My Windows 7 crash twice in 1 year and 3 months
does Mac ever crash?
does Mac ever crash?
Had your windows software ever crash?
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Depends, a clean install of either Windows 7+ or Mac Os won't crash.
It's generally a program/driver of some kind that will crash an os.
A mac will beachball on you shod you get one. Just a way of the world unfortunately.
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It's generally a program/driver of some kind that will crash an os.
A mac will beachball on you shod you get one. Just a way of the world unfortunately.
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One things impress me on Mac is if I have 100 photo on my phone and plug to mac. All the photo on what I been doing had done itself where if I plug in windows then I have to rename every photo like this
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On Mac....everythings is done for me and what a time saving!
My Mate got Mac 2.5GHZ and he was showing me everythings that mac can do that windows cant......impressive but it does come a price thought!
he say his mac never crash at all
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On Mac....everythings is done for me and what a time saving!
My Mate got Mac 2.5GHZ and he was showing me everythings that mac can do that windows cant......impressive but it does come a price thought!
he say his mac never crash at all
The auto renaming is only because someone has set it up in iphoto to do that. Picassa for windows does the same job.
Not hating on mac os or anything as I still use a 27" imac and a 13" macbook pro. But they do crash as often as a windows pc. Which is hardly ever.
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Not hating on mac os or anything as I still use a 27" imac and a 13" macbook pro. But they do crash as often as a windows pc. Which is hardly ever.
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I don't think I've ever seen W7 crash. I've seen a couple of crashes due to gfx card driver bugs and some due to faulty memory, but that's not a W7 crash. Actually, W7 can often recover automatically from a driver crash by restarting it. As a user, you only notice a few seconds of unresponsiveness and a flashing screen. Very nice if you ask me.
Actually, W7 can often recover automatically from a driver crash by restarting it. As a user, you only notice a few seconds of unresponsiveness and a flashing screen. Very nice if you ask me.+1 
I don't think I've ever seen W7 crash. I've seen a couple of crashes due to gfx card driver bugs and some due to faulty memory, but that's not a W7 crash.
Bastich
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The only crashs I have had on my W7 system have been caused by my code causing a graphics driver problems (dev work can be messy) and a corrupt memory stick.
The truth of it is all systems crash at some point. Usually it is not the OSs fault but a driver of one variety or other.
The truth of it is all systems crash at some point. Usually it is not the OSs fault but a driver of one variety or other.
Retrograde
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Remember that Mac OS X has a fairly small selection of hardware that is supported, and that is on purpose so a smaller company like Apple can keep a high enough quality, a quite succesful concept.
But I've administered networks with dozens of Vista and Win7 machines for years and the large majority of them haven't crashed ever.
If you do have a hardware problem or driver problem then the machine can crash of course under any OS, I've seen it happen on a couple Macs too (grey screen), though those machines were loaded hard and eventually overheated. Don't think iMacs are really built for 100% load year after year.
But I've administered networks with dozens of Vista and Win7 machines for years and the large majority of them haven't crashed ever.
If you do have a hardware problem or driver problem then the machine can crash of course under any OS, I've seen it happen on a couple Macs too (grey screen), though those machines were loaded hard and eventually overheated. Don't think iMacs are really built for 100% load year after year.
edd_jedi
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I get the blue screen of death on my Win7 work laptop roughly once a week, and it also takes around 5 minutes to boot up and nearly 2 minutes to shut down/go to sleep. God how I love using my Mac at home, I've had it since 2010 and can't remember it ever crashing.
As above I know the reason is that OS X is only built to support a finite amount of hardware configs, but that is why it works! windows is fighting a losing battle trying to run on everything. That's also why Hackintosh's are just as unstable.
As above I know the reason is that OS X is only built to support a finite amount of hardware configs, but that is why it works! windows is fighting a losing battle trying to run on everything. That's also why Hackintosh's are just as unstable.
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Ed.D
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How does a Mac know what the user wants to call their photos? Do they come with telepathic ROMs nowadays?
