Macs Don't Crash?

To them that say that Mac OS is one operating system -- unlike Windows -- that never crashes, I present Exhibit A below. I had put my MacBook to sleep and then tried to wake it again. It refused to wake up. After a hard re-start (pushing the off/on button for a few seconds), it did come back to life, but told me my Mac had panicked.

So much for Mac OS X being crash proof.

Anyone who tells you that a particular OS never crashes is living in a dream world.

-- Mac "panic" --

panic(cpu 0 caller 0x00136744): stack_alloc: kernel_memory_allocate
Backtrace, Format - Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0x2f163f28 : 0x128d08 (0x3cb134 0x2f163f4c 0x131de5 0x0)
0x2f163f68 : 0x136744 (0x3cbac4 0x2f163f9c 0x4000 0x7fff)
0x2f163fa8 : 0x13ae4f (0x41a68b0 0x0 0x0 0x4b9000)
0x2f163fc8 : 0x19ac1c (0x0 0x0 0x19e0b5 0x41b159c) Backtrace terminated-invalid frame pointer 0x0

Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 8.9.1: Thu Feb 22 20:55:00 PST 2007; root:xnu-792.18.15~1/RELEASE_I386

Model: MacBook2,1, BootROM MB21.00A5.B00, 2 processors, Intel Core 2 Duo, 2 GHz, 2 GB
Graphics: Intel GMA 950, GMA 950, Built-In, spdisplays_integrated_vram
Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 1 GB, DDR2 SDRAM, 667 MHz
Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM1, 1 GB, DDR2 SDRAM, 667 MHz
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x168C, 0x87), 1.0.47
Bluetooth: Version 1.7.14f14, 2 service, 1 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: AirPort, AirPort, en1
Network Service: Parallels Host-Guest, Ethernet, en2
Network Service: Parallels NAT, Ethernet, en3
Serial ATA Device: TOSHIBA MK8034GSX, 74.53 GB
Parallel ATA Device: MATSHITADVD-R UJ-857D
USB Device: Built-in iSight, Micron, Up to 480 Mb/sec, 500 mA
USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad, Apple Computer, Up to 12 Mb/sec, 500 mA
USB Device: IR Receiver, Apple Computer, Inc., Up to 12 Mb/sec, 500 mA
USB Device: Bluetooth HCI, Up to 12 Mb/sec, 500 mA

Crappy Bluetooth

I've got this MacBook, right? And it's got Bluetooth built in, don't you know? But I don't got no Bluetooth devices.

So, while I was out in Phoenix recently, I impulsively bought a Bluetooth mouse at Fry's: the Macally model BT53 BTmouse.

What a piece of crap.

First, it's frustrating as hell because it puts itself to sleep at a moment's notice and you have to remember to click a button to wake it (just moving the mouse doesn't do it). Problem is, sometimes it takes more than one click to wake it up. You're stuck, clicking away, hoping it might come to.

Second, it comes with rechargeable batteries and a recharging stand. But, just two weeks after I bought it, they won't hold a charge any more.

What a piece of crap.

And I'm now 1,500 miles from where I bought it so I can't return to Fry's and dump it.

Grumble, grumble.

I still like the idea of a BT mouse, however, and so I bought an overpriced Apple-brand one at the Apple store in Birmingham. Works like a charm. I don't like the scrolly ball on the top as much as a regular roller thingy, but otherwise I'm liking it.


Wish it cost about half as much as it did, however.