norman.walsh.name: Comments on /2007/12/21/backInMachttp://norman.walsh.name/2007/12/21/backInMac/comments.atom2012-02-13T08:23:11.121748ZComment 1 on /2007/12/21/backInMachttp://norman.walsh.name/2010/09/25/oauth#comment00012007-12-21T23:11:44Z2007-12-21T23:11:44ZShelleyda39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709

Don't you mean...I haz legazee?

Comment 2 on /2007/12/21/backInMachttp://norman.walsh.name/2010/09/25/oauth#comment00022007-12-22T00:06:36Z2007-12-22T00:06:36ZGavinda39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709

Sadly I got stuck a few weeks ago at step 4 and 5' (lxml). Getting a working copy of Python with a working -real- readline and recent libxml2 caused several days of pain which ended in the order of a nice new Thinkpad.

Apple claims "It just works." This maybe true if your using Photoshop, Pages, and other Mac OS X applications. Since Leopard this has no longer been remotely true of Python or XML development. Given all of that I've been much happier in Ubuntu (on and off for 3 months, only OS for 4 weeks).

... I do miss Adium... and Growl. I also have to pretend that the deskbar is "just like Quicksilver." At least lxml doesn't segfault, and python-MySQL doesn't either.

Comment 3 on /2007/12/21/backInMachttp://norman.walsh.name/2010/09/25/oauth#comment00032007-12-22T03:05:56Z2007-12-22T03:05:56ZNorman Walshda39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709

Gnome Do is Quicksilver.

If it weren't for Lightroom, I'd have abandoned OS X already. It'll be worse after I've ponied up for Photoshop.

Neither of which gets me any closer to proving I have a hardware issue or finding the software issue that causes my laptop to be unstable.

Comment 4 on /2007/12/21/backInMachttp://norman.walsh.name/2010/09/25/oauth#comment00042007-12-22T20:33:54Z2007-12-22T20:33:54ZDorothea Saloda39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709

Did you install any RAM lately? When my MacBook went kerflooey, that was at the bottom of it.

Comment 5 on /2007/12/21/backInMachttp://norman.walsh.name/2010/09/25/oauth#comment00052007-12-22T20:43:04Z2007-12-22T20:43:04ZDave Pawsonda39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709

Re my post the other day? I think the above is what you're saying Norm?

Just how much easier was it with Linux?

How about a simple second machine for playing with your photography? With no work software on it?

Comment 6 on /2007/12/21/backInMachttp://norman.walsh.name/2010/09/25/oauth#comment00062007-12-22T22:38:34Z2007-12-22T22:38:34ZNorman Walshda39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709

Alas, Dorothea, I haven't had it open since I bought it. I'm not even sure the MacBook Pro has any user servicable parts inside. That's one of the reasons I suspect the drive, it's one of the few things with moving parts.

Dave, I guess I could have two machines, but I've worked really hard since the late nineties to avoid that. I want to have everything in one place. (Well, several places with backups, but all in one unit.)

If it is a hardware issue, then the OS shouldn't really matter. If it's software, well, I'll be very surprised. And it means some relatively ordinary bit of software that I installed is injecting code into the kernel which would be a little scary.

Comment 7 on /2007/12/21/backInMachttp://norman.walsh.name/2010/09/25/oauth#comment00072007-12-23T16:49:24Z2007-12-23T16:49:24ZGavinda39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709

"it means some relatively ordinary bit of software that I installed is injecting code into the kernel which would be a little scary"

MMmm, "Canon i9900 printer drivers." Last time I had stacks of kernel panics it ended up being the HP network drivers. Something in the move to Intel made them very very unhappy. They still crash from time to time today, but no longer panic all the time.

Comment 8 on /2007/12/21/backInMachttp://norman.walsh.name/2010/09/25/oauth#comment00082007-12-25T13:07:48Z2007-12-25T13:07:48ZMartin Probstda39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709

You can avoid nearly all of that by using Time Machine. Get a cheap external USB drive and flip the switch to on. Then to reinstall:

1. Boot from Leopard DVD (or, if you've set it up, from the partition with Leopard on your external USB drive) 2. Select restore from Time Machine in the installer 3. No step three

If you're running into this often, you should definitely try this.

Comment 9 on /2007/12/21/backInMachttp://norman.walsh.name/2010/09/25/oauth#comment00092007-12-25T14:01:32Z2007-12-25T14:01:32ZNorman Walshda39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709

I haven't made the switch to Leopard yet. Maybe after the next point release.