Apple And Mohammed

Friday, Apr. 14, 2006 - 12:00 a.m.

Here's a little something from PC World:

Users Find Flaw in Boot Camp

Some users report that Apple's software has permanently turned their Macs into PCs.

Some Mac users are reporting problems with Apple's Boot Camp, the software that lets Intel-based Macs run Windows. Ironically, some users have said been stuck with Windows, with their hardware left unable to reboot the Mac OS. In a discussion thread on Apple's technical support Web site, more than a dozen users reported that Boot Camp successfully partitioned their hard drive and allowed them to install a working version of Windows, but then would no longer allow them to switch back. ... Apple's announcement of Boot Camp a week ago had an effect akin to mass hysteria on users, the IT industry and the business community, even seeing Apple's stock price jump 10 percent. All this excitement may to have led some users to install Boot Camp without taking many precautions, ignoring the fact that the software is a beta product, and that Apple said at the beginning it wouldn't offer technical support. "This isn't a minor glitch, but a major problem. Barring erasing my drive and reinstalling OS X, I am stuck with an Apple laptop that only runs Windows," wrote a user. "I don't want solutions that entail using the command line. I would like something from Apple saying that they recognize the problem and are working on it."

"Apple should consider taking Boot Cramp off distribution immediately!" wrote another.

Other affected users were more philosophical about their quandary. "A bit scary, but that's life on the bleeding edge," wrote one user. A number of users said they had been forced to erase their hard drives and re-install Mac OS X, restoring their data from backups. Others said they had been able to fix the problem using command-line tools or Apple utilities such as Repair Disk. Apple said it does not offer support for the Boot Camp beta.

The software will be built into a future edition of Mac OS X.

I can't figure out which movie the aforementioned news article reminds me of.

Maybe the original fairytale version of 'The Little Mermaid' where the mermaid feels like she is walking on knives when her tail becomes a pair of legs.

Or no -- maybe 'Dracula' . You know, when you invite the wrong person to bite your neck and then you become a vampire and can never go back.

IMHO, anybody who installs unsupported beta test software deserves whatever they get.

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By the way, that South Park episode which was to feature a walk-on by the prophet Mohammed really was censored. Which strikes me as odd, because Mohammed was portrayed on screen back in 2001 in the 'Super Best Friends' episode.

But, as has been mentioned in Hud's as well as other blogs, nobody wanted to censor Jesus defecating on George W Bush and the American flag.

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Okay, that's it. Have a nice Friday!

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