Apple Computers Suck!!!

Sound like it could be a hardware problem to me.  Maybe the video card has a fault that bombs when movies run.  Generally if you re-install and it's still F'd this is the direction I go next.  Apple probably made 100's of thousands of computers identical to yours in hardware and software, and they obviously all don't have this problem or folks would know how to fix it right away - that means there's something weird about yours which is likely to  be faulty hardware if you've tried different OS/software versions.

I like the PC's because they're easy to work on.  I haven't bought a new system since 1999, though I have bought a couple motherboards/cpus, about 3 video cards, about 4 hard drives and one new case with more room, bigger power supply and pretty lights...  The modem, floppy drive and a 6.5gig HD are still original though.     That's not to say that I'm a microsoft fanboy though, I dual boot win2k and ubuntu and don't think microsoft has ever gotten a cent out of me.

I'll second what promethean said... roll your own.  I haven't purchased a PC in years, but I've built several for myself, my company, and friends-familly.  For about $750 I can build a smoking fast and RELIABLE PC with top-shelf hardware components and no firmware.  My current PC goes through the entire boot sequence and is ready to work in 20 seconds (not unlike a MAC, and very un-like a Dell that can take upwards of 2 minutes to boot), and it's running XP Pro, only 1 Gb memory, and an AMD Athelon 64 3200+ processor... nothing fancy at all.

I'm no tech-geek (proof = I have a real human female fiance!) and it was a piece of cake to learn how to build my own computers.

I agree. If you can build a computer and are good w/ software go that route. Apple's are for people who aren't into that and just want to use the computer to do something. That's why I've had Mac's all my life. 

Z

I like the PC's because they're easy to work on.  I haven't bought a new system since 1999, though I have bought a couple motherboards/cpus, about 3 video cards, about 4 hard drives and one new case with more room, bigger power supply and pretty lights...  The modem, floppy drive and a 6.5gig HD are still original though.     That's not to say that I'm a microsoft fanboy though, I dual boot win2k and ubuntu and don't think microsoft has ever gotten a cent out of me.

Why do I keep picturing a system cobbled together with 2x4's?   

-Allen

Apple's are for people who aren't into that and just want to use the computer to do something.

Thats what I was hoping for...and not getting

NEWS FLASH
My awesome wife, who was sick of my foul mood called Apple on her own...I am picking it up at the store and shipping it back for a FULL refund.  No more hassle.  My wife RULES!!!

Unfortunately, now I have no way of making movies, which is all I ever wanted to do in the first place.  Guess I'll just have to fish instead.

Now that the "WIFE RULES" on this issue, does the WAF go in your favor OR hers?? Just thought I would ask,

WAF always flows towards the W. 

Apple's are for people who aren't into that and just want to use the computer to do something.

Thats what I was hoping for...and not getting

I know. Sorry braddah. Like I said, I have my old video prod. machine ready for ya.

Z

Sean I would strongly suggest not doing that. Get the old iMovie install it and I bet all your troubles go away.

  I second what Bill said. You can always give it a try, and if it fixes your problem, you don't have to deal with the hassle of shipping your machine back to Apple. From all accounts, the latest release of iMovie is particularly skunky. It's a quick process, and if it doesn't work, you can let Software Update reinstall the latest POS* version and ship it back to Apple. Won't cost you more than an hour or two to try it.

* That's a technical term, having nothing to do with point-of-sale. Every release of iMovie has been a POS.

Get the old iMovie install it and I bet all your troubles go away.

If it was that simple, I can't believe they wouldn't have suggested it after 30+ hours on the phone and multiple trips to the store.  At this point I am completely ready to get this albatross out of my life.

If you can't get any satisfaction out of the whole deal, use it as an anchor, or you could:

I am picking it up at the store and shipping it back for a FULL refund.

What will you replace it with in order to make the movies that you want?  Just Curious.

Michael

Sean,

If you are interested in solving the problem I suggest listening to OldNewbie and Bill.

No 2x4s, but there is a piece of cardboard taped over the on/off button to keep little kids (who love pushing buttons) from turning it off on me. 

I recently got a USB video game controller and downloaded emulators and ROMs for NES, SNES, N64 and sega genesis. It's pretty neat to be able to play all those games that my friends had when I was a kid, but at $50 a pop couldn't afford all of them myself.  That and you can map quicksave and quickload to the trigger buttons and plow through the platformers.  My son can use it too because it's an easier interface than the keyboard.  Cheaper than a DS or wii...

I like the PC's because they're easy to work on.  I haven't bought a new system since 1999, though I have bought a couple motherboards/cpus, about 3 video cards, about 4 hard drives and one new case with more room, bigger power supply and pretty lights...  The modem, floppy drive and a 6.5gig HD are still original though.     That's not to say that I'm a microsoft fanboy though, I dual boot win2k and ubuntu and don't think microsoft has ever gotten a cent out of me.

Why do I keep picturing a system cobbled together with 2x4's?   

-Allen