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  • GuyFawkes0

    my mac pro trashcan died this morning, spent the whole day trying to trouble shoot it. after 15 years of being on a mac, i’ll never buy another god damned mac again. going back to building my own PCs at twice the speed and half the price. fuck you apple. i guess i gotta deal with viruses n shit now.

    • how did it die?since1979
    • SMC trippin, reset won’t work, fans are blazing and system is slow as shitGuyFawkes
    • still trying other shit now, but i’m getting ready to call itGuyFawkes
    • But, Windows...ArmandoEstrada
    • yeah it’s gonna be weirdGuyFawkes
    • 15 year old Macs def suxrobotron3k
    • Trash can isn’t that old is it? Have you even tried troubleshooting with Apple? Usually they’re sorta cool about helping.monospaced
    • it’s a late 2013, i’ll probably call tomorrowGuyFawkes
    • I just can’t with windows. The day they stop making Mac OS is the day I stop using computers.ArmandoEstrada
    • just factory reset the shit. i doubt your motherboard is fucked. im sure its not the ram...could be a hard drive... is the gpu fried?since1979
    • Your kids been throwing trash in it?pango
    • gonna spend another day on that shit, god damit!GuyFawkes
    • apple diagnostics gave me an error that my SMC is fucked, says take it to a mac store, i ain’t got one where i’m atGuyFawkes
    • if that’s the case I’d rather just overnight amazon a gaming pc then wait for all that repair timeGuyFawkes
    • PCs these days are crazy fast, i just wish i didn’t have to deal with that god damned OSGuyFawkes
    • i’d hackintosh if they sold proven systems already put together, ain’t nobody got time fo datGuyFawkes
    • https://support.appl…since1979
    • You only have to deal with viruses if you're a moron. Windows Defender and running Malware Bites every other week is all you need.face_melter
    • PCs have been fast all the time yo... If you can not work on a Windows machine, you can install Mac OS on it using Vmware too... Loa it with ram and go onOBBTKN
    • Loa > LoadOBBTKN
    • stick with the old macs. my old macpro 1.1 is still working fine, easy to add extra shit.hans_glib
    • cue the thing going down for ever in 3..2..1..hans_glib
    • i have a fried 09 mac pro sitting next to me, i loved it, it’s dead as fuck though, needs a new boardGuyFawkes
    • @ since, that smc reset was the first thing i tried multiple times, no workieGuyFawkes
    • getting ready to take it apart now for a cleaning, then i’ll do a format and recoverGuyFawkes
    • There are repair shops in NYC that will replace a board and battery and front case for not much $, will make that like a new MBPmonospaced
    • It's a software issue so not sure a cleaning will fix it but why notsince1979
    • it’s 6:30 pm, been installing the new os since 9am, this shit is dead. i ordered a new pc, fuck it.GuyFawkes
    • i’ll have both my macs fixed once i get stateside, then i’ll sell emGuyFawkes

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