mac os x lion + any razer product = kernel panic and other crap
i have the newest razer mamba 2012 mouse and the blackwidow ultimate for mac keyboard. i used them in lion for about 2 weeks before having kernel panics and after that i deleted the drivers but then my computer kept freezing. this is ridiculous! the mouse and keyboard cost each 130$!!!! i expect to use my 260$!!! setup with my mac, instead of having to save my data and set up my imac with the previous mac os. RIDICULOUS!
(i know that officially the drivers are only supported from 10.5-10.6... but stilll...)
i wouldn't be surprised if razer doesn't bring an update till sometime next year... mac gaming is unfortunately always last priority... :-(
and i know it's getting better, because razer products for mac would't exist if the mac gaming market wouldn't be doing well...
so at first i didn't know for sure it was the operating system that was causing the problems. so after having the kernel panics i booted in safe mode with the shift key. then i deleted the keyboard driver and i was able to boot and use the computer. with the mouse driver still installed i could use the imac but only for a short time because it kept freezing. oh yeah, here comes the best part: so i thought maybe i can use the keyboard without the drivers, just plugging it in? right? no!!! when you plug it without drivers it also leads to kernel panics! yay!!!
so now the restart of my computer system:
at first i deleted everything with the write zeroes over data command in disk utility, then i installed snow leopard and did all updates. then installed lion and all updates. then i installed the drivers and used the computer for about 2 hours with no problems. apart from vlc player and the system there was nothing on the hard drive. next day i turn the imac on and voila kernel panic again.
so this very obviously means that mac os x lion does definitely not work with any razer driver that's available right now, or at least those 2 mentioned
now i have snow leopard with all software updates and the drivers work perfectly, have had no problems at all
i've searched the internet and even found some unfortunate people who're having kernel panics under snow leopard!
i love the products razer makes and i actually don't wanna bash them, but this is the first time as a mac user that i feel like a windows user that's getting screwed over because technology isn't working. on my mac normally everything works and i never have problems...
razer is a huge, wealthy, probably multi-million dollar corporation and they can't even make software that works correctly with the mac! wtf!
does any one know if razer has a forum? i couldn't find one on their homepage:
http://www.razerzone.com