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cyrnel · 07-06-2006, 01:48 AM

I have an important meeting in the morning and my @&#@*! 6mo old &@!^#$ laptop backlighting just fritzed. Gah!

Sure, I can take along an external flatscreen but this could be my excuse. Who uses a MacBook daily and would you buy it again?

Probably aiming for 90% XP vs MacOS. I'd be dual-booting until virtualization looks solid.

duck0987 · 07-07-2006, 01:28 PM

Any luck pulling a fonzie on it? We have a G4 iMac that has a CC tube that has a short, giving it a good bump on the side fixes it every time.

As for my white MacBook I couldn't be more happy. Love it to death and it goes everywhere with me. No problems yet or complaints, knock on wood. I use Parallels with no problems, the only issue with duel booting is that it is beta ware, and if you read the EULA it expires in Sept. of '07

cyrnel · 07-07-2006, 02:58 PM

Heh. It hasn't been intermittent. It just went dark and hasn't lit up since. I tried a few things including bonking, thumping, whacking, and stern gazes. Even drained power and restored BIOS defaults with an external screen attached. Not very portable. The rest of the time staring at a flashlight illuminated screen just isn't getting it. Mr FedX will do the honors tonight.

Time to hit the Mac store. I doubt I'll buy one yet but while the cat's away ya'know.

YaWhateva · 07-08-2006, 03:10 PM

i love my MacBook Pro so much. The light is fantastic on it. I would imagine a regular MacBook would be good too. Also I figured I would use 90%XP vs. OS X before I got it, but now I mostly use OS X except for games!

cyrnel · 07-09-2006, 01:42 PM

An lump of coal is brighter than my HP. It went to its maker Friday. I'd have gone the u-fix-it route but the warranty gods don't smile upon that sort of thing. Laptop service is one of the most annoying computer potholes.

The choice of OS for my haul-around-to-customer-site-machine is largely made by my customers. Now, Parallels might do the trick if it does good XP uptimes.

Still have to stop by a Mac store.

splooge · 07-12-2006, 04:09 PM

Parallels is fantastic software. I paid $40 before the initial release to get it cheap, as it will retail for $80. Still got time to get it at $50!

Sorry about your backlit keys =( That's almost the whole reason I bought the dang thing LOL.

cyrnel · 07-12-2006, 06:33 PM

Good to hear you like Parallels. I bet they keep the price down, by selling to Apple or partnering. Dual-boot is nice but virtualization is hot. Win solutions are becoming so very cheap.

It wasn't key backlighting. It was the screen. Lighted keys might just get an opaque paint treatment. That's a little bling for this geezer.

YaWhateva · 07-18-2006, 05:57 PM

you can turn the lighted keys off also.

I may try the virtualization at some point.

07-06-2006, 01:48 AM	#1 (permalink)
cyrnel Adequate Location: In my angry-dome.	Backlighting and MacBooks I have an important meeting in the morning and my @&#@*! 6mo old &@!^#$ laptop backlighting just fritzed. Gah! Sure, I can take along an external flatscreen but this could be my excuse. Who uses a MacBook daily and would you buy it again? Probably aiming for 90% XP vs MacOS. I'd be dual-booting until virtualization looks solid. __________________ There are a vast number of people who are uninformed and heavily propagandized, but fundamentally decent. The propaganda that inundates them is effective when unchallenged, but much of it goes only skin deep. If they can be brought to raise questions and apply their decent instincts and basic intelligence, many people quickly escape the confines of the doctrinal system and are willing to do something to help others who are really suffering and oppressed." -Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media, p. 195

07-07-2006, 01:28 PM	#2 (permalink)
duck0987 Crazy Location: ohio	Any luck pulling a fonzie on it? We have a G4 iMac that has a CC tube that has a short, giving it a good bump on the side fixes it every time. As for my white MacBook I couldn't be more happy. Love it to death and it goes everywhere with me. No problems yet or complaints, knock on wood. I use Parallels with no problems, the only issue with duel booting is that it is beta ware, and if you read the EULA it expires in Sept. of '07 __________________ "I've got a lot of friends who don't know how to cook, which I could never understand because not knowing how to cook is like not knowing how to fuck." --Robert Rodriguez Last edited by duck0987; 07-07-2006 at 01:32 PM..

07-07-2006, 02:58 PM	#3 (permalink)
cyrnel Adequate Location: In my angry-dome.	Heh. It hasn't been intermittent. It just went dark and hasn't lit up since. I tried a few things including bonking, thumping, whacking, and stern gazes. Even drained power and restored BIOS defaults with an external screen attached. Not very portable. The rest of the time staring at a flashlight illuminated screen just isn't getting it. Mr FedX will do the honors tonight. Time to hit the Mac store. I doubt I'll buy one yet but while the cat's away ya'know. __________________ There are a vast number of people who are uninformed and heavily propagandized, but fundamentally decent. The propaganda that inundates them is effective when unchallenged, but much of it goes only skin deep. If they can be brought to raise questions and apply their decent instincts and basic intelligence, many people quickly escape the confines of the doctrinal system and are willing to do something to help others who are really suffering and oppressed." -Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media, p. 195

07-08-2006, 03:10 PM	#4 (permalink)
YaWhateva Friend Location: New Mexico	i love my MacBook Pro so much. The light is fantastic on it. I would imagine a regular MacBook would be good too. Also I figured I would use 90%XP vs. OS X before I got it, but now I mostly use OS X except for games! __________________ “If the Americans go in and overthrow Saddam Hussein and it's clean, he has nothing, I will apologize to the nation, and I will not trust the Bush administration again.” - Bill O'Reilly "This is my United States of Whateva!"

07-09-2006, 01:42 PM	#5 (permalink)
cyrnel Adequate Location: In my angry-dome.	An lump of coal is brighter than my HP. It went to its maker Friday. I'd have gone the u-fix-it route but the warranty gods don't smile upon that sort of thing. Laptop service is one of the most annoying computer potholes. The choice of OS for my haul-around-to-customer-site-machine is largely made by my customers. Now, Parallels might do the trick if it does good XP uptimes. Still have to stop by a Mac store. __________________ There are a vast number of people who are uninformed and heavily propagandized, but fundamentally decent. The propaganda that inundates them is effective when unchallenged, but much of it goes only skin deep. If they can be brought to raise questions and apply their decent instincts and basic intelligence, many people quickly escape the confines of the doctrinal system and are willing to do something to help others who are really suffering and oppressed." -Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media, p. 195

07-12-2006, 04:09 PM	#6 (permalink)
splooge Upright	Parallels is fