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Internet helps to break through crash barrier

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Most Mac owners are tired of being asked if their computer crashes a lot.

Apple uses the terms freeze, bomb and, of course, crash. Basically, these mean the mouse pointer may not move or may not be visible. A restart is usually the only activity possible.

However, I recently found out Mac does not have to mean Must Always Crash.

After using a Mac at work for many years, I took advantage of the Performa promotion last autumn and brought home a 5200CD with 24 megabytes of RAM.

It suited my needs for home use with a CD, 14.4 kilobits per second (Kbps) internal modem and an 850-megabyte IDE hard drive. These last two features were the cause of crashes, but it took a bit of digging to find that out.

This Mac was crashing seemingly at random but once it began it would happen several times. Some days it didn't happen at all.

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