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Title: My mac has died
Post by: Rascal on April 02, 2003, 09:33:00 AM: Well at least my logic board and I'm not paying what they're asking for a new one. I must say I'm disappointed and it looks like I may be going the Windows way.. sorry Vijay!!
Title: My mac has died
Post by: kelly on April 02, 2003, 11:02:00 PM: Ok. What machine by the way?
Title: My mac has died
Post by: cdub1988 on April 02, 2003, 12:01:00 PM: Yeah, I'd be interested to know what kind of box it is.

You can contact me off site if you'd like.

Thanks.

Chris
Title: My mac has died
Post by: Rascal on April 04, 2003, 09:03:00 AM: Well to be honest to without the comp to check I don't know the specifics. It's an Imac about 3 yrs old, 350mhz, 256 ram, I'm not sure what else. Its still in the shop with no logic board in site anywhere, unless I buy a new one which I won't.
Title: My mac has died
Post by: Rascal on April 04, 2003, 09:20:00 AM: I can't seem to contact you Chris, I'm on a public comp and having problems. I just tried to do an edit and couldn't.. so annoying!!!!
Title: My mac has died
Post by: cdub1988 on April 04, 2003, 09:31:00 AM: Rascal,

I was more wondering if you were looking to get rid of it, and if so, how much?

I can't say for sure that I'd even be able to do anything on it right now, but was curious to see what you had in mind.

Take care.

Chris
Title: My mac has died
Post by: Rascal on April 04, 2003, 10:09:00 AM: I haven't really thought of selling it. I'm hoping maybe down the road some logic board will magically appear and I can get the stuff from my hard drive.. I know.. keep dreaming!
Title: My mac has died
Post by: Paddy on April 04, 2003, 10:12:00 AM: Rascal, if you're looking at replacing the iMac (and you are right, replacing the logic board would cost as much as buying a whole 'nother 350 on eBay), you might want to consider some of the great deals you can get on a refurbed eMac, like this one:

http://www.smalldog.com/product/42628

G4, larger monitor than the iMac you have and comes with a combo drive (so you can burn CD's) and OS X. It's 10.1 though - so you do need to ask them if if qualifies for the Apple update program that allows you to buy Jaguar for $19.99.

Just in case we can persuade you not to go over to the dark side...
Title: My mac has died
Post by: Peter on April 04, 2003, 11:23:00 PM: I recomend the eMac- Great computer, I have one and it works EXCELENT!!!

Peace
Peter
Title: My mac has died
Post by: Al on April 04, 2003, 12:58:00 PM: Hi Rascal,

Do not go over to the other side!

Hope this helps.

http://www.microdocusa.com/repairs.html

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...&category=25439

[ 04-04-2003, 02:09 PM: Message edited by: Al ]
Title: My mac has died
Post by: Rascal on April 05, 2003, 08:43:00 AM: The thing is my comp doesn't seem to be on the priority list, it's been more than 2 weeks and I'm still getting a "have patience" reply and that he's "been very busy". I'm not waiting forever, it could be weeks before something is located for me. I have taken down teh address for the microdoc, I'll pass it on.. thanks.
Title: My mac has died
Post by: Mrious_be on April 05, 2003, 10:27:00 AM: Omg Rascal, sorry to read this
Exactly same thing happened on my iMac, the logicboard died.
Can i ask you something?
You didn't tried to install Jaguar by any chance?
It's probably a stupid thought but...
Jaguar has problems on iMacs 350, 400 (DVSE's) which might crash their logicboards.
It can be solved if you first upgrade the firmware
I myself had to find out the hardway to, and apple never mentioned this when they first released Jaguar.
I just found out a month ago actually.
I really thought or reclaiming the money from Apple, but what's the use

Still, i know how it feels to be without computer and yes... i to thought of getting an pc since it's cheaper.
Soooo... euhm... well, try to hang in there ok.
I think the new logicboard IS worth it

Hope to talk to you again soon, on your own little iMac friend
Title: My mac has died
Post by: Rascal on April 06, 2003, 11:37:00 PM: Thanks Marcel for the thoughts. I had installed anything, just had been having lots of problems with freezes and one freeze was the last one, it wouldn't reboot. It just seems to me that everything I bought the Mac for went down with the logic board. I'm waiting a few more days but it's looking like I'm heading the Windows way as I don't have much choice.
Title: My mac has died
Post by: Fiona on April 06, 2003, 12:48:00 PM: Sorry about that, Rascal. It's also scary because my iMac is older than yours.
Title: My mac has died
Post by: Rascal on April 06, 2003, 01:21:00 PM: All I can say is I wish I had backed up my info better than I had. It's the only thing making me hesitate going the PC way. Hopefully it's not a Canadian, East Coast thing!
Title: My mac has died
Post by: Mrious_be on April 07, 2003, 11:10:00 PM: quote:
Originally posted by Rascal:
All I can say is I wish I had backed up my info better than I had. It's the only thing making me hesitate going the PC way. Hopefully it's not a Canadian, East Coast thing!
Rascal, if worse comes to worse... i'm sure the harddrive isn't touched.
I'm sure you will be able to retrieve at least the harddrive, or ask them to make a copy from it or so.
They can do that some how.
Title: My mac has died
Post by: Rascal on April 13, 2003, 09:20:00 AM: Well I'm officially typing from the "Dark" side..lol. I went for it and I'm running Windows XP, I'm surprised at the simplicity of it and I'm kind of liking it. We'll see how it works out! Thanks for all the help in the past guys!! You've all been great!
Title: My mac has died
Post by: kps on April 13, 2003, 11:00:00 PM: Sorry to see you go, Rascal, but I understand completely.

I think after the novelty of it wears out, you'll find XP is intrusive and convoluted as ever...

BTW, the first thing I did was change the XP look to the "classic" Windows.

Good Luck!
Title: My mac has died
Post by: kelly on April 13, 2003, 11:17:00 PM: Ok.

There's certainly some pretty cheap PCs out there.

I'm sure everything will be wonderful now.
Title: My mac has died
Post by: Rascal on April 13, 2003, 12:16:00 PM: Well it's working quite well so far, in fact somethings are easier than it was on my Mac, but my Mac was 3 yrs old also. I honestly think I had a bum machine from the start, I had problem after problem. I just couldn't justify going back to it, even if for what I paid for this I could have got a Mac. We'll see how it works out I guess. I will miss this help forum though but hopefully I won't be needing it!
Title: My mac has died
Post by: Diana on April 13, 2003, 01:28:00 PM: Hi Rascal,

Don't leave the forum. I'm here on grace, having come as a Windows user who was hoping to convert to Mac, and found that Linux suits me better. *grin...no one has chased me off yet. I've even found that occasionally there are Windows insights on the board...and all your Mac knowledge can still be put to use helping others on this board.

Stick around..

see ya,
Title: My mac has died
Post by: zodraz on April 16, 2003, 03:00:00 PM: Yes Rascal, you'll be back.

For help.

Windows when it works is "different" than the Mac experience, but not as awful/horrible as some Mac enthusists say.

However, when (and yes it WILL happen) things go wrong it's like Alice falling down the rabbit hole. Forget about intuitive interfaces and repairs. It's a strange world of IRQs, DLLs, and 8 charcter files that have names that have no "logic" to them.

I'm struggling with some PeeCee problems and have "seen the darkness" and it's scary. You can whack your system by deleting a small file or two, (or make the wrong choice with a seemingly innocent installer) with no way back!

Of course I'm about to embark in the qwazy world of X, so maybe things will be even.

Good luck!