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...my replacement PowerBook arrived on Tuesday, and after testing it I have concluded that it has two out of three problems that my original PowerBook had, these being: 1) weak display/lid basically, when you put slight pressure on the lid of the machine (either when the lid is open or closed) there is a loud creaking/clicking sound, you can literally feel the aluminium giving way, and you can feel the click with your fingers. when the lid is open and slight pressure is applied to the aluminum, the LCD is affected (you know, that watery effect that happens when you press on an LCD). this is the most serious problem as i am afraid that one day it will totally give way when i pick it up and crack the display 2) 4x DVD-R SuperDrive does NOT burn at 4x I have tried three brands, just like I did with my other PowerBook, and I am unable to burn discs at 4x. Yes the discs ARE designated for use at 4x. No i CANNOT burn at 4x like Apple say i can in the advertisment . my patience is wearing very thin |
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Dude. |
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its an apple |
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Man, if i had those problems, I'd be liable to go nuts-o. |
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4x drives NEVER burn at 4x. The 4x refers to burst speed...normally you only get half the advertised speed in normal use. The LCD thing is a design issue. A lot of laptops suffer from similar problems...the Sony Viao laptop screens actually suffer from minor flexing as the lid is opened closed, resulting in a similar effect as you discribe. This is often down to the hinges being a little too tight, but they often loosen with use, which is why on new laptops they are a little overly tight. |
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no shitting - so why i can burn things at 52x and its written 52x and not 104x ? huh ? HUH ? |
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4x drives NEVER burn at 4x. The 4x refers to burst speed...normally you only get half the advertised speed in normal use. no, Apple have confirmed that I should be able to burn DVD-R discs at 4x The LCD thing is a design issue. A lot of laptops suffer from similar problems...the Sony Viao laptop screens actually suffer from minor flexing as the lid is opened closed, resulting in a similar effect as you discribe. This is often down to the hinges being a little too tight, but they often loosen with use, which is why on new laptops they are a little overly tight. no again, because my friend's first generation 17" PowerBook never suffered from this, and his is well over a year old and has had lots of use and bumps. Mine is brand spanking new straight from the box. sorry to be snappy, i know that you're trying to offer advice and i appreciate it - but i also have a gaping hole in my tooth and i've had the worst toothache i've had in my entire life, so i'm a bit snappy |
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dont talk to him, he knows shit, he is working for RIAA and hes gay. thats enough reasons to ban him, i dunno why hes still here. |
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You are the reason I am still here cubeface. |
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oh really ? why dont you go and buy yourself a pair of nice warm socks , and them put them into your eyes so that everyone could see that your eyeballs stink more that one year old onion from under the sink ? HUH ? |
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because you face is square ahahahaha |
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now that you have one silly thing to say you will use this forever. there goes your innovation. |
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nah, he used troll for about 5 mins, then got bored with it (or maybe pissed off with it because he started a trend) he sets trends that ecnadniarb does |
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troll, haha, a troll, like from Lord of The Rings. |
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i dunno he'd just pop into threads and say "troll" regardless of whether the thread warranted the word "troll" being mentioned |
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ok listen, this was supposed to be confidential ok ? so, i fucked him so many times that his ass is more stretched than fuckin bermuda triangle. |
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oh man, don't you see that he's mocking you?? just let it lie man, if you believe he's seriously intending to be offensive you're very silly. best thing to do is just to agree with him...even better, submit some pictures of your head photoshopped so you have a square head. he will see that you have realised it's all futile, and he will move on |
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damn... now i wonder whether i will take a mac again or switch to pc when i'll have to change my computer (which i hope won't be soon)... |
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hahahahahaha you really thought i would be pissed of ? haha, no, mate, im allways arguing with the fattie lee in this way, thats our KARMA |
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yes me and cuboid the right angled samurai always have exchanges like this. It is a male bonding thing. |
