Comments on: MacBookPro in a Freezer http://marketingtechblog.com/2007/05/02/sick-macbookpro/ new media strategies and other marketing gems Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:14:21 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: I'm Lost without Her | The Marketing Technology Blog http://marketingtechblog.com/2007/05/02/sick-macbookpro/comment-page-1/#comment-48449 I'm Lost without Her | The Marketing Technology Blog Fri, 15 Jun 2007 02:38:02 +0000 http://marketingtechblog.com/2007/05/02/sick-macbookpro/#comment-48449 [...] miss her. Sure, sometimes she wouldn’t get up in the morning so I had hit her with a blast of cold air… but when she was on, she was on. Today I finally had to let her go. She’s off to the [...] [...] miss her. Sure, sometimes she wouldn’t get up in the morning so I had hit her with a blast of cold air… but when she was on, she was on. Today I finally had to let her go. She’s off to the [...]

]]> By: Sometimes when you lie, you get the girl! | The Marketing Technology Blog http://marketingtechblog.com/2007/05/02/sick-macbookpro/comment-page-1/#comment-44787 Sometimes when you lie, you get the girl! | The Marketing Technology Blog Thu, 03 May 2007 23:51:42 +0000 http://marketingtechblog.com/2007/05/02/sick-macbookpro/#comment-44787 [...] I joke with people that my girlfriend’s name is MacBookPro. Lately, my girlfriend has been a little temperamental, not waking up when I’d like her to and not happy until she’s cold. Wow… reminds [...] [...] I joke with people that my girlfriend’s name is MacBookPro. Lately, my girlfriend has been a little temperamental, not waking up when I’d like her to and not happy until she’s cold. Wow… reminds [...]

]]> By: Douglas Karr http://marketingtechblog.com/2007/05/02/sick-macbookpro/comment-page-1/#comment-44762 Douglas Karr Thu, 03 May 2007 12:23:35 +0000 http://marketingtechblog.com/2007/05/02/sick-macbookpro/#comment-44762 Hi Jason, I don't think they're hard to use at all - but they surely don't work well when they're sick like mine is! I'm off to the Apple store today to see what they can find. Doug Hi Jason,

I don’t think they’re hard to use at all – but they surely don’t work well when they’re sick like mine is! I’m off to the Apple store today to see what they can find.

Doug

]]> By: modifoo http://marketingtechblog.com/2007/05/02/sick-macbookpro/comment-page-1/#comment-44754 modifoo Thu, 03 May 2007 07:35:35 +0000 http://marketingtechblog.com/2007/05/02/sick-macbookpro/#comment-44754 That sounds almost like there is a hard-disk problem on your Mac book. Have you tried running <a href="http://www.alsoft.com/DiskWarrior/" rel="nofollow">DiskWarrior</A>? Good programme to have if you have a Mac (I often have wondered why they haven't been bought by Apple yet...) But wait - have you run <a href="http://applejack.sourceforge.net/" rel="nofollow">AppleJack</A> yet - that can save the day, and is freeware. Good Luck - may the force be with you. That sounds almost like there is a hard-disk problem on your Mac book.

Have you tried running DiskWarrior? Good programme to have if you have a Mac (I often have wondered why they haven’t been bought by Apple yet…)

But wait – have you run AppleJack yet – that can save the day, and is freeware.

Good Luck – may the force be with you.

]]> By: Jason Dunn http://marketingtechblog.com/2007/05/02/sick-macbookpro/comment-page-1/#comment-44750 Jason Dunn Thu, 03 May 2007 04:08:14 +0000 http://marketingtechblog.com/2007/05/02/sick-macbookpro/#comment-44750 Macs are so hard to use you can't move files from one to another? Wow. That sucks! Macs are so hard to use you can’t move files from one to another? Wow. That sucks!

]]> By: Douglas Karr http://marketingtechblog.com/2007/05/02/sick-macbookpro/comment-page-1/#comment-44723 Douglas Karr Wed, 02 May 2007 17:48:10 +0000 http://marketingtechblog.com/2007/05/02/sick-macbookpro/#comment-44723 I spent all night trying that foo! It would stop at 1 hour and 15 minutes and never continue. I woke up this morning and it was still at 1 hour and 15 minutes! Arrrgh! I'm going to try <a href="http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html" title="Carbon Copy Clones" rel="nofollow">Carbon Copy Clone</a> next! I spent all night trying that foo! It would stop at 1 hour and 15 minutes and never continue. I woke up this morning and it was still at 1 hour and 15 minutes! Arrrgh!

I’m going to try Carbon Copy Clone next!

]]> By: modifoo http://marketingtechblog.com/2007/05/02/sick-macbookpro/comment-page-1/#comment-44721 modifoo Wed, 02 May 2007 17:18:34 +0000 http://marketingtechblog.com/2007/05/02/sick-macbookpro/#comment-44721 ...I guess you know that you can start your Mac in firewire mode by holding down the T key during boot. Easy transfer of files... …I guess you know that you can start your Mac in firewire mode by holding down the T key during boot. Easy transfer of files…

]]> By: Sean http://marketingtechblog.com/2007/05/02/sick-macbookpro/comment-page-1/#comment-44720 Sean Wed, 02 May 2007 17:04:56 +0000 http://marketingtechblog.com/2007/05/02/sick-macbookpro/#comment-44720 Doug, I thought the whole idea of a Mac verses a Windows based machine was you didn't need to reboot all the time? Did you notice I didn't say Mac verses a PC? Why? Both are Personal Computers :) Doug, I thought the whole idea of a Mac verses a Windows based machine was you didn’t need to reboot all the time?

Did you notice I didn’t say Mac verses a PC? Why? Both are Personal Computers :)

]]> By: Douglas Karr http://marketingtechblog.com/2007/05/02/sick-macbookpro/comment-page-1/#comment-44714 Douglas Karr Wed, 02 May 2007 15:38:29 +0000 http://marketingtechblog.com/2007/05/02/sick-macbookpro/#comment-44714 Hi Nick, I gave that a shot, too (I used the SMC fan control) but it didn't help. The MacBookPro wasn't actually getting too hot... it just thinks that when you start up. As long as I never reboot, it's fine. :) Hi Nick,

I gave that a shot, too (I used the SMC fan control) but it didn’t help. The MacBookPro wasn’t actually getting too hot… it just thinks that when you start up. As long as I never reboot, it’s fine. :)

]]> By: Nick Halstead http://marketingtechblog.com/2007/05/02/sick-macbookpro/comment-page-1/#comment-44711 Nick Halstead Wed, 02 May 2007 14:14:54 +0000 http://marketingtechblog.com/2007/05/02/sick-macbookpro/#comment-44711 Sorry to hear that Doug, I recently installed a fan control program on my Macbook because I didnt like how hot it got, I have it set so it never lets the fan drop below 3500rpm. It used to idle at 1800rpm but let the CPU get up to about 65C before it started to ramp up the fan, that seemed far too high, but the software allows an override. I think it was called smcFanControl. But I dont think its going to solve your problem :) You could also just live in the fridge with the laptop? quick access to the beer? Sorry to hear that Doug, I recently installed a fan control program on my Macbook because I didnt like how hot it got, I have it set so it never lets the fan drop below 3500rpm. It used to idle at 1800rpm but let the CPU get up to about 65C before it started to ramp up the fan, that seemed far too high, but the software allows an override. I think it was called smcFanControl. But I dont think its going to solve your problem :)

You could also just live in the fridge with the laptop? quick access to the beer?

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