Contradiction in terms?

[ffutures]

Okay, I know that Apple users are going to tell me that there's no such animal, but what's the nearest Mac equivalent to the Blue Screen of Death?

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[drplokta]

A kernel panic. The SPOD (spinning pizza of death) is more equivalent to the Windows hourglass.

There's an image halfway down this page: http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn2002/tn2063.html

[cdybedahl.livejournal.com]

It may also be worth noting that the most common cause of kernel panics "In the wild" is dodgy hardware.

[drplokta]

Dodgy hardware drivers, specifically. I only ever got kernel panics on my PowerBook when using the Alcatel Speedtouch ("frog"/"manta ray") USB ADSL modem provided by BT, before I bought a real ADSL modem with an Ethernet port.