Archetype Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 [quote name='cheddatom' post='643477' date='Nov 2 2009, 03:26 PM']Well the only time my recording set up has been down was 2 weeks ago when the PSU blew. I was absolutely sh*tting myself as I hadn't backed up in a couple of days and I literally saw a flash and some smoke coming out of my PC. Luckily it was just the PSU and I fixed it with £20 and 20 minutes. Would it have been that simple with a mac? Or would their magical indestructable PSUs never blow?[/quote] Its hard to tell. Electrics can always go. PC or mac. But again in the same scenario if its just the PSU then your drives are usually safe. G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheddatom Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 yeh, I meant more would it be so cheap and easy to replace the PSU? I wouldn't know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archetype Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 [quote name='cheddatom' post='645490' date='Nov 4 2009, 05:25 PM']yeh, I meant more would it be so cheap and easy to replace the PSU? I wouldn't know.[/quote] Really depends on the mac, some of the older ones used standard power supplies. however alot use either external laptop style adaptors or its built in such a the current iMacs, Pretty sure it would cost more on the mac and take longer. G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim_bass Posted November 9, 2009 Share Posted November 9, 2009 [quote name='cheddatom' post='643477' date='Nov 2 2009, 03:26 PM']Well the only time my recording set up has been down was 2 weeks ago when the PSU blew. I was absolutely sh*tting myself as I hadn't backed up in a couple of days and I literally saw a flash and some smoke coming out of my PC. Luckily it was just the PSU and I fixed it with £20 and 20 minutes. Would it have been that simple with a mac? Or would their magical indestructable PSUs never blow?[/quote] Easy to fix on a mac pro or powermac, but very expensive. Pain in the arse to fix on an imac! Mine is external so just a straight swap - but still expensive! I had that happen on a PC at work - flash came out of the back of the case - not good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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