I've only ever had W7 crashes due to hardware issues, such as RAM chips needing reseating or CPUs overheating, due to a heat sink that needed cleaning. Those could happen to any system TBH.
I'm on W7 Pro 64-bit and it's nver crashed due to software.
I'm on W7 Pro 64-bit and it's nver crashed due to software.
In hardware terms Windows machines and Macs are exactly the same base equipment and to be honest from a building PoV I've never been a huge fan of Foxconn motherboards which Apple use as their manufacturer, my preferences have been Gigabyte and MSI. Most the rest of a Mac is either made by Samsung and Intel - which amuses me how often they try to sue the hell out Samsung who they rely on for their Retina displays...
Only time I've suffered crashes in modern Windows (Vista + 7, wasn't a big fan of 8 so not tried it) have been due to hardware failures - had a couple of PSU's cause problems and graphics cards failing or dodgy not finished drivers causing issues from both AMD and nVidia's camp.
Only time I've suffered crashes in modern Windows (Vista + 7, wasn't a big fan of 8 so not tried it) have been due to hardware failures - had a couple of PSU's cause problems and graphics cards failing or dodgy not finished drivers causing issues from both AMD and nVidia's camp.
FOL
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Prob needs a good clean out. Mine started running slow, I started to poke around. Discovered it was speed stepping due to it over heating. Dual cores were both running at 800MHz.
Took it apart to find a coat stuffed (by this I mean clogged with dust / dirt) in the Heatsink fins and fan.
Cleaned it out and my laptop is working 100% speedy again,
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Also bear in mind, pc's are the same as with any other tech.
A cheap quality pc/components sill provide a fairly rough experience. Better quality components generally don't suffer from poor build quality and crape drivers.
The only advantage a Mac has is the limited range of systems on sale.
Take crape companies like Acer, Compaq etc out of the equation and pc's are great. Or even better, buy Asus motherboards and build your own pc which you can have full quality control over ��
A cheap quality pc/components sill provide a fairly rough experience. Better quality components generally don't suffer from poor build quality and crape drivers.
The only advantage a Mac has is the limited range of systems on sale.
Take crape companies like Acer, Compaq etc out of the equation and pc's are great. Or even better, buy Asus motherboards and build your own pc which you can have full quality control over ��
FOL
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LOL, have a few acer products, never had one days trouble.
I think aslong as you look after your stuff and avoid stupid situations, then they can last along time.
My work laptop is now 5 years old and still looking like the day I bought it.
Same goes for my Games, DVD's, Tablets, etc etc.
I have OCD when it comes to my property, lol.
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How does a Mac know what the user wants to call their photos? Do they come with telepathic ROMs nowadays?
Classic LoL
OH Thank goodness
OH Thank goodness
LOL just had a brief look at this it sounded at first like one of those Mac v PC!
I have Windows 7 on my Main PC and she runs sweet have to agree only time I see any issues it is normally a dodgy install and after a restart she runs grand.
Macs are a great item but your really restricted to the types of software that are available. I know they did have a great windows emulator program which is sort of Ironic when you think that most Macs are now Intel based systems just with some sort of ROM to allow the OS X to run.
I have changed my point a view but will always be a PC nut LOL.
OH apart from the MAC cube I have been just given for Morph OS
OH Thank goodness
LOL just had a brief look at this it sounded at first like one of those Mac v PC!
I have Windows 7 on my Main PC and she runs sweet have to agree only time I see any issues it is normally a dodgy install and after a restart she runs grand.
Macs are a great item but your really restricted to the types of software that are available. I know they did have a great windows emulator program which is sort of Ironic when you think that most Macs are now Intel based systems just with some sort of ROM to allow the OS X to run.
I have changed my point a view but will always be a PC nut LOL.
