[MacDV] New G5 dies, mac servicing, photos altered, web design warning

[animal]

We love Macs, will continue to use Macs, but everyone we've owned have 
needed some kind of servicing.  G5 3 weeks, Emac 3 months (+ 2 more 
times, G4 12 months, Quadra 18 months (+ 2 more times, Performa 8 
months (+ 3 more times).  Maybe we just use them a lot more than 
others??   Plus, though polite, it took several phone calls to the 
Apple Tech line to diagnose the G5's freezing up problem.  Finally 
found someone who suggested a hardware test (on the install disk)  
Hopefully we'll remember this if there's a next time.

Just a heads up.

Our new G5 (2.3MHz) OS 10.4, Photoshop CS/ImageReady 8  lasted 3 weeks 
before the processor and or logic board went.  So back to using a 
700MHz Emac with OS 10.39  Photoshop CS/Imageready 8.  Photos prepared 
on the G5, open on the Emac - but when we try to use them in ImageReady 
and export as a gif, the following warning appears:

Some names of the files being saved contain non-Latin characters.  
These file names will be incompatible with some Web browsers and 
servers.

I've tried changing the names, copying the photos to new files and the 
error still comes up.  Test photos prepared on the Emac do not do this. 
  As it will be 2-3 weeks before the G5 is fixed, this is really 
inconvenient!

Lynn

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