Hi John

Sounds grim - i can only suggest one thing - shopping! :)

It should help (a tiny weenie bit) that i paid my registration again a
couple of weeks ago (8 Jan) due to new installation etc and it being several
years since i sent you any money - i expect your hardware woes will be the
reason i haven't had a license back yet - sorry this has turned into a
support mail, i really didn't intend it to be (i'd forgotten actually).

Anyway, best of luck getting hold of a new toy and here's to the next
version of eMA!

jonny B


on 7/2/07 23:17, John Carlsen at ThinkAgain@... wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> As if the over a year delay after beta 3 were not enough, now my iMac
> (which I love) has for several months been causing me increasing
> delays. Finally, after destroying many files, including some eMA
> ones, it then just stopped working, and I could not restart it at
> all. It has taken six weeks, even with AppleCare extended warrantee,
> and they are still trying to fix it.
>
> After replacing the iMac's power supply and the main logic board, now
> they are waiting again for replacement parts from Apple. This time
> they are going to replace the internal disk drive. And this time
> their estimate was for, uh, two days ago.Š
>
> Thus, since before the holidays, I have been without a computer to
> work on. So eMA is delayed again. At least it is not my fault this time.
>
> Oh, yes, I did have my old PowerBook G3 as a backup computer, and
> yes, I had thought to back up my eMA stuff to it just before the
> iMac's final failure. It seemed surprisingly slow compared to the
> iMac, and the screen seemed to be getting progressively dimmer, and
> finally, after a week, that computer also died, also without warning.
>
> That is all for now, about where beta 4 is, and I am strongly
> resisting adding several more paragraphs about my "very interesting"
> ordeal. OK, I won't. :-)