Comments on: Dealing with a frozen Macbook Pro

By: edrabbit

edrabbit — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:56:08 +0000

The freeze was happening in Firefox, not in Safari, for me. It does look like it boiled down to a graphics driver panic, but it only did that in Firefox. I think including Firefox in the list of suspects is a valid one.

By: Sebhelyesfarku

Sebhelyesfarku — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:49:46 +0000

Travis La Marr you are a fucking moron, this is a graphics card problem, has nothing to do with Firefox you cretin

By: computrgeko

computrgeko — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:00:16 +0000

my 15″ macbook pro is stuck (frozen) at the opening blue screen with nothing on it except a frozen mouse cursor and a functioning mouse cursor….. any help would be much appreciated. i feel part of me has just died.

By: PHIL

PHIL — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:56:52 +0000

I too am having this issue with my Macbook pro and what it seems to be firefox.. but to be honest, its also happening with safari.

If anyone finds the cause please post here!

By: PHIL

PHIL — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:56:52 +0000

I too am having this issue with my Macbook pro and what it seems to be firefox.. but to be honest, its also happening with safari.

If anyone finds the cause please post here!

By: Travis La Marr

Travis La Marr — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 17:35:48 +0000

Your first mistake was using Firefox on OSX. And Version 2 at that. I'm sorry to say it and burst anyone's bubble, but Firefox 2 is horrendous on OSX. (I can't comment on Windows since the last time I really used Firefox on Windows, it was still called Firebird.) Playing with Firefox 3 on OSX, I'm a little more impressed… It's lighter on the CPU than Version 2, and a little lighter on memory.

Safari has gotten this bad reputation for some reason, but I don't see why. Ok, sure… Safari will eat up a nice chunk of CPU power while viewing a Flash video on Youtube or VImeo or some other clone of a clone of a clone. But let's place blame where it belongs for that. Adobe. Also, let's not forget… Safari is the most standards compliant browser out there, passing Acid 3 100%!

Anyway, just some random thoughts.

By: Travis La Marr

Travis La Marr — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:35:48 +0000

Your first mistake was using Firefox on OSX. And Version 2 at that. I’m sorry to say it and burst anyone’s bubble, but Firefox 2 is horrendous on OSX. (I can’t comment on Windows since the last time I really used Firefox on Windows, it was still called Firebird.) Playing with Firefox 3 on OSX, I’m a little more impressed… It’s lighter on the CPU than Version 2, and a little lighter on memory.

Safari has gotten this bad reputation for some reason, but I don’t see why. Ok, sure… Safari will eat up a nice chunk of CPU power while viewing a Flash video on Youtube or VImeo or some other clone of a clone of a clone. But let’s place blame where it belongs for that. Adobe. Also, let’s not forget… Safari is the most standards compliant browser out there, passing Acid 3 100%!

Anyway, just some random thoughts.

By: Ed Hunsinger

Ed Hunsinger — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:09:09 +0000

Oops, yes the command key, that's what I meant. Post updated.

I agree with the delay on Windows startup. It'd be nice for every OS to have an option to toggle a display similar to the linux startup where you get to see everything it's doing and identify where it's hanging up.

By: Colin

Colin — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:37:51 +0000

OS X Force quit is command-option-esc not control-option-esc.

I admit that I have had the entire system freeze in OS X, but it's been months if not years since the last time. Haven't pulled up the force quit too often either.

My work pc (XP) freezes solid like that rarely, but it has done so too. In contrast, I do have to use the task manager to kill processes at least once a month or so. My worst hate with XP is during startup when everything grinds to a halt and you have no indication that things are loading -- it's just a wait and see move if apps load or not.

By: Ed Hunsinger

Ed Hunsinger — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:09:09 +0000

Oops, yes the command key, that’s what I meant. Post updated.

I agree with the delay on Windows startup. It’d be nice for every OS to have an option to toggle a display similar to the linux startup where you get to see everything it’s doing and identify where it’s hanging up.