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SOOO.. at work I got 2 computers sitting on my desk, a supposedly great dual processor g5 mac with OSX i use for Indesign on it and a simple 1ghz windows machine(you don't want to know which I think is the superior machine).

so my problem is since im the only graphics guy at work, I have a Mac on a PC run network.Well the Mac, like all the macs I've ever run on pc networks from os8 to now, need to be slowly manually connected to the network and even once i am connected to it, if I let the Mac idle for 10minutes, any program that was using anything off the network crashes and I most of the time lose my stuff. I find myself sending apple error reports literally 5-10 times a day(since OS8, the stability of mac os's are waaay worse than windows, i cant believe it).

Is there a way to map a network drive on a Mac? OR a way to keep it from dropping the connection to the server? obviously all the pc's run smoooth as silk, but this mac...argh...

i hate macs. I started on a IIe, then a IIgs, then the first mac, and the first one with a cd player...I should be right up there with all the other apple fanboi's, but since win3.1's file manager, i simply can not stand them. (except for the new Dashboard...lol)
 
LOL I wish I could help you on that but I know we have some experts in this field that can help so I'll bump it some. Mac's can run decent on a tcpip network & rather smooth, it just requires speaking APPLE instead lol. I know we have graphic guys using them all the time, swearing they are best for high end graphics.
 
"Mac's are best for high end graphics" lol... I still hear that old argument today myself.

I don't think ppl who use that line, actually know it was for when Adobe came out with a version of their software(s) 6 months ahead of the PC version(which they quit doing 5+ years ago), when apple had a comparatively stabler OS pre 8, and also when G3's first came out, they where a superior machine to what someone like dell was selling, but not for what you could build for much less money(I believe pro-MACers simply don't know what "building a computer" is, and believe me, doing digital graphic design work for 10+ years, i know a lot of them).

Maybe theres some 3d modeling software that is optimized or only made for macs, I'm not sure. I do know some engineers for a couple military contractors which is trully highend 3d work(i.e. think every nut and bolt on a plane) and that work is all done on machines of multiple processors and video cards, which again is not a mac thing.
 
well I definitely won't get into the PC versus Mac debate. I was a windows person since Windows 95 through beta testing of some of Long Horn. For the past year I've been an OS X nut and love it.

As far as trying to resolve the problem. The only thing I can think of is to turn off your Energy Savings mode and that way the Mac won't go to sleep. Just turn a screen saver on or something.

I connect to my old Windows machine all the time and don't have any problems.

Sorry I couldn't be more of a help.
 
i think that sleeping thing may have been the problem, it's been an hour without crashing (a Mac first! :p )
 
you know my Mac has never locked up or crashed once in a year. Have you done upgrades of the OS over each other? or did it come pre-formatted with OS X? only reason I ask is my friend had a similiar problem with his Mac and he had been upgrading from OS 8 to OS 9 to OS X and that is what caused it. He reformatted the hard drive and did a fresh install of OS X and that solved his issues.

Just a thought....

glad that helped though.
 
Nah, this is still the original install of OSX, the machine is about 8?months or so old(whenever the last dual motorola processor g5 first came out)

This mac actually hasn't crashed but a few times except when doing something on our network. By itself, decent machine i guess, on a network...mmm no.

maybe a fresh install of everything might be a good idea
 
hmm - yeah that was just a thought. i definitely can't vouch for stability of a mac on a windows type network. i only use mine to connect through an apple airport to the internet but that has been rock solid.

i'll see if i can dig up some stuff about it.
 
ok, looks like it's a known issue....here is what one guy recommends.

it says the symptoms are the finder closing and reopening. is that what yours is doing or is the entire mac system crashing?
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Several things can cause this, but three common causes are corrupt com.apple.finder.plist in your home/library/preferences folder (delete it and logout/login), corrupt cache files (use CacheCleaner or Coctail to clean them), or a corrupt .DS_Store file in the folder that's causing the crashes. (delete it from a windows machine)
 
my mac has been rock solid since I have gotten it a few months back. Mine also is not tied into a windows network, only the internet. I started out Mac many years ago, became a die hard windows guy and was intrigued by the Mac G5 and went for it. Since I got it I have had a noticeable reduction in OS crashes compared to Windows
 
IMO the only way to fix a mac is to hit it harder! and harder! and HARDER!!! not only does the problem go away but its great therapy too!? i feel so much better after a mac therapy session i start browsing yard sales looking for macs-then when i get mad at my pc and think its a POC i fire up a mac and feel better all over again, and as an added bonus im contributing to some much needed mac hardware reduction! maybe we could mix them with old tires and have a new faster wearing highway surface! hope this helps! hope your mac problems get solved as easy as mine! LOL!
 
i got 2 old 300mhz G3's here at work. im thinking about taking out back and pulling an 'office space' on myself.
 
heyy!!! your talking about my little indigo imac now:evil: your going to make it cry.
the one thing windows is missing is the little sad face of doom when your computer's os is totally fried;)
 
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