tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5560238746995441079.post7424561747656071235..comments2023-07-15T05:24:03.572-07:00Comments on Mac Me Up: MacBook Pro: second impressionsPaul A. Hoadleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04947968775920590583noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5560238746995441079.post-21438540908086361992007-11-05T09:31:00.000-08:002007-11-05T09:31:00.000-08:00Sorry Steve. I failed to mention that WAS the outp...Sorry Steve. I failed to mention that WAS the output from my machine running Leopard :)Haninoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5560238746995441079.post-68705194825387596682007-11-02T23:27:00.000-07:002007-11-02T23:27:00.000-07:00Arrgh. I mean it is for Tiger and you won't ha...Arrgh. I mean it is for Tiger and you won't have to update to Leopard for the fix!stevenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5560238746995441079.post-10882617888564745452007-11-02T23:21:00.000-07:002007-11-02T23:21:00.000-07:00This is probably the fix for the issue...Apple has...This is probably the fix for the issue...<br><br>Apple has released MacBook Pro Software Update 1.2 which improves graphics stability and is recommended for all 2.2/2.4GHz MacBook Pro Models running Mac OS X 10.4.9 or 10.4.10 Tiger.<br><br>This is for Leopard. Apple does NOT do the "upgrade to latest OS to fix your problem" shit that Microsoft does.stevenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5560238746995441079.post-3461758954341404702007-11-02T11:09:00.000-07:002007-11-02T11:09:00.000-07:00Does not look like Leopards going to fix it but th...Does not look like Leopards going to fix it but this could be unrelated. I'm ssh'd into my MBP and outputting the dmesg<br><br>;<br><br>NVChannel(GL): Graphics channel timeout!<br>NVChannel(GL): Graphics channel exception! status = 0xffff info32 = 0x3 = Fifo: Unknown Method Error<br> 0000000b<br>NVChannel(GL): Graphics channel exception! status = 0xffff info32 = 0x3 = Fifo: Unknown Method Error<br> 0000000b<br>NVChannel(GL): Graphics channel exception! status = 0xffff info32 = 0x3 = Fifo: Unknown Method Error<br> 0000000b<br><br><br>I've only experienced this so far trying to compile a DVD within iDVD, the swirlly busy icon appears (no its not doing jack cause the process list shows nothing utilising much).<br><br><br><br>Lets hope they do something to fix this annoying issue.Haninoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5560238746995441079.post-99551928048764542007-10-26T05:36:00.000-07:002007-10-26T05:36:00.000-07:00Yeah, you seem to be having a run of misfortune. M...Yeah, you seem to be having a run of misfortune. My problems are limited to poor wireless reception and I haven't been bothered returning the laptop for a new wireless card yet.<br><br>I cringe when I recommend a Mac to someone and then they have problems, which is why I generally don't bother making a recommendation other than being a Smug Mac Git.<br><br>The upside is that these kinds of driver problems generally do get fixed over time, as Apple have a limited range of hardware to support rather than thousands of various cards and chipsets in billions of permutations.<br><br>Even if you didn't get Leopard, Apple would still issue those driver fixes for the earlier operating systems as they do not subscribe to the "pay for upgrade to fix problems" model. Each end-of-line revision of the OS is left as flawless as possible.stevenoreply@blogger.com