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

ptm at temple.edu ptm at temple.edu
Mon Oct 3 15:45:46 PDT 2005


My eMac, dual processor, brand new machine needed new speakers
in the first few months and I'd only used it in very limited
ways but it was repaired for free and quickly.

---- Original message ----
>Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2005 18:38:23 -0400
>From: Richard Gilmore <rgilmor at uwo.ca>  
>Subject: Re: [MacDV] New G5 dies, mac servicing, photos
altered, web design warning  
>To: "A place to discuss digital video on Macintosh."
<macdv at listserver.themacintoshguy.com>
>
>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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