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Blue Screen of Death on an iMac
Well, that didn't
take long. It seems that Windows' crash-tastic tendencies aren't limited to PCs. Check out this post by Deal Catcher forum user dbaxter. He writes
that after installing Boot Camp, things were going swimmingly...for thirty minutes. While browsing USB devices, Windows
did what Windows does best. Nothing.Since this is the first we've seen the BSOD as generated by Windows on an Mactel following a Boot Camp install, it would seem that dbaxter has produced the 1st "official" BSOD on an Mac. What an honor.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
andy said 2:04PM on 4-05-2006
everytime windows users on macs see that screen and have to reboot - the osX icon is gonna start looking better and better lol
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matt said 2:08PM on 4-05-2006
I got the blue screen of death on my iMac just before, when i was installing firefox and deleting the sh*t that is internet explorer
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Paschal said 2:09PM on 4-05-2006
Hmm don't want to sounds too harsh but this can be just another Photoshop prank. Easy to do nowadays.
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Tahir Zaimoglu said 2:11PM on 4-05-2006
This is the best thing that Apple can do, easiest way to show that Mac Os X is much better than Windows.
Currently using Windows XP on my MacBook Pro.
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Shahrum Amiri said 2:12PM on 4-05-2006
Oh... I so want that blown up so I can use it as my wallpaper lol!
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John Muir said 2:15PM on 4-05-2006
Good job Apple aren't supporting Windows on Mac, or else it would be much like this tomorrow in Cupertino:
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Jody said 2:23PM on 4-05-2006
I wonder if this person upated the firmware Apple released today for his iMac first?
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Cadence said 2:24PM on 4-05-2006
I was just wondering if you could try to hit 14 posts on Boot Camp today, and maybe involve six or seven more writers. Thanks. ;)
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Dan Baxter said 2:26PM on 4-05-2006
Funny thing is I posted this on Digg earlier today, it got a ton of Diggs and comments but it was removed because a bunch of people reported it as lame. I sorta wonder if a bunch of Apple employees reported it so it would be removed. They wouldn't want Apple stock to go back down.
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sb said 2:35PM on 4-05-2006
Earlier I was worried that OS X would die because everyone would boot windows, people would only develop on windows, etc... I had forgotten about BSOD being a bad OS... guess OS X will still stay strong
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Kashif said 2:38PM on 4-05-2006
I am not sure if it's WinXP problem alone or something with Apple's drivers. Making a quick Google Search (http://www.google.com/search?q=mskssrv.sys) it seems to be a problem with the Microsoft Sound Card driver - could the Apple Bootcamp provided Sound drivers have created this?
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Mike said 2:55PM on 4-05-2006
I've been running XP since release. I've been running OS X since the public beta. I've never had a BSOD on XP that I couldn't trace to a hardware problem or my installing a driver that XP told me not to install. This is the first day of the beta release - don't get the wrong idea about XP just yet.
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David said 3:24PM on 4-05-2006
That's awesome!
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zak said 3:55PM on 4-05-2006
#9 even if the apple provided drivers did it, it doesnt matter, because on the site it clearly states Apple does not support Windows. So if someone feels the need to perfect the Apple Windows drivers for the Apple hardware, they can do it, but dont expect much help from Apple, im surprised they even provided any drivers.
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Brendan said 4:00PM on 4-05-2006
The IRONY of it all !! HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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chris said 4:04PM on 4-05-2006
users of the powermac 6100 with the optional dos card will remember getting the blue screen of death on a mac more than a decade ago
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Don said 4:26PM on 4-05-2006
Guess what, guys - my last-generation Mac Mini kernel panics repeatably when I disconnect USB devices (not mounted drives, but things like hubs, keyboards, and mice). For those of you lucky enough to have never seen this happen, yes, it's just as bad as a BSOD, only prettier. Blame Microsoft all you like, but I'm unimpressed by the stability of OSX. (And if anyone else is seeing the same problem, lemme know)
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Jason said 4:28PM on 4-05-2006
I just did a full installation of XP on a Mac Mini (duo) and it went smoothly until I tried to change the screen res. i got a BSOD of my own - black screen with cursor at the top left. Woops. A reboot fixed it. Now that I have XP on the Mini, I'm not sure what to do with it.
((2 hrs futzing with XP configs, etc.))
Re-partitioned to a single OSX drive. I really have no use for XP. Oh well. =)
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Glenn said 5:06PM on 4-05-2006
Apples marketing department is dancing. They release beta sound drivers for Windows that cause it to crash - Apple fans blame Microsoft, a company that doesn't even make hardware.
Sorry, but I wonder if you OS X users are really honest with yourselves about how many kernal panics and application lockups you get. I've managed to lock up finder several times while moving files around on other peoples Macs.
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MacUser said 6:23PM on 4-05-2006
Been using OS X for well over three years now, and I've only ever experienced a kernel panic once, and that was on Panther.
Granted, it's not uncommon for individual applications to lock up (why are you blaming Apple for that anyway?), but it's never meant I've needed to reboot or reset. It's easy enough to end the program and carry on working.
Look, WinXP is far more stable than previous versions of Windows, and many users can go for months without seeing a BSOD. But in my experience my iMac running OS X is far more stable than any of my four PCs running WinXP.
Stating the obvious does not make you a mindless fanboi, it's worth remembering that.
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