It's dead, Jim.

[Eggs Mayonnaise]

Dell Inspiron 600M
"Bubble"
March 2003-February 2007​

It's last words were "Windows cannot start because Boot cannot find DLLs for HAL." It had been ill for some time.

I gotta come up with some money fast. Meanwhile, my roommate and I will be fighting over Grandpa Mac G4 in the living room.

Light a candle.

 

[Ishcabittle]

That G4 ain't no grandpa. Unless you're running apps like Photoshop. LOL.

You could always reinstall windows on the Bubble... unless the drive itself is dead.

 

[Acrimonious]

I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that.

 

[Friday]

May Bubble rest in peace.

 

[Eggs Mayonnaise]

No, it's definitely hardware, not just Windows. It's been displaying a vast array of symptoms over the past month. I couldn't even use the keyboard or it would short out, I had an old Mac USB keyboard plugged in.

Luckily my files are 99% backed up, so retrieval isn't a life-or-death thing at the moment.

The G4 is a 733 mHz; I'm running Photoshop, Illustrator, full Office, audio and video conversion/editing apps, plus a *cough* torrent of other internet-related apps. It has a 40GB drive, and the 160GB external I was using for backup fried itself out recently.

I'm a sad panda.

 

[Ishcabittle]

That's not a bad G4, not bad at all. That MHz speed puts it around 2001 - the Digital Audio model. Considering that CS hasn't been upgraded to Universal, you'll probably get just as good speeds outta that machine than you would out of a MacPro.

If that machine is running Tiger (hopefully) you'll get better performance if you close of all your Widgets, and keep your high-RAM usage apps down to one or two at a time. Don't run Azureus while you're running your CS or Office apps, that guy's a real resource hog.

It'll do for now, anyway.

 

[RobL]

From 2003, and it just died? Wow. Maybe my Gateway isn't a POJ after all. Had it since 2000, or some such. Still got WINME on it even.

 

[Eggs Mayonnaise]

Yeah, it's not like the G4 is a liability or anything, and it holds the record for the longest I've ever had a trouble-free machine (you're right about 2001). I've only got it updated to 10.3.9 because I rarely use it anymore and I'm a cheapie.

I've been considering using my money to get a totally tripped-out Mac notebook and running Windows that way, rather than buying 2 new machines. But other than being compatible with the rare Mac-only client, I'm wondering what I would need the Mac side for anymore...which makes me sad, because I started out a total Mac-o-phile back in the day.

Don't run Azureus while you're running your CS or Office apps, that guy's a real resource hog.

BitTorrent, actually. And yes, it drags things down to a snail's pace.

 

[Eggs Mayonnaise]

From 2003, and it just died? Wow. Maybe my Gateway isn't a POJ after all. Had it since 2000, or some such. Still got WINME on it even.

WinME? What do you use it for besides surfing and solitaire?

 

[RobL]

WinME? What do you use it for besides surfing and solitaire?

Sometimes word processing.

My new notebook (year old) has XP, though. But I still use the old beast when I dont' want to bring the notebook downstairs or out of its case.

 

[Fuddlemiff]

R.I.P.