OS X Intel

[SC68Cal]

That sounds like what happened, since it wasn't a KP. I've had that happen too, numerous times since OS X came out (much more often than KPs). Even if the OS hasn't technically crashed, there's no practical way around it other than rebooting.

Though, Safari really should not be doing this. I don't think I've had any problems with Safari, for me it's usually QuickTime or (most recently, for the first time on my Mac Pro) Crossover. Hm, were you viewing some sort of video in Safari when this happened? *looks* oh you were viewing a NY Times video? *gets suspicious* Maybe it's a QT bug.

I think it was the Flip4Mac plugin that is probably the culprit.

 

[SC68Cal]

Still having some problems.

Had an uptime of about 5 days, was working great. Tried to close the lid for the computer to sleep, and it wouldn't go to sleep. Tried it about 5 times, gave up and rebooted. Fixed the issue.

Earlier tonight, working with a few attached devices, uptime was about 3 days ***mostly spent those days in sleep mode**** whole system was hanging and unresponsive (couldn't change window focus, expose, click things etc...)

Did a reboot and it's back to normal.

 

[Transeau]

I hate to tell ya... nothing to do with it being on x86.
My wife NEVER reboots her iMac.

 

[iHateWindows]

I've had to force quit Safari multiple times before, as do most people no matter what hardware they're running it on. That's why I use Camino.

 

[VanNess]

Safari locked up and took my whole system with it, when I closed a window, that was viewing a NY Times video. Could it be that the Intel builds of OS X are not as optimized/reliable as the PowerPC builds?

Not likely, but it could very well be that you have the wrong flash plugin for intel-based Macs or it's not installed properly. In any event, uninstalling the Flash plug-in using Adobe's uninstaller, then reinstalling the correct version of Flash player for Intel based Macs should resolve Safari crashes.

More info and instructions are here.

 

[Unorthodox]

Safari is a universal app, but not all of the plug-ins it uses are.
If you are having problems with Safari on an Intel Mac, sometimes it helps if you go to your applications folder, click on the Safari icon, then hit command "i".
The Info window should pop up. Under the "General" tab, click the "Run under Rosette checkbox.

 

[SC68Cal]

Comatose sleep issue. Had to hard-shut off and turn back on....


Still not convinced that OS X on Intel is up to speed compared to PowerPC.

 

[mkrishnan]

I hate to tell ya... nothing to do with it being on x86.
My wife NEVER reboots her iMac.

Nice, but, erm, at some point, it would behoove one to install security updates! At 156 days of uptime, what version of OS X is she running? 10.4.4?

 

[SC68Cal]

The one thing I will say.

Believe it or not:

We have a windows computer in the kitchen at home. That thing I swear has been on for a year or more. It's dog slow because it's been left on so long, and never logs out. So windows never gets the chance to clear out processes that are running away with cycles and ram.

I'm just suprised by the *RELATIVE* small hiccups every now and then that many of my PowerPC counterparts seem to not be having.