Leopard Upgraders Getting "Blue Screen of Death"

Z80xxc! writes "Some Mac users upgrading to Apple's new Leopard operating system are encountering long delays on reboot — an experience they liken to the Windows 'Blue Screen of Death.' While some of those upgrading were able to access their computer after waiting for as long as several hours, others were forced to do a complete reinstall. Some suspect that a framework called 'Application Enhancer' by Unsanity LLC may be causing the problem, but there has been no official word from Apple at this point."

iBSOD

[Junior J. Junior III]

It really IS catching up with Vista!

Re:When posting replies to this article

[Anonymous Coward]

Hippocracy is not pretty people

I don't see what hippos have to do with this, but if you're making some comparison about the weight and gracefulness of a hippo with MS then I'm with you...

Re:When posting replies to this article

[ORBAT]

Hippocracy? Is that the system of government where horses are the ruling class?

Leaopard is great!!!

[Anonymous Coward]

It's great to see Apple finally showing off to their users exactly the kind of programitic skills they have been showing us Windows users for years. Quicktime, iTunes, etc... no matter what it is, it has a huge chance of completely bricking a Windows machine.

The OSX side has achieved total parity with their Windows side!

BTW, I upgraded a few machines to Vista this week. It went smooth as butter. Maybe this is an opportunity for Apple users to "make the switch"...

Oh, irony...

[xyankee]

What makes this all the more ironic is that in the new CoverFlow Finder, PCs on the network are displayed with a Blue Screen of Death [rose-hulman.edu]... teeeheee!

I hate monopolies!

[Anonymous Coward]

I hate monopolies, and I am posting from my Apple computer, which uses Apple's OSX, and has an Apple mouse, keyboard, and monitor. I connect wirelessly through my Apple router, email with my Apple webmail account. I'm also listening to music on my Apple iPod, which I purchased from my Apple iTunes account.

Damn that evil Microsoft monopoly!!! Always forcing everyone to use their products!!

Re:Archive and install

[morgan_greywolf]

Oh, yeah, you expect Aunt Tillie to be able to do that? All these command-line fixes just show how Mac OS X is not yet ready for the desktop, and how Linux is superior because "it just works." ;)

(Laugh. It's funny.)

 

Re:is microsoft to blame?

[Anonymous Coward]

So "you" are Apple, right? And "Nancy" is the customer, getting a right royal reaming in your hands? Which maybe makes Vista the sick wife who just isn't up to the job anymore?

Or maybe "Nancy" is Apple, and "you" are MS, violating Apple with your throbbing mighty marketshare and making them realise that they'll never be more than a casual flirtation? And I suppose Vista is still the sick cripple?

Ah, forget it...

Re:jesus h christ

[Anonymous Coward]

Does this APE shit have to be intentionally installed by users?

It's usually flung at you. It will stick to your system if you don't clean it soon enough.

indeed

[m2943]

Unfortunately for Apple, it's OS competitor has a much better track record in the quality of new releases.

You're right: Ubuntu kicks Apple's ass not just in terms of included functionality, graphics, and price, but also in terms of smooth upgrades.

Re:Leaopard is great!!!

[Anonymous Coward]

Yeah, about those Vista installs...

I said you could check your email and play a few games while I went out for beer, not trash the place.

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[Anonymous Coward]

I'm sorry but your suggestion that Apple would produce and release a product that doesn't work flawlessly out of the box is heretical and simply not true. This idea is contrary to SlashThought, and your account should be deleted.

Re:Funny

[commodoresloat]

How hard is it to say if [ "$(sw_vers -productVersion | sed -E 's/([0-9]+\.[0-9]+)\..*/\1/')" != "10.4" ] ; then syslog -s "unknown OS version." ; exit 0; fi?

Speak for yourself... I'm still stuck on how to pronounce "sw-vers"...

Re:When posting replies to this article

[Rogerborg]

I know I'll get modded down for this, but I agree with everything you said.

Re:Right...

[Klaidas]

The haha tag is now visible. And that feels good. Really. Just because all the fanboys are mad.

Re:indeed

[Anonymous Coward]

I detect a note of jealousy.

But, hey, it's understandable: Leopard is rather underwhelming, in particular compared to Gutsy Gibbon.

Re:Archive and install

[Amiga Trombone]

Indeed. The new comment system is a big, fat pain in the ass. Kind of like Slashdot's version of Vista.

Goes to show: Beware of the Leopard

[Anonymous Coward]

Douglas Adams is proved a visionary yet again

Re:hmmm....

[dangitman]

I'm not a mac user myself but doesn't that sound like something spybot would catch on a heavily infested pc?

Yeah, Unsanity is like the syphillis of the Mac world. However, being Mac-based, it's good-looking syphillis that's easy to use.

Re:I hate monopolies!

[Achromatic1978]

Though I can't see why anyone would use an Apple monitor; you can get the same monitor for 1/3 of the price from a different company...

Shhh! That glowing Apple logolight was hand etched by a 96 year old Tibetan monk, that's the real reason the Apple monitor with the same LCD inside is several hundred dollars more than the same LCD that's inside a Dell shell.

Re:Archive and install

[Anonymous Coward]

See? There's proof of it in action. You were supposed to be modified insightful and the moderator slipped with the drop down box.

Re:Archive and install

[ickoonite]

Nonono, X11 has been massively enhanced! It's beautiful. Now, when you run a program from Terminal.app that needs X11, it launches automatically! It's beautiful! Almost my favourite Leopard feature so far.

iqu :)

Re:jesus h christ

[Anonymous Coward]

You mean Bonzi Buddy is available for my Mac now?

Re:Archive and install

[SlowMovingTarget]

Easy enough if you know such a tool, but it may be somewhat beyond a newbie.

Newbie: "Good! What is a registry?"