3 Professional (I don't know if it was a trial, legal copy, or illegal copy), both of their systems froze up within the 2 hour test period. Both had ample time left on their batteries (2-3 hours). Both were experienced Apple users. No one else had any problems, and I am posting this because I am quite AMAZED considering I rarely see any problems with MACs. I'm looking for legitimate answers. Please don't start your BS about me trolling. If you don't like my question, then you're free to ignore me an this thread.
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said by haroldo  : quote:
both lost work... What could have caused this?
Not being backed up? They made the mistake of not saving their work. If that is what you mean by not being backed up...
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said by RadioDoc :Do you know what crashed? Was it hardware, the OS or a particular program? The system hung until FLASH CS3 was terminated.
Also... Both batteries had ample charge, and they were experienced MAC users. Believe me.. I deal with this problem all the time on Windows Vista..
EDIT: One of the systems may have been connected to an outlet. The other was on battery. Not sure.
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said by Tzale :said by haroldo : quote:
both lost work... What could have caused this?
Not being backed up? They made the mistake of not saving their work. If that is what you mean by not being backed up... -Tzale Yup, save often is one of the rules we all learn (the hard way!) |
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X Man
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So, Flash CS3 crashed, not the OS. So, the answer to "what could have caused this" is Adobe.
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What OS? Leopard or Tiger?
Could be any number of reasons. Next time you're looking for "legitimate answers", how about providing some "legitimate facts", like the basic info that one could expect to provide when they're *truly* soliciting help. OS Version, Software version, whether updates were installed, a copy of the Console log.
You had nothing except "Crashing MBPs". Usually when a MBP "crashes", the first thing that comes to mind is some type of hardware issue, like a catastrophic hard drive failure. You had 2 students that didn't save their shit lose their work. It happens.
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said by Tzale :The system hung until FLASH CS3 was terminated. That's kind of vague... if the system is "hung", you can't kill anything. Are you saying Flash hung? If so, that doesn't really shock me...
As to how to fix, well if these are not legit copies, with Adobe's activation you basically need to "hack" the app to break the activation check. Clearly no one can say what that does to the stability.
If they are legit, have they applied all the Adobe patches to bring them up to date? |
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said by jayco437 :What OS? Leopard or Tiger? Could be any number of reasons. Next time you're looking for "legitimate answers", how about providing some "legitimate facts", like the basic info that one could expect to provide when they're *truly* soliciting help. OS Version, Software version, whether updates were installed, a copy of the Console log. You had nothing except "Crashing MBPs". Usually when a MBP "crashes", the first thing that comes to mind is some type of hardware issue, like a catastrophic hard drive failure. You had 2 students that didn't save their shit lose their work. It happens. 26 windows users, what is this, a community college? Like I clearly mentioned in my original post, this didn't happen to me. I am simply asking because I am curious and I don't have that information. I believe one of the systems was Leopard and the other was Tiger. I don't have any of the other information. Are you surprised 26 others would be using Windows? Maybe a few were using Linux. Most were using DELL latitudes they get cheap from the university.
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said by sporkme :said by Tzale :The system hung until FLASH CS3 was terminated. That's kind of vague... if the system is "hung", you can't kill anything. Are you saying Flash hung? If so, that doesn't really shock me... As to how to fix, well if these are not legit copies, with Adobe's activation you basically need to "hack" the app to break the activation check. Clearly no one can say what that does to the stability. If they are legit, have they applied all the Adobe patches to bring them up to date? I guess we'll never get an answer. I'm willing to bet they were probably using cracked versions of FLASH CS3 considering the absurd price and 30 day trial versions which are not sufficient for an entire semester of work. I don't know if they installed any updates.
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