[Chester LUG] Tomorrow

Wed Nov 26 16:40:40 UTC 2014

Now you say that, I have heard of some people who've had problems killing
their MBPs when they run them very hard.

On 26 November 2014 at 16:32, Stuart Burns <stuart.james.burns at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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