what are peoples views with flexiSign for OSX?

[J. Hulme]

quote maxrebo66:

Hi everybody, my first post.

I‘m after opinions on FlexiSign 7.5 for the Mac. Our company has recently upgraded from version 6 because our Macs now run OSX exclusively. We were hoping for a big improvement because 6 was a dog, but after two months its not looking good. There have been some good changes but it still crashes for fun, even on a brand new G5.

Wondered how other people were coping, and is it just Macs or does the PC version behave as badly.

Try using the PC version with xp, never crashes!
System crashes seem now an inherent feature of macs, do yourself a favour…………….buy that PC, it’s far better and you know it, macs are going back to to atari days, yep and we do run then too and not serious business machines in this day and age of the PC 😉

The PC wins everytime.

around rings runs it,

re-arrange the simple text, something any mac would struggle with 😀

[Peter Normington]

Always thought macs were crash proof, is it flexi that is the problem then?
Would like to know before I buy
Peter

[J. Hulme]

quote Peter Normington:

Always thought macs were crash proof, is it flexi that is the problem then?
Would like to know before I buy
Peter

Crash proof (!) not a chance, my mac crashes more in a day than xp does in a year, do yourself a big favour and stick with the PC, ever used a mac?
Interface (even X) is like atari/ bbc days, the mac thing is snobbery, its like owning a Morgan, not too quick but that *I know better than you* attitude, unfortunately, they don’t and *if you want to live in the 80’s please don’t send me silly files which no-one uses anyway, as we are professionals* 😉

PC, every 😉 time
Quite suprised amiable still do the mac thing, can’t be profitable, cadlink don’t, well done cadlink!

[RobGF]

I can’t speak for Flexi on the Mac because I don’t run it… but the Mac crashing bit is perhaps a bit overblown by Outline in this thread. Sure, applications crash but that’s not what was suggested.

I have more than one Macintosh here running OS X. I also have a Mac running OS X server. The server has been restarted twice in the last two years and that was remotely done by our sysadmin who was installing new server software. I am writing this note on a G4 867 (I know, old) which was been running OS X since the original beta version. The beta version crashed once and a restart was enough to get things rolling again. Since moving on to official releases of OS X 2+ years ago I haven’t actually had a systems crash. The only time this computer has been reset (or even turned off) was either due to installing new software which required a restart or a power failure. It runs 24/7. Anyway, point being: OS up and running for more than two years without a failure.

I would certainly agree that pre OS X Mac’s were often restarted because of crashes.

I’m not trying to state that Mac’s don’t crash. I’m not trying to argue that they are a better computer. I just think the generalization that Mac OS X crash everyday is very innacurate. Sounds more like a statement of bias more than a statement of fact.

[jeffus – Graphtec]

Hi,
From what I can gather the different versions of OSX are stable/ unstable,
Flexi sign7.5 runs from Version 10.3.x lower version 10.2.x won’t run , I think alot has todo with the way OSX is maturing, XP is very stable but as every one knows you can down load updates every week, in the end the variables can be huge, crashes maybe hardware conflicts, software needing patches, machine spec, if you are not sure about your Flexi then contact Neil at Graphtec and he will check you have the latest version of Flexisign,

cheers

Jeff

[Craig Darlington]

Outline said:

Crash proof (!) not a chance, my mac crashes more in a day than xp does in a year, do yourself a big favour and stick with the PC, ever used a mac?
Interface (even X) is like atari/ bbc days, the mac thing is snobbery, its like owning a Morgan, not too quick but that *I know better than you* attitude, unfortunately, they don’t and *if you want to live in the 80’s please don’t send me silly files which no-one uses anyway, as we are professionals* 😉

When I said FlexiSign crashes in my post, I meant the program quits, the os NEVER crashes. I can use Illustrator or Photoshop all day with no problems.

As for the interface, I use pcs as well and osx blows xp away every time for ease of use, and thats just 10.3 Panther.

Outline you should check out 10.4 Tiger, Microsoft have got some catching up to do.[/quote]

[Liam Caulfield]

Couldn’t resist this one, my Mac at home and at work never crash. Some software bombs out now and again but I have never had to restart either Mac due to a crash. In fact my home Mac has been on constantly for about 5 months.

Maybe you need to learn about your own Mac, sounds like you’ve got something installed that it doesnt like.

[Peter Normington]

My PC has never crashed in four years! Touching wood as I sayIt
Peter

[J. Hulme]

quote orangedog:

Maybe you need to learn about your own Mac, sounds like you’ve got something installed that it doesnt like.

😕 Like software?
We run all of them honestly, even linux, open source, nothing in my opinion runs worse than an apple mac, linux is slightly 80’s but the mac (even X) is retarded, shall we talk the in depth about the linux OS then?
As it’s actually better.

[Liam Caulfield]

shhh you muppet

[Rail-It Graphics]

I tried running Flexi on a G5 with no real luck,found it to be slugish and unstable.
I run a dual xeon 2Ghz server with XP must say that it is very stable and rip speeds are awsome,using Flexi.

[Boffbowsh]

Mac all the way. Great for graphics (even the slightly underpowered macmini), great for web/application development. I’m gonna end my run with Panther with a 30 day uptime. Only restarting so I can install Tiger when it arrives on Friday. A friend of mine is a professional graphics designer doing work on print, web and even fashion, and uses a Dual 2.5Ghz G5. He hasn’t looked back. Outline, seriously, you can’t have any clue about macs if you honestly believe what you’re saying. Something is seriously screwed up with your install

[Rail-It Graphics]

I have an article from pc magazine,where they bench tested the pc against the new mac’s and the truth be known the pc out performed the mac in most area’s. If anyone wants the article to read I can email it to you?

[Aitor Asencor]

Obviously pc magazine will say the pc are better.
There are also tons of test that say mac is better and cheaper (including all kind of costs).

If flexi crash, there’s an error in the mac, maybe corrupted fonts or wrong disk permissions.

Are you using suitcase? try to desactivate the fonts and check.
Also repair disk permissions.

[Boffbowsh]

/Applications/Utilities/Console.app is your friend for working out why Flexi is crashing. If you want to spaff any relevant output in here I may be able to help

[Craig Darlington]

quote Boffbowsh:

/Applications/Utilities/Console.app is your friend for working out why Flexi is crashing. If you want to spaff any relevant output in here I may be able to help

How do I use Console to find out why its crashing ?