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

[Ron]

I have never had to have any of my Macs  serviced and I have several  
since 1985. Same with my sons and daughter.

I would seriously check out my electrical supply circuits if I were you 
and install a UPS.

Good Luck!
Ron--

On Oct 3, 2005, at 2:57 PM, animal 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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