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

[Richard Gilmore]

I've never had a Mac that needed servicing ever and I've always bought used
until now. I ordered a Dual G5 2.3 which died on you so I hope when mine
comes it'll be ok. I'll keep an eye on it. Has Apple replaced your G5 yet?




On 3/10/05 5:57 PM, "animal" <animal at cuug.ab.ca> wrote:

> 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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