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The New Mac Thread: Still loving Leopard despite it's spots
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the dock that the guy is using, what is it?
I had previously heard that they didn't accept deliveries, and that I would have to go personally. When I called, however, it was no problem for me to express it. That, and I forgot that expressing something inside China is cheap. Overnighting the laptop to Shanghai cost me less than $3.
Also told the tech guy to check why I couldn't partition my drive with boot camp at all, but that's minor, I need the screen more than I need boot camp.
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man, if it actually tied in with the dock and opened new programs in it, it would be perfect
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Good point, I know the older models could do that, so it's reasonable to assume the MacBooks could as well...
The girls are at the square root of Pi,
while the boys are still at a crudely drawn picture of a duck.
Clearly, it's anybody's game!"
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The MBP can do it. I've run without the battery before.
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This is a fairly well know MBP issue. If you google MacBook wireless issue you'll probably find a ton of hits...
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I certainly had that issue, right from when I got my Macbook, up until OS X 10.5.1.
Since that patch, I've been fine. However, YMMV.
Anyway, the support got my computer on Friday, last week.
They waited over the weekend, which is fine. I checked on Monday and they said it was okay, and that they are going to send it back. I was satisfied, and thought I recieved quick service, all in all.
Tuesday came and went, with nothing happening, but I had an email in my inbox from the service company on Wednesday morning. In Chinese. I had it checked by my girlfriend and they said that the problem was in the software, and that I would have to reinstall the OS. They said they are not responsible for software problems, and that the cause might be something I installed.
I called them. Well, they didn't speak English quite well enough to tell me anything I didn't get from the email, but they insisted that I would have to sign on the software problem to get my computer back. No way.
After a few more calls, some by in Chinese, come in my rather irate English, they are now sending the computer to some other company / center to have it checked, and that I might hear back in 24 hours. And no, there's no estimate on how long the computer now takes to fix. I told them very pointedly, that I don't care at this point, I just want them to send it back working.
So first the phone service passed the puck to the service center as a hardware fault. I agreed with this, because I could not get a picture on the screen even when booting from the OSX Installation Disk. The phone support tried several ways of booting the computer, all to no avail.
I hate it how they tried to pass the fault to software or me, for installing bad software. Even if that was the case, I could have re-installed from the disk from a boot. It seems now I have to wait and hope.
Story:
My friend took his MBP to have the screen replaced to a place called My Mac Dealer. Avoid them, they suck. At least the one here in Calgary. The new display developed a huge defect(big 3" dark band on left side) within a week of the replacement, and they bent both sides of the bottom case. I suppose the display probably isn't their fault and was probably a refurbished part, unless of course they fudged the repair. But the bent case made me cringe, it's like they pried it apart instead of unscrewing it. Fucking cavemen.
My display's backlight is dying but I don't want to take it in. I've grown attached to my baby and I don't like other's hands on it. It takes all my strength not to hit people when they touch the screen and make the LCD cells ripple. If I do take it in I'll likely take it apart and check that they put everything back nicely. I'm pretty obsessive-compulsive about my tech toys.
Using the dedicated keyboard buttons (F3, F4, F5) brings up the overlay that shows the sound level, but there is an icon on the overlay indicating that there is no sound (a circle with a line through it).
The sound icon in my tool bar has gone away:
I cannot de-select mute from sound options, nor change output volume:
Any suggestions?
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One time, my Macbook switched to optical out for a week, and I couldn't turn it off.
I could even see a red light glowing in the headphone jack.
It hasn't happened since.
It seems to work, but the support claimed that there was no hardware problem at all. It appears they found no problem whatsoever.
Strange, and I really hope the same thing doesn't repeat itself.
Where I work sells BTI MBP batteries, which are cheaper than the apple ones. My google-fu returns only sites wanting my money.
Has anyone bought one of these? Thoughts?
I had one for my Thinkpad once. It was a bit quirky in reporting the charge level, and died in less than a year.
If the third-party battery is half the price of a genuine one, then it might be worth a shot. If the difference isn't that much, then I'd go with a genuine battery.
I have the same problem with my Macbook. Watching a movie I ripped from a DVD while using the battery? Bam, shutdown when the battery gets to the red. Says I have 20min left too. Liar.
Question: I'm going to be upgrading to Leopard soon, can I install it over Tiger but keep all my music and documents and shit?
Second rule of Teacher Club: You DO NOT touch the kids.
My battery did this, then a few days later my mouse button started refusing to click properly and when I took my battery out it was obviously distorted. Searching the internet showed it was a known issue, and that there is an extended warranty on certain batteries (mine was replaced immediately upon taking it to an Apple store). It's at least worth looking if yours falls into this before buying a new one.
Its quite an early MBP - so no warranty... Mind you, staff purchase price is half that of an Apple one... I'll give it a shot. The apple ones have issues anyway.
As for Leopard. The bods round here all suggested backing up for a "clean install" - I just did the upgrade and it all worked perfectly... Any music, documents, and shit - were fine.
Yes, mine was an early MBP too - it's an extension of the warranty for certain batteries, due to known issues.
Linky? Are there serials for this?
Was checking it out earlier. Doesn't seem to support it unless the battery itself is warped or under 300 cycles though. Cock.
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I hear that the battery causes this... if you remove it - does it click nicely?
Installed this Leopard theme for XP on it, switched over to Coherence mode.
That, for me, is pretty damn cool.
edit: switched to this theme, better taskbar.
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it is my opinion that that is a little too cool and that you should feel bad for making me feel so behind the times
I've seen it where the little switch that toggles the optical out automatically - usually tripped when you plug in an optical out cable - can get flipped. You can verify this if you look in the port, you'll see the optical audio signal blinking away. This can be fixed with a toothpick in a manner I am unfamiliar with. Google may help.
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