OH apart from the MAC cube I have been just given for Morph OS
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im not a windows fan at all , hate it usually but windows7 is good and runs well. it almost makes up for the horrible first 20 years of operating systems.
i dont have Mac crashes and the only time i did was because of a bad wireless card.
however the most hated PC i had was an acer 3015 with 1gb ram , windows vista basic and what a dire system that was - it stopped at each key press and this was a new laptop!!!
but it did the trick i bought a mac, was and is the best thing ive ever done. except by an A500 in 1987
i dont have Mac crashes and the only time i did was because of a bad wireless card.
however the most hated PC i had was an acer 3015 with 1gb ram , windows vista basic and what a dire system that was - it stopped at each key press and this was a new laptop!!!
but it did the trick i bought a mac, was and is the best thing ive ever done. except by an A500 in 1987
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If you just want something to work for general computer and internet use then a Mac is fine, if overpriced.. but they do still crash. I used to have to use them all the time for design in an agency and they crash just as much as PCs when you use software that pushes them more than most people would.
Regarding Windows crashing. Windows 7 is really stable. My main home server runs Win 7 Ultimate and it never crashes. I only ever reboot it when some Windows updates demand it. Otherwise it just sits there working as it should. The only issue I sometimes get is memory usage in Firefox. I'm sure it still has a memory leak in the software, but a slow one. If the Win 7 server has been running for 2+ months without a reboot then Firefox has probably been open most of that time as I'm always visiting the same sites, so keep it running with the same tabs open. Normally the whole system is using about 37% system ram out of 8GB, but after a couple of months I notice this is creeping up to 80+% so a reboot fixes that, but that is a Firefox issue, not the OS. uTorrent also very occassionally has a funny 5 minutes and needs restarting. But that is all.
I also never had any stability issues with Vista. It got a very bad press, as did XP because both were released at a time when most home user's PCs were not good enough. I remember so many people having issues when XP was launched because they were trying to run it on a P3 with 256MB of ram. It needed at least a 1GHz CPU and 1GB of ram to really work well and remain very stable. For Vista the same was true and that needed 2GB ram minimum to remain stable.
Before that Windows 2000 Pro was an amazingly stable OS that I used for a long time as my main OS. It never crashed. So anyone saying previous versions of Windows crashes is a load of rubbish. The issue is the rubbish people were trying to run it on.
And that is actually the reason you often see a never version of OSX on the Mac not supporting a lot of older Apple hardware. It's so Apple maintain their reputation of a stable OS. Start letting it run on older hardware not up to the spec to maintain stability and it will start to look a very unstable OS indeed.
It's a completely different matter with any Win 9x based OS. Everyone got to see the BSOD a lot with any of them. IRQ conflicts! I definitely don't miss those.
Regarding Windows crashing. Windows 7 is really stable. My main home server runs Win 7 Ultimate and it never crashes. I only ever reboot it when some Windows updates demand it. Otherwise it just sits there working as it should. The only issue I sometimes get is memory usage in Firefox. I'm sure it still has a memory leak in the software, but a slow one. If the Win 7 server has been running for 2+ months without a reboot then Firefox has probably been open most of that time as I'm always visiting the same sites, so keep it running with the same tabs open. Normally the whole system is using about 37% system ram out of 8GB, but after a couple of months I notice this is creeping up to 80+% so a reboot fixes that, but that is a Firefox issue, not the OS. uTorrent also very occassionally has a funny 5 minutes and needs restarting. But that is all.
I also never had any stability issues with Vista. It got a very bad press, as did XP because both were released at a time when most home user's PCs were not good enough. I remember so many people having issues when XP was launched because they were trying to run it on a P3 with 256MB of ram. It needed at least a 1GHz CPU and 1GB of ram to really work well and remain very stable. For Vista the same was true and that needed 2GB ram minimum to remain stable.
Before that Windows 2000 Pro was an amazingly stable OS that I used for a long time as my main OS. It never crashed. So anyone saying previous versions of Windows crashes is a load of rubbish. The issue is the rubbish people were trying to run it on.
And that is actually the reason you often see a never version of OSX on the Mac not supporting a lot of older Apple hardware. It's so Apple maintain their reputation of a stable OS. Start letting it run on older hardware not up to the spec to maintain stability and it will start to look a very unstable OS indeed.
It's a completely different matter with any Win 9x based OS. Everyone got to see the BSOD a lot with any of them. IRQ conflicts! I definitely don't miss those.