Posted on 01/16/2005 12:04:57 PM PST by Bush2000
That may be so, but I'll guarantee you it ain't the Macs fault...
Ouch. How many charge/discharge cycles did the battery have before that started?
As for the SP2, too late for me to say DON'T DO IT. But it's not too late to save your data, wipe the harddrive and reinstall everything from scratch--except SP2, of course.
Don't think so. We're both happily married professionals.
It's not personal - we just enjoy a good argument like Novak and Carville do on Crossfire. (I'm Novak, He's Carville).
Mac OS X - Currently, 0 out of 41 Secunia advisories, is marked as "Unpatched" in the Secunia database.
Microsoft Windows XP Professional- Currently, 20 out of 80 Secunia advisories, is marked as "Unpatched" in the Secunia database.
I bought the laptop december 2003 so that's about a year. I may just back up everything and do what you say.
two years and the cord quality sucks too
A year, on daily discharge-recharge could do that pretty easily. And replacements are usually expensive too, like $80 street, $150 MSRP.
Plugging it in daily does that? Wow.
No, I misspoke. A battery can only be discharged, then plugged in and recharged, a finite number of times, depending on the chemistry of the battery (L-ION v. Nickel Metal Hydride etc.).
If it's always plugged in, or even almost always plugged in, there should be no problem. It's hard to tell what's going on without more info, like a model number for instance.
"Patched" would imply that users have downloaded and installed the patches. Judging from comments I read of FR, Mac users don't believe their computers have security problems. I would guess they are not in the habit of downloading patches on a regular basis.
When I get home, I'll look and see. It's a bit annoying though.
Annoying meaning the laptop and battery, or annoying meaning looking to see? ;O)
Patched, from that site, means that the OS maker has provided a 'fix' for the bug.
Apple makes software upgrades and patches available automatically by default. The user merely has to click OK and provide his password to install them. OS X lets me know about them as soon as they are released.
(note, assumes you are connected to the net)
LOL the laptop battery of course.
Medical researchers studying asthma have suggested that what one of these observations I am about to observe may the reason why so many children now have asthma. Or even hyper-allergenics.
Insurance statisticians and risk modelers believe the other explains why some cars that do very poorly in crash tests are in practise amoung the safest cars per mile driven.
What are they?
(1) Observation of being somewhat dirty and sloppy contributing to health. That some low level of of virus and bacteria, or allergenic agents makes for long term health.
That over-isolation, over-zealousness in hygiene create people and systems that are vulnerable in catestropic fashion to attack, that are not robust, that are fragile.
(2) Observation of obvious and real danger contributing to safety. A car that is obviously dangerous to drive is driven more safely, an intersection or stretch of road that is obviously dangerous is driven through with more precaution and care. The obviousness of the danger -- which MUST be real -- engenders a countering psychological reaction which more than compensates for the danger.
I ration my laptop battery use, because I am notoriously cheap about such things.
I've learned my lesson *lol*
But, remain unfixed, unlike those from Apple
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