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Sad Mac - Definition and Overview |
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The sad Mac icon, this one indicating that an illegal instruction occurred. A sad Mac is an iconic symbol used by older-generation Apple Macintosh computers (hardware using the Old World ROM) to indicate a severe hardware or software problem that prevented startup from occurring successfully. The sad Mac icon was displayed, along with a set of hexadecimal codes that indicated the type of problem at startup in place of the normal Happy Mac icon, which indicated that the startup-time hardware tests were successful. In earlier models, a tune was played, and later models featured a digitized sound of a car crash.
On the iPod, if serious damage occurs to the hardware or the firmware, a Sad iPod appears, much in the same way as the Sad Mac.
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Example Usage of Sad |
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thelock: 80% of Christians don't have non-Christian friends. Dr. Bob Laurent /via @MarkLWaltz // this is pretty Sad. |
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ThePhalseProfit: LMAO. I love your phrase. Wanna hear something Sad? I didn't get turned on to Deftones until about 5 or 6 month... ♫ http://blip.fm/~hjybu |
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adrinila: @chriscolfer omg u'll be back on April?? That's Sad I love to see the show every wednesday!! |
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