Archive for the ‘WTF’ Category
Trent Reznor, I Love You
Monday, May 4th, 2009Notes From The “My MacBook is too fragile” Bullshit Pile
Saturday, April 18th, 2009So, another dumbass, this one named Jeannine, decided to post on MyBiggestComplaint.com about how their MacBook was only dropped a few times:
My macbook screen cracked, too. It has been dropped a couple of times, but nothing major. I also have a PC laptop that has been through much more and it has no damage. I have read many, many complaints about the MacBook screens being very delicate. As much as I love my MacBook, I am really disappointed witht the quality of the shell and screen. To fix this, I have found it will be approximately $800 or more. If these MacBooks are going to have these problems, they really should be able to fix these for much less. I am having to decide between fixing it and paying that ridiculous amount, trying to fix it myself with on line tutorials and a screen purchased from e-bay or just buying a new Mac. If so many people are having these problems, why aren’t they being addressed by Mac?
Aside from the simple fact that Mac makes MAKEUP and Apple makes COMPUTERS you dumb bitch, I decided to reply on the page with this amazingly relevant piece:
After dropping my baby daughter a couple of times, nothing major, she has a bunch of medical problems and learning disabilities. I also have a son who was dropped WAY more often and he has no problems at all. As much as I love my daughter, I’m really disappointed with the quality of the female gender’s infant state. To fix this, I’ve found it will be thousands of dollars per month for medical care and supervision. If these babies are going to have these problems, they really should be able to be disposed of more easily. I am having to decide between putting up with her issues, spending that ridiculous amount of money on medical care, trying to fix her myself with tutorials from WebMD and Wikipedia, and putting her in a trash can and trying for another boy. If so many people are having these problems, why aren’t they being addressed by God?
Seriously people. The way you treat your computers, when viewed in the context of the way you treat your infant children, is completely unacceptable. Treat your computer as you would a newborn child and you will rarely have a problem with it. Shit is unavoidable sometimes. You could have a colicky baby and you could have a MacBook with a weird, intermittent fan problem. But when you drop your child and he ends up sounding like Barney Frank later in life, don’t blame it on someone else!
When you drop your damn computer, shit is going to go wrong with it! Back up your data, take it to a professional, and get it fixed as soon as possible. Most of the time, if you pay for a repair of the damage and everything else is certified as A-OK, anything that goes wrong down the road is covered under whatever warranty you have left on the machine (assuming you don’t fuck up and drop it again.) Try getting that guarantee out of your pediatrician!
Big Frank, Little Frank, and the Nehalem Mac Pro
Wednesday, March 11th, 2009I was screwing around with a new single quad-core Mac Pro the other day and saw this on the logic board:
and thought “what the fuck is that?” I haven’t seen an easter egg, hardware or software, on an Apple product in a LONG time. I have no idea what the “Big Frank” non-socket or “Little Frank” actual-socket is. My only speculation is that the single quad-core board is the “Little Frank” and that the dual quad-core board is “Big Frank”. I’ll speculate some more and say that maybe the connector is for the equipment testing hardware. Any other guesses? I love mystery ports on Apple’s boards.
This wouldn’t be the first time Apple’s used the same base board design with different connector placement depending on the model. If you have an original or ALS iMac G5 (all-white, no iSight camera) and you look at the logic boards, the 17″ and 20″ models have essentially the same board, but with the LCD inverter plugs in different locations and DIMM sockets facing the other direction. There are a few other minor differences, but one time I got a board almost-seated in the wrong size machine. I only noticed it when some of the plug locations were in the wrong place.
Back to the Core i7 Xeon Mac Pro. I wonder if the huge processor/memory board on the single quad-core machine is replaceable with the board from a dual quad-core machine with full function? I would assume “no” because Apple rolls that way with often-unnecessary firmware limitations on its hardware. Is there someone familiar with Intel boards able to tell me why or why not?

