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<blockquote data-quote="xstep" data-source="post: 394403" data-attributes="member: 11647"><p>BSOD does exist in Mac OS X, but is usually rear. This can happen to all computers.</p><p></p><p>I can think of four variations I've seen over the years of OS X's life. First is the freeze. The cursor may be movable, but nothing else works. On some occasions it will come back to life, so in those cases something is taxing the system more than it should be. If the cursor is movable, I try to have some patience for a few minutes. Second is where the system gets so upset, that it dims the screen and tells you to press and hold the power button to cause a reboot. EyeTV has caused this a lot recently since their update. Third is what is closest to the the Windows BSOD, and I have seen it as a blue screen with little information. Lastly, I've seen the system panic, scroll a bunch of text that eventually leaves me at some low level prompt. Actually now that I think of it, it might have been part of number three.</p><p></p><p>Excepting the EyeTV issue I'm currently having, the last time I remember my tower having a crash was a couple of years ago because of faulty firewire cable. I may have had a few other panics since then, but they are not memorable. I'll try downgrading EyeTv.</p><p></p><p>My MBP laptop recently froze about a week ago and I wasn't doing anything special. Just browsing the internet, so I'm puzzled about that one incident. I suspect over heating.</p><p></p><p>So in closing, no one can assure you that the problem will not hit you if you switch to Mac. The concensus does seem to be that Macs have much fewer incidents of a serious crashing problem.</p><p></p><p>P.S. Any system that crashes needs some debugging time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="xstep, post: 394403, member: 11647"] BSOD does exist in Mac OS X, but is usually rear. This can happen to all computers. I can think of four variations I've seen over the years of OS X's life. First is the freeze. The cursor may be movable, but nothing else works. On some occasions it will come back to life, so in those cases something is taxing the system more than it should be. If the cursor is movable, I try to have some patience for a few minutes. Second is where the system gets so upset, that it dims the screen and tells you to press and hold the power button to cause a reboot. EyeTV has caused this a lot recently since their update. Third is what is closest to the the Windows BSOD, and I have seen it as a blue screen with little information. Lastly, I've seen the system panic, scroll a bunch of text that eventually leaves me at some low level prompt. Actually now that I think of it, it might have been part of number three. Excepting the EyeTV issue I'm currently having, the last time I remember my tower having a crash was a couple of years ago because of faulty firewire cable. I may have had a few other panics since then, but they are not memorable. I'll try downgrading EyeTv. My MBP laptop recently froze about a week ago and I wasn't doing anything special. Just browsing the internet, so I'm puzzled about that one incident. I suspect over heating. So in closing, no one can assure you that the problem will not hit you if you switch to Mac. The concensus does seem to be that Macs have much fewer incidents of a serious crashing problem. P.S. Any system that crashes needs some debugging time. [/QUOTE]
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