Re: Manual eject problem

On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:19:46 +0100, "Isaac J." <me3@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:09:28 +0100, T i m wrote:

Imagine your card fails (lots of
the X1900s did) and you get a new one and you are left unable to
reinstall your OS from scratch. Ridiculous.

That's can't be correct can it?

I'm afraid so.


Ooo err.

Similar case:

"Okay, I got the 8800GT card, now I have to revert back to 10.5.2 and
I CAN'T do that because I can't boot from the Install DVD anymore."

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=491020

Well it looks like there are some get_rounds but it does all look a
bit messy / complicated I must admit.

But then I guess you can't have it all ways. Apple stuff generally
works easily because they (generally) make all the hardware, the OS
and much of the software.

PC's are often a collection of disparate components so I guess Windows
(and Linux to a degree) has to be more flexible with what's going on
with it's hardware. It can get upset of course but as you say, at
least it can sort a basic display out to get you going.

All the best ..

T i m
.

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