Comments on: Why It Hurts and Please Make It Stop http://radarmasukami.com/2008/04/14/why-it-hurts-and-please-make-it-stop/ Radar Masukami of the SL Under the Radar podcast thinks out loud Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:06:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: ArminasX Saiman http://radarmasukami.com/2008/04/14/why-it-hurts-and-please-make-it-stop/#comment-163 ArminasX Saiman Sun, 20 Apr 2008 03:46:09 +0000 http://radarmasukami.wordpress.com/?p=364#comment-163 Yeah, I'm on an iMac and I too have the beachball on a regular basis - I like to call it the "spinning beachball of death". Fortunately, it seems only to annoy and not kill you dead. Mostly it screws up my conversations - when I resume from the beachball I usually find everyone waiting for me to answer a question! Yeah, I’m on an iMac and I too have the beachball on a regular basis - I like to call it the “spinning beachball of death”. Fortunately, it seems only to annoy and not kill you dead. Mostly it screws up my conversations - when I resume from the beachball I usually find everyone waiting for me to answer a question!

]]> By: radarmasukami http://radarmasukami.com/2008/04/14/why-it-hurts-and-please-make-it-stop/#comment-167 radarmasukami Mon, 14 Apr 2008 23:50:40 +0000 http://radarmasukami.wordpress.com/?p=364#comment-167 You know, for all the problems I'm having, I don't know if I agree with that.. if by the forced upgrade you mean 1.19.1.4 and not 1.20.0. I see that windows people are having total freezes too with nvidia drivers and 1.20.0. I think LL screwed something up maybe. But with 1.19.1.4, it's actually the best release ever, aside from the beachball thing. And given the combined history of Apple and Nvidia on Nvida drivers for the Macs, I'm totally willing to place blame at Apple's feet on this one, unless otherwise proven that it's LL's fault. You know, for all the problems I’m having, I don’t know if I agree with that.. if by the forced upgrade you mean 1.19.1.4 and not 1.20.0. I see that windows people are having total freezes too with nvidia drivers and 1.20.0. I think LL screwed something up maybe.

But with 1.19.1.4, it’s actually the best release ever, aside from the beachball thing. And given the combined history of Apple and Nvidia on Nvida drivers for the Macs, I’m totally willing to place blame at Apple’s feet on this one, unless otherwise proven that it’s LL’s fault.

]]> By: nikadreamscape http://radarmasukami.com/2008/04/14/why-it-hurts-and-please-make-it-stop/#comment-166 nikadreamscape Mon, 14 Apr 2008 22:16:31 +0000 http://radarmasukami.wordpress.com/?p=364#comment-166 Oh, just admit it Radar. You were in someone's kitchen because you get off on sneaking into people's houses. You should be ashamed. Seriously, though. The latest (required) upgrade is a complete POS. Everyone is complaining about it. Oh, just admit it Radar. You were in someone’s kitchen because you get off on sneaking into people’s houses. You should be ashamed.

Seriously, though. The latest (required) upgrade is a complete POS. Everyone is complaining about it.

]]> By: radarmasukami http://radarmasukami.com/2008/04/14/why-it-hurts-and-please-make-it-stop/#comment-165 radarmasukami Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:17:32 +0000 http://radarmasukami.wordpress.com/?p=364#comment-165 It is kind of depressing. Right now I'm just trying to make a "rez-on-demand" deck for tiny house and it's taking forever just to look at textures because I keep beachballing. But.. in fairness the beachballing is not nearly as bad on the Mac Pro with the ATI card. But ATI cards have their own issues... Depending on what else you do, the new macs are still amazing, awesome machines to own. And, just like the memory leak and system lock up they fixed on the nvidias before, I'm sure they'll fix this or make it bearable. But that one took a LONG time for them to fix too. It is kind of depressing. Right now I’m just trying to make a “rez-on-demand” deck for tiny house and it’s taking forever just to look at textures because I keep beachballing. But.. in fairness the beachballing is not nearly as bad on the Mac Pro with the ATI card. But ATI cards have their own issues…

Depending on what else you do, the new macs are still amazing, awesome machines to own. And, just like the memory leak and system lock up they fixed on the nvidias before, I’m sure they’ll fix this or make it bearable. But that one took a LONG time for them to fix too.

]]> By: Lunette http://radarmasukami.com/2008/04/14/why-it-hurts-and-please-make-it-stop/#comment-164 Lunette Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:55:24 +0000 http://radarmasukami.wordpress.com/?p=364#comment-164 This is depressing. I was thinking of getting an upgrade so SL would run better. But it sounds like I am having a better experience on my old G5. This is depressing. I was thinking of getting an upgrade so SL would run better. But it sounds like I am having a better experience on my old G5.

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