ARRGGHHH!!!! Why does this computer's hard drive run all the time?!?!

[pequin06]

If your hard drive is constantly being accessed, you could have a bad hard drive.
If you look in your event viewer, see if you see any disc errors.
Run a chkdsk and scan for bad sectors too.

HP should also have some hard drive diagnostics in the BIOS.

[brosometal]

Some of us do more than slide shows Phil.   Mac are overprice, jive as Hell, and practically useless.  The only time I've needed one was to port something to an iPhone from a game engine, the engine was built for Mac, ported to PC, and even its creators have admitted that they made a mistake building it first for Mac.  But you boys do make some fancy mp3 players, I give them that.   And the web devs across the way love them.  No body ever accused them of being all that smart though...

We need a thread called 'Nerd Fight' where we can argue all our petty nonsensicals.

Nerd fight on!

Allow me to draw some parallels. The PC vs. Mac argument is akin to the AR15 vs. AK47 argument or possibly a Glock vs. 1911.

Macs are plug and play.  You don't need a degree to operate them: simple

PCs require a bit more maintenance. 

You can plug in the gun parallels.  Now, I'm not saying throw your Mac in the mud etc., i.e. some Glock torture test, but you should be able to see what I'm talking about.  It's personal preference.  To attach a mental deficiency to one side or the other would be silly.  They both get the job done.

In a side note: Wouldn't it suck if your gun could get a virus?

[tombogan03884]

A Kel Tec sneezing in your pocket is a really gross image  

[brosometal]

Yeah, and just imagine how much the "snot" would hurt?   

[pequin06]

Macs are plug and play.  You don't need a degree to operate them: simple

PCs require a bit more maintenance. 

PC's are very simple as well. It just does more so it appears to require more maintenance when it doesn't.

If Mac's had a larger market share and did everything that a windows PC could, it wouldn't be "simple" anymore.

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[brosometal]

PC's are very simple as well. It just does more so it appears to require more maintenance when it doesn't.

If Mac's had a larger market share and did everything that a windows PC could, it wouldn't be "simple" anymore.

Is that like when Windows 95 was heralded as "new" when those simple Macs had been doing the same thing since '88?  Just askin'

You talk market share.  That would be like arguing BMW and Chevy market share.  They are different, but they get the job done.

[Solus]

Now, I'm not saying throw your Mac in the mud etc.

Don't discourage them 

[pequin06]

Is that like when Windows 95 was heralded as "new" when those simple Macs had been doing the same thing since '88?  Just askin'

You talk market share.  That would be like arguing BMW and Chevy market share.  They are different, but they get the job done.

Boy, you're really diggin if you want to go to Windows 95 to show that Macs are simpler.

I stopped using that OS when Windows 98 came out, even using the new one, you might've heard about it, Windows 7.

The BMW and Chevy market share analogy does not work either unless you're talkiing about lets say, a passanger car which takes me to the store to buy groceries, then yes, you are correct, but that's not the point.
PC's Rule! Macs Suck!

[brosometal]

Hey, I'm just having fun.  Most of it's passing you in both lanes.

You may dislike Macs.  It's still America (at least for the time being).  You may love PCs.  You are loyal to the brand you find serves your needs/wants the best.

The point I was making is they both get the job done.  Yours is a silly circular argument that has no end.  We could have the same argument about guns, beer, women, et. al.  The only stone cold facts here are that I'm gonna shut down my PC, take my carry gun off and walk up to the bar for a beer or two and talk to some women...

[tombogan03884]

Don't let your wife find out