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Security Update 2006-005 Available

Snide said:
Is it my imagination, or does Safari seem more snappy?
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Mine blew a gasket and leaked brake fluid all over the dock.

I wonder what else is in this update that makes it necessary to update Macs without AirPort…
 
MikeAtari said:
Mine seems snappier too!
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Correct me if i'm wrong but wasnt this just a driver update?, i hardly think a driver would have a system wide effect and make things "snappier"
 
It look my PB a loooooooooong time to start-up (so long that I could go outside and get my mail, and come back with the grey screen still running) 😱
 
Squareball said:
Finally!

A last week we were at the Carson System's Future of Web Apps Summit and _every_ single macbook/pro was kernel panicing when their airtport was turned on. It was unreal!

We tracked down the issue on the apple support forum and it's been a known problem since the release of Macbook Pros but no fix had yet been released!

It was surreal to watch like 85% of the macs in the room kernel panicing all at once.
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Hadn't heard of this problem. I've been using my 17" MBP for about three months now with no KPs and I connect by WiFi everyday.
 
consarn airport update!

Just did the airport update and kablooie -- kernel panic. now i can't start my computer. first kernel panic i've had on my MBP.
 
neutrino23 said:
Hadn't heard of this problem. I've been using my 17" MBP for about three months now with no KPs and I connect by WiFi everyday.
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Ah yes, BUT are you connecting where there are 750 other people also connecting with like 6 or 7 wifi access points.

It's our speculation that it's a driver/firmware problem that occures when there is a mass of traffic.

Our laptops were all fine when we left the conference but inside constant KPing
 
Lies, damned lies. Probably spread by Microsoft moles....

Squareball said:
Our laptops were all fine when we left the conference but inside constant KPing
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Clearly a troll - we constantly hear that Apples run perfectly, and only Windows machines have BSODs. Clearly you are a troll.

Go back to your Dell forums right now, you demon of stupidity!

😀

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http://www.dilbert.com/comics/dilbert/desktop_diversions/html/wallpaper.html
 
bankshot said:
Actually, based on the reports in this thread, it sounds like the new driver updated the snappiness.
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It is called a restart. I can't believe how many people write "my computer feels much faster now" after an update which forces them to restart, when, in fact, it is the restart which probably added to snappiness more than the update itself. If every update increased speed as much as users report, then my computer should accomplish every task in less than one second by now. 🙄
 
Something changed

I am noticing very low level of network traffic via Airport card on my PB G4. Its like it is sending a ping or something. Traffic is visible in the network tab of activity monitor. This is new behaviur, prior to the patch my network was quiet most of the time, now is is active most of the time with a small packet every second or so.
 
daneoni said:
Imagination. You sirs are suffering from the placebo effect
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Placebo are a damn good band. love em. On the other hand, Ill update later as im on the last hour of folding 😀 (well, this run anyway) however, i may aswell do the other imac, if affected, and the PB.

As mentioned, this HAS to do with the reports a few months back about how a hacker can infiltrate a system via wireless.
 
Willis said:
Placebo are a damn good band. love em.
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I'm not so sure. Every time they release a new album, it seems like it's the best one yet.

But, once I messed up my playlist, and one of the older albums was the last one - and it seemed like the best one yet.

I just keep buying their CDs though....
 
Now this is weird.....

I decided to see how the Airport card was doing after the patch. So I went to the iTunes stored and started a download of 3 movie trailers with some fast action (1 at a time), in at least 2 of the cases the network tab of Activity monitors shows me bursting from about 200KB/s to 311KB/s.

This sounds like way tooooo high for a wireless connection. Anyone knows what the numbers should be for an 802.11g????
 
daneoni said:
Correct me if i'm wrong but wasnt this just a driver update?, i hardly think a driver would have a system wide effect and make things "snappier"
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Well, at the risk of rationalizing what is probably just a placebo effect, since this is a wireless driver update it might have improved performance (latancy perhaps) of the connection, which would result in webpages coming up slightly faster and the browser as a whole seeming more "snappy".
 
SeaFox said:
Well, at the risk of rationalizing what is probably just a placebo effect, since this is a wireless driver update it might have improved performance (latancy perhaps) of the connection, which would result in webpages coming up slightly faster and the browser as a whole seeming more "snappy".
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I know about the placebo, just try it then tell me if it is placebo or not. OK?
 
EagerDragon said:
I decided to see how the Airport card was doing after the patch. So I went to the iTunes stored and started a download of 3 movie trailers with some fast action (1 at a time), in at least 2 of the cases the network tab of Activity monitors shows me bursting from about 200KB/s to 311KB/s.

This sounds like way tooooo high for a wireless connection. Anyone knows what the numbers should be for an 802.11g????
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You mean 200 to 300 KiloBITS or KiloBYTES?
In either case:
I think your 802.11g connection, capable of real world speeds of 22,528 kilobits per second should be able to achieve it.
 
EagerDragon said:
I decided to see how the Airport card was doing after the patch. So I went to the iTunes stored and started a download of 3 movie trailers with some fast action (1 at a time), in at least 2 of the cases the network tab of Activity monitors shows me bursting from about 200KB/s to 311KB/s.

This sounds like way tooooo high for a wireless connection. Anyone knows what the numbers should be for an 802.11g????
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802.11g has a theoretical limit of 54Mbps this equates to 6.5MB/s (6656KB/s) so the numbers you saw are easily within the standard.
 
That is quite reasonable.

EagerDragon said:
I decided to see how the Airport card was doing after the patch. So I went to the iTunes stored and started a download of 3 movie trailers with some fast action (1 at a time), in at least 2 of the cases the network tab of Activity monitors shows me bursting from about 200KB/s to 311KB/s.

This sounds like way tooooo high for a wireless connection. Anyone knows what the numbers should be for an 802.11g????
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Your 802.11 G is way faster than most broadband - even cable. I get the full 5 Mbit connection with my wireless 12" Powerbook G4.
 
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