WARNING: new iMacs have a bug!!!

Last weekend, Hubby bought me an iMac for my birthday. (see last blog post) Well, once we got it up and running Hubby ran the software updates so we'd have the latest system. Almost immediately after running the updates the iMac started freezing. We could be on the internet, using itunes, editing on Photoshop it would freeze at the most inopportune times and have to be restarted by holding the power button. At one point, I had to restart the machine 5 times within 10 minutes! I was cursing Apple and vowing to move back to PC.

Well, Google turned up this:
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from Macworld:
October 4, 2007
Apple acknowledges iMac freezing issue
By Jim Dalrymple

Apple acknowledged on Thursday recent problems with its consumer iMac computer and promised a fix as soon as possible.

“A small number of iMac users have made us aware that a recent software update issued by Apple can sometimes cause their iMacs to freeze, requiring them to restart their iMac,” an Apple spokesperson told Macworld.

According to users the computer becomes unusable, requiring a hard reset in order to recover. Apple doesn’t know the exact cause of the problem, but they are investigating.

“We are tracking down the root cause of this bug, and will issue a software update which corrects it as soon as we can — most likely later this month,” the company spokesperson said. “We apologize for the inconvenience.”
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Doesn't that suck?!! Turns out the iMac is fine when purchased but when you update the software it starts freezing. We were unable to figure out how to get the update off the machine (we tried reinstalling the original software, etc) so we packed it up and made our way back to the store. People couldn't believe we were returning an iMac. :-P

We ended up exchanging the iMac vowing to not perform any updates. We want to purchase the new operating system Leopard, but we're afraid of how it'll run. :-\

Any thoughts?

Happy Birthday to me!

. . . a week in a half early. . . :-P

I'm blogging on the present Hubby got me yesterday!

an Apple iMac! :-)

Some girls fancy things like purses, jewelery, etc. Me? I like electronics! :-P



I'm amazed that the computer is contained in the screen!



What's cool about the iMac (or any Mac for that matter) is when you turn it on it asks if you have an old Mac. If so, you hook them up together and it automatically transfers your files! I never knew that!



Thanks Hubby! You're the best!!!

Kelly and Josh's We Did! Session

These have been sitting on my hard drive for quite some time and I completely forgot to post them. Aren't these great!? Hubby and I met up with Kelly and Josh a few weeks after their wedding to take relaxed, fun and carefree portraits we didn't have time to take at their wedding. (ran out of light) Aren't these great??!! I'm thinking of adding them to my current packages. :-)

A few weeks ago, Kelly's Mom e-mailed me the following:

"Janelle

I love your pictures and would like to order some-I am going to wait till you get the ones from your second session at the beach. I hope you will leave the old ones along with the new ones so we can pick which ones we want. Thank you for making my daughters wedding a very memorable event. You and your husband were terrific and we couldn't have found a better photographer.Thank you so much --Debbie"

I work really hard to build strong relationships with each of my clients and I am absolutely thrilled when the Mom's and Dad's of my clients feel comfortable enough to call and e-mail me to talk about the pictures, the wedding day, anything. I love my job! :-)