[muglo] Re: Computer Shutdown
- From: Bob McDaniel <mcdaniel@xxxxxx>
- To: muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 04 Mar 2005 22:05:34 -0500
Thanks for your very detailed response, Eric; I'll try to answer your
questions.
Bob
> Questions for you:
>
>1. What application(s) are open when you experience kernel panics?
>Netscape? VPC? They are both heavy users of RAM. The former is full of
>sloppy coding (on the Mac). The latter is an example of one of the
>most stable apps ever written (MS Windows often is more stable *under*
>VPC than running on actual i86 hardware).
>
>
Netscape and VPC were both open.
2. How much RAM do you have? Have you added any chips above and beyond
what Apple provided?
I had 512 MB RAM installed before I picked the eMac.
>3. Have you added any new hardware? Do you use any USB or FireWire devices?
>
>
Have an Epson C64 printer (USB) attached. Occasionly link a Sony digital
camcorder via Firewire.
>4. Have you added any "utilities" to your system? Does Virex run any
>special programs all the time (this is why I don't trust Virex or
>Norton AntiVirus for OS X -- they destabilse computers _without_
>adding ANYTHING to the security of the computer)?
>
>
I use Virex only occasionally; otherwise as far as I can tell, it is
off. While I recently installed Internet Cleaner 2.0 I have not yet used
it - at this point not really sure what it does (I'm probably a prime
candidate for what fate meted out to the curious cat!)
5. Is this still the same install of Mac OS X as when you bought the
computer?
The eMac came with OS 10.2.4. I upgraded to 10.2.6 then 10.2.8 IIRC by
downloading from Apple.
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