Comments on: The curse of the early adopter, part two http://www.rinzai.com/2007/02/21/the-curse-of-the-early-adopter-part-two/ a site for raven zachary Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:56:49 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Tara http://www.rinzai.com/2007/02/21/the-curse-of-the-early-adopter-part-two/comment-page-1/#comment-10633 Tara Mon, 04 Jun 2007 16:35:51 +0000 http://www.rinzai.com/2007/02/21/the-curse-of-the-early-adopter-part-two/#comment-10633 Alright...soooo.... I stumbled in here because my MacBook has misplaced its hard drive for the first time since I bought it last August. BUT, I have a Toshiba Satelite not more than six feet away from me that is on its 4th hard drive failure. It hasn't kerplopped yet, it is in its beginning stages. I am beginning to think that it is a laptop problem. I think they are overheating and frying the drives. I think it is a universal problem and I think some of it experience it more than others because we use our laptops more. I think the whole heat dispersion may be jacked in them. Ironically enough, I have an old Compaq laptop running Windows 1995 that is still kicking just fine aside from a useless battery. I have had problems with every laptop I have ever owned. Maybe we demand too much from them that technology cannot yet provide. I am fortunate to be a serial back up artist, but I am losing two web sites, a catalog, and a plethora of photos that I have been working on. :o( I need the damn thing to work and I don't really feel up to visiting a "Mac Genius" today. GRRR!!! Just my uneducated $0.02 Alright…soooo….

I stumbled in here because my MacBook has misplaced its hard drive for the first time since I bought it last August. BUT, I have a Toshiba Satelite not more than six feet away from me that is on its 4th hard drive failure. It hasn’t kerplopped yet, it is in its beginning stages.

I am beginning to think that it is a laptop problem. I think they are overheating and frying the drives. I think it is a universal problem and I think some of it experience it more than others because we use our laptops more.

I think the whole heat dispersion may be jacked in them. Ironically enough, I have an old Compaq laptop running Windows 1995 that is still kicking just fine aside from a useless battery. I have had problems with every laptop I have ever owned. Maybe we demand too much from them that technology cannot yet provide.

I am fortunate to be a serial back up artist, but I am losing two web sites, a catalog, and a plethora of photos that I have been working on. :o (

I need the damn thing to work and I don’t really feel up to visiting a “Mac Genius” today.

GRRR!!!

Just my uneducated $0.02

]]> By: JohnS http://www.rinzai.com/2007/02/21/the-curse-of-the-early-adopter-part-two/comment-page-1/#comment-10373 JohnS Tue, 29 May 2007 17:51:40 +0000 http://www.rinzai.com/2007/02/21/the-curse-of-the-early-adopter-part-two/#comment-10373 Do you notice now that the 7200 rpm drives are available on newer MBPs? I just burned through my 2nd 7200 rpm drive in less than 15 months. The Apple Store "accidentally" replaced it with a 5400 rpm one, before I insisted that I should get the 7200 rpm driver. I wonder if moving to the 5400 rpm drive would solve this entire problem, although it would be much slower... Do you notice now that the 7200 rpm drives are available on newer MBPs? I just burned through my 2nd 7200 rpm drive in less than 15 months. The Apple Store “accidentally” replaced it with a 5400 rpm one, before I insisted that I should get the 7200 rpm driver. I wonder if moving to the 5400 rpm drive would solve this entire problem, although it would be much slower…

]]> By: Erica http://www.rinzai.com/2007/02/21/the-curse-of-the-early-adopter-part-two/comment-page-1/#comment-8080 Erica Sat, 28 Apr 2007 16:10:04 +0000 http://www.rinzai.com/2007/02/21/the-curse-of-the-early-adopter-part-two/#comment-8080 Thanks for your insight. I lost my white MacBook's hard drive yesterday... this entire semester of grad school papers/notes is gone, as well as the grades for the 2 classes I teach. I had backed up 3 weeks ago, but somehow my "school" folder didn't get transferred to the external hard drive. I too, have been relying on closing the lid and having the computer sleep to put it in my backpack - I will start taking the precautions you mentioned. My question is, what's the easiest way to back up to my external drive every day, without duplicating information on the drive? You mentioned you run a script, but I'm not familiar with writing scripts. Do you have any tips? I'll be taking preventative measures from now on, since I know that I'm likely to lose this replacement hard drive as well... I have been plagued by problems since I bought this guy last June... :-( Thanks for your insight. I lost my white MacBook’s hard drive yesterday… this entire semester of grad school papers/notes is gone, as well as the grades for the 2 classes I teach. I had backed up 3 weeks ago, but somehow my “school” folder didn’t get transferred to the external hard drive.

