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Re: [apple scitech] Anyone else having problems with Apple laptops?


On Mar 10, 2008, at 11:29 AM, Urs Lauterburg wrote:
planetary crash modeling calculations for prototyping tests. I wondered if he was just unlucky or if anyone else has also encountered this type of hardware failures. It seems that in both cases overheating the processor made him go. I think this should in no way be possible though.

I have sometimes had problems with laptops because of constant compile/ run/debug and number-crunching work. (I tend to run computational chemistry.) But the problem has not been a processor, but the hard drive. I have sometimes gone through 2 drives in a 5-year period.

On the other hand, I live in the cold Northeast of the US and would often carry my computer to work and then start number crunching. (Cold -> hot cycle!) I think this is generally a bad idea and not really Apple's fault.

I agree with other suggestions -- it's usually worthwhile to get AppleCare on laptops. And backup hard drives (particularly a hot spare) have saved my life many times! It's great security right before a big presentation to boot off your backup drive onto someone else's loaner Mac. Try that on Windows! :-)

Cheers,
-Geoff
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 >[apple scitech] Compile GSL for x86_64 (From: "David Finlayson" <email@hidden>)


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 >[apple scitech] Anyone else having problems with Apple laptops? (From: Urs Lauterburg <email@hidden>)























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