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- 10.6 on 21.5" iMac, 3.06 intel dual core, 4gb, 500 gb HDD
Got my imac about a week ago. We were really excited, as everything seems really slick.
Then, last night, I went through what I would describe as evil reincarnate as I tried to upload some of my archived files from DVDs and CDs.
First, transferring files with the so called superdrive was painfully slow. About 10-15 minutes to transfer a full CD of pictures (CD, not DVD, so, what about 600-750 MB?) Can't wait till I transfer DVDs of data
Next, some of my disks were a little older, admittedly (circa 2000-2002). Insert into imac. Nothing but furious spinning and whirring. No icon added on the desktop, nothing. Ok, hit eject. Nothing. Hmm. Open disk utility, wait for the 2 minutes it takes to admit there's a disk in the drive, hit eject. Nothing (well, actually, note saying "error can't eject").
What next. Ok, hit restart. Starts to shutdown fine, goes to blue screen, freezes. Won't shutdown. So I try hitting power button for a few seconds (i've later learned that I probably want to hold it for 10+ seconds). Still nothing.
Fine. How do you like this, Imac: I pulled her cord. Upon plugging in and turning on, the disk finally ejects.
Most disks worked, but this was frustrating because every third or fourth disk of data (and sometimes two in a row) would do this. I went downstairs to my laptop (running XP) and put them in, recognized and read right away.
I thought the whole point of switching was that random, horribly frustrating things weren't supposed to happen (like whenever my wife is working on our family christmas card from a template in notes, it crashes randomly. Nice.)
Then, last night, I went through what I would describe as evil reincarnate as I tried to upload some of my archived files from DVDs and CDs.
First, transferring files with the so called superdrive was painfully slow. About 10-15 minutes to transfer a full CD of pictures (CD, not DVD, so, what about 600-750 MB?) Can't wait till I transfer DVDs of data
Next, some of my disks were a little older, admittedly (circa 2000-2002). Insert into imac. Nothing but furious spinning and whirring. No icon added on the desktop, nothing. Ok, hit eject. Nothing. Hmm. Open disk utility, wait for the 2 minutes it takes to admit there's a disk in the drive, hit eject. Nothing (well, actually, note saying "error can't eject").
What next. Ok, hit restart. Starts to shutdown fine, goes to blue screen, freezes. Won't shutdown. So I try hitting power button for a few seconds (i've later learned that I probably want to hold it for 10+ seconds). Still nothing.
Fine. How do you like this, Imac: I pulled her cord. Upon plugging in and turning on, the disk finally ejects.
Most disks worked, but this was frustrating because every third or fourth disk of data (and sometimes two in a row) would do this. I went downstairs to my laptop (running XP) and put them in, recognized and read right away.
I thought the whole point of switching was that random, horribly frustrating things weren't supposed to happen (like whenever my wife is working on our family christmas card from a template in notes, it crashes randomly. Nice.)