I too, have been relying on closing the lid and having the computer sleep to put it in my backpack – I will start taking the precautions you mentioned. My question is, what’s the easiest way to back up to my external drive every day, without duplicating information on the drive? You mentioned you run a script, but I’m not familiar with writing scripts. Do you have any tips?

I’ll be taking preventative measures from now on, since I know that I’m likely to lose this replacement hard drive as well… I have been plagued by problems since I bought this guy last June… :-(

]]> By: Nicholas Thompson http://www.rinzai.com/2007/02/21/the-curse-of-the-early-adopter-part-two/comment-page-1/#comment-3780 Nicholas Thompson Thu, 22 Feb 2007 22:00:10 +0000 http://www.rinzai.com/2007/02/21/the-curse-of-the-early-adopter-part-two/#comment-3780 As you said in your comment on my blog (thanks for leaving that by the way) on my post about <a href="http://www.thingy-ma-jig.co.uk/blog/30-12-2006/mac-book-pro-hard-disk-failure" rel="nofollow">Apple Mac Book Pro Hard Disk Failures</a>, I'm starting to get more and more concerned about the life expectancy of these devices. When I pay a premium for a top of the range device, I do not expect it to fail in that time frame. I wouldn't mind if I abused the laptop - but I treat it with great respect - its the most expensive thing I own and I'm not going to throw it around! I was in the same boat as you in that I have the 100gb 7200rpm drive and they didn't have any in stock, so I had to wave by bye to my laptop for a week or two. As you said in your comment on my blog (thanks for leaving that by the way) on my post about
Apple Mac Book Pro Hard Disk Failures, I’m starting to get more and more concerned about the life expectancy of these devices.

When I pay a premium for a top of the range device, I do not expect it to fail in that time frame.

I wouldn’t mind if I abused the laptop – but I treat it with great respect – its the most expensive thing I own and I’m not going to throw it around!

I was in the same boat as you in that I have the 100gb 7200rpm drive and they didn’t have any in stock, so I had to wave by bye to my laptop for a week or two.

]]> By: Raven Zachary http://www.rinzai.com/2007/02/21/the-curse-of-the-early-adopter-part-two/comment-page-1/#comment-3758 Raven Zachary Wed, 21 Feb 2007 17:12:59 +0000 http://www.rinzai.com/2007/02/21/the-curse-of-the-early-adopter-part-two/#comment-3758 Brian - so great to hear from you. Yes, video conferencing on the "Information Superhighway" back in 1994/5. I added you to my Twitter watch list. Keep in touch! Brian – so great to hear from you. Yes, video conferencing on the “Information Superhighway” back in 1994/5. I added you to my Twitter watch list. Keep in touch!

]]> By: brian cors http://www.rinzai.com/2007/02/21/the-curse-of-the-early-adopter-part-two/comment-page-1/#comment-3757 brian cors Wed, 21 Feb 2007 16:41:31 +0000 http://www.rinzai.com/2007/02/21/the-curse-of-the-early-adopter-part-two/#comment-3757 You crack me up, R. Never would I have guessed that I would keep running across your presence on the Interwebs as much as I do. I still remember the evenings that you and I and others would use Maven and CU-See-Me long into the night—using thousands of dollars of bandwidth to chat and watch each other pick their noses. Amazing to see how far it all really has come. Glad to see your blog, and that you're still cranking away with tech as I am—still passionately, and still with all the frustrations it entails. All the best, -b You crack me up, R.

Never would I have guessed that I would keep running across your presence on the Interwebs as much as I do. I still remember the evenings that you and I and others would use Maven and CU-See-Me long into the night—using thousands of dollars of bandwidth to chat and watch each other pick their noses.

Amazing to see how far it all really has come.

Glad to see your blog, and that you’re still cranking away with tech as I am—still passionately, and still with all the frustrations it entails.

All the best,
-b

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