[Chester LUG] Tomorrow

[Stuart Burns]

Well several Genii ? looked at it, couldn't revive it. I too think hardware
but I do push it hard, 2 monitors, multiple VMs. Makes it run hot. It gets
hot where the GPU is right after the fail.


On 26 November 2014 at 16:30, Les Pritchard <les.pritchard at gmail.com> wrote:

> So I'm guessing they couldn't run their usual hardware tests as they were
> dead?
>
> I find it hard to believe that software could do that.
>
> On 26 November 2014 at 16:27, Stuart Burns <stuart.james.burns at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Yep. They were all working fine and then went into suspend mode, never to
>> come out
>>
>> PRAM resets SMC resets etc, none of it brought it back to life.
>>
>> On 26 November 2014 at 16:11, Les Pritchard <les.pritchard at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Six times! That is unbelievable! Were they just all showing the same
>>> symptoms?
>>>
>>> On 26 November 2014 at 14:23, Stuart Burns <stuart.james.burns at gmail.com
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hey, lay off the midgets! And you gave it to me :p
>>>>
>>>> On 26 November 2014 at 14:20, Michael Crilly <michael at mcrilly.me>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> The NSA aren't interested in your midget clown porn.
>>>>>
>>>>> On 26 November 2014 14:18:34 GMT+00:00, Stuart Burns <
>>>>> stuart.james.burns at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> They reckon, and this aint the "genii" but the manager, that the
>>>>>> cause is Fusion. Therefore they comped me a copy of Parallels. Even offered
>>>>>> a full refund for the mac and all the devices, ie just shy of 2K.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thing is, never had any of these issues with my 13" Core Duo MBP, or
>>>>>> the Mac Quiksilver or the Mac Mini, or any other laptops.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm beginning to get paranoid about it all actually. It must be the
>>>>>> NSA trying to bug it ;)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 26 November 2014 at 14:11, Michael Crilly <michael at mcrilly.me>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> VMWare Fusion worked so well for you, Stuart, then I'm actually
>>>>>>> thinking about buying a license for my mum and dad.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> #6? Man, I've never so much as considered taken a Mac back due to a
>>>>>>> problem. I think you're just getting beer and egg all over the logic board
>>>>>>> ;-)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 26 November 2014 14:07:05 GMT+00:00, Stuart Burns <
>>>>>>> stuart.james.burns at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Virtualbox, you need VMware Fusion, a proper solution ;)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Oh and I am now on mac #6. No I am not kidding....
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 26 November 2014 at 12:51, Les Pritchard <
>>>>>>>> les.pritchard at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi Mike,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Yes thanks for the reminder - it dropped off my list! We will be
>>>>>>>>> meeting tomorrow evening at the Funk Aardvark (Bridge Street rows) from
>>>>>>>>> 7.30 and I'm looking forward to the talk!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> See you all there.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Les
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 26 November 2014 at 12:11, Michael Crilly <michael at mcrilly.me>
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Hi All,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Are we on for tomorrow evening? It's the last Thursday of the
>>>>>>>>>> month!
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Are we meeting again at that funky, cool shop? And are you still
>>>>>>>>>> interested in me going over some Vagrant/Ansible/VirtualBox basics?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> - Mike
>>>>>>>>>>
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