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well to be honest, i'm fucked off with computers totally my pc got a virus after being in my house for 3 days!!! i was sure i was being careful, but i got one anyways. my Mac is fucked, gonna need to get ANOTHER replacement i need an Atari 1024STe |
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Problem 1... Are you not just being heavy handed? Problem 2.... Do you mean that it never actually reaches 4X or are you expecting it to continually burn at 4X? If the latter then no wonder you think it's broken. 4X just refers to the max speed it could possibly burn at in optimum conditions. Anyway, it'd be a burst at that speed to be honest. |
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aw |
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1)no i am totally not being heavy handed....this thing is costing me £80 a month for 4 years, there's no way i'm being heavy handed - i've had other people testify that i am not being heavy handed 2) it offers me a choice of burning speeds.....1x is available, 2x is available, all other speeds are greyed out and unselectable. it is nothing to do with burst speed. i am unable to reach 4x at all because i cannot choose it as a burning option |
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i dunno why you're having those display problems just don't pick it up by the screen |
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you don't understand - you HAVE to pick it up by placing pressure on the lid its a laptop and it's supposed to be one of the most sturdy ones too |
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1) Fair enough. We just got a tablet PC at work mind and that has a bendy back to it. Doesn't click like yours though and I don't know if it affects the screen or not. That's a Toshiba Portégé by the way. 2) Then that's just faggotry on a stick and a perfectly valid reason to lodge it as a complaint. I'm with you on that one mate. |
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1) i want one of those Tablet PC's, they seem nifty :) should at least be able to play Half-Life on them, but how you'd do it with the touch screen i dunno! 2) yes it is totaly faggotry....the supervisor i spoke to said that i should be able to burn at 4x |
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They're not really a touch screen as such. It's strange. The pen works even without you touching the screen. Although touching the screen with it is easier obviously. |
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my 4x always burns at 4x and has done for nearly 4 years. nop probs here. it's usually a software/hardware conflict if you're having write problems. by conflict i mean you just have to try and find the right piece of software that likes your writer. writeable disks used to come into the equation aswell but not so much nowadays. |
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start asking for the name of the customer support person to which you are speaking... and, ask for the name of their supervisor. then, the next time you call say something like "well, i spoke to brad last time and he assured me..." things may happen faster if you start dropping names. |
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that's not an issue with Apple machines they're built to be 100% compatible with the operating system. i'm trying to burn with the Finder, Disk Utility (which are both Apple proprietry programs) and Toast 6.0.5 and i still cannot burn at 4x. |
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well the second time that my original machine went in for repair, a supervisor had supposedly emailed the service centre to make sure that the problem was rectified. it was made worse |
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to be honest, i think that the only thing that will make things happen faster is if i mention two words: Trading Standards |
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get names. |
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i will, i'll need names for if/when i need to get in touch with Trading Standards....i wanna be as thorough as possible |
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yeah, i got used to working with apple machines in college, so when the G4s first came out i got on the waiting list... but, there were some totally gay problems that were their fault not mine and i got bumped off the waiting list. they said they'd put me back on, but that i'd have to go to the back of the line. WTF? so, i built my own pc for $1000 less, and i haven't really used a mac since. |
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that should teach you, being a mac fan pc's are cheap, and you can steal anything you need from teh intarweb. oh and they crash a lot but who cares if you can just reinstall your shit without much hassle |
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i'm not a mac fan anymore, didn't you read my Mac = Shit thread? you can steal a lot of software for Mac too - especially since disk imaging software is included in the OS |
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i'm not too into stealing software anywhoo... i'll probably end up getting a powerbook after they've gone G5... but, i'm in no rush. right now i'm pretty busy messing around with different flavors of linux. and, neither of my past two windows machines were crash happy. win2k and XP have both been impressively stable. of course, i don't run p2p software, or install warez... and i take relatively good care of my machines. but, for the most part, i think the myth of modern PCs being unstable is vastly overexagerated. |
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