I am SO sick of my G5

[Phil_The_Rodent]

This thing has never EVER worked properly. After such a hefty pricetag, you'd expect a little satisfaction, but the system is just horrible. It still doesn't shut down after being turned in for servicing TWICE, programs shut down unexpectedly an average of 4 times/7 hour day, and hasn't been printing for two weeks. Now it won't even update. I've gone through all the online documentation and nothing helps.

Note: I have ONLY installed MS Office, Adobe CS, and Norton Antivirus on this machine.

Anyways, I highly discourage people from buying Mac.

Thanks for letting me vent.

[Phil_The_Rodent]

Well, actually this is a replacement for the first one. [sigh]

Programs on my PCs rarely crash. Maybe once a month, and that's if I'm pushing PS to the gills with something else open (in other words, doing something I shouldn't be doing with limited resources). Even my windows 98 box (which I love, which is mostly bullet-proof) seems more stable.

I sometimes have some problems printing on the PC but it's a server issue, not the PC. And yes, it always turns off and updates upon request.

[kristoficus]

Funny that, isnt it. The mac lovers tell us not to bash it untill we've tried it. And yet after we've tried it, we think even less of Macs. I have used the updated MacLabs at uni in the past year and the only impressive thing about them are the displays. I found the system sluggish and complicated (but then again i have used Windows for about 10 years. - so im used to the Windows environment).


But its still interesting...the mac lovers bash the PC even if it works perfectly, and the Windows users bash the mac for a reason, but are still frowned upon :P

[kristoficus]

Not often you see a genuine reason for someone slanting a mac...could this be an isolated issue with faulty hardware? or is it pretty common?

Will Apple not refund you or replace with a new one? It's your rights as a consumer to ask for your money back or a completely new replacement product, if your product was not "working" properly from the start. But i remember Colins trouble with trying to get a refund for his QuickTime Pro 7, so i truly wish you the best of luck in getting any sort of resolution from Apple.

Just out of curiosity...How often do programs crash on your Microsoft-based PC? And do you ever have problems printing? And does it always turn off when you want it to turn off?

[kiwicolin]

So sorry to hear about this Phil. I haven't experienced any of these problems
Whicch G5 do you have and are you running tiger?

[Phil_The_Rodent]

Dual 2 GHz PowerPC G5 c 1.5 GB DDR SDRAM (Power Mac)

Running Mac OS X 10.3.9

[kiwicolin]

Don't know if tiger will help you or not
I have the same system. Mine was first generation, maybe the made them better then or something?
Did you do a test on the ram? A bad memory chip can cause a lot of grief

[Phil_The_Rodent]

How do I test ram?

[scottperezfox]

That's bizarre. I know several G5 users and none of them have had these problems. Apple doesn't make magic machines - no one does, but I would say you are still the minority in regard to hardware malfunctioning.

I blame Norton Anti-Virus for your problems. Never been a fan, but I have heard that Norton Utilities does bad things to your Mac.

[Freedom211]

Sorry to hear that phil, hope you can get some answers and get it back in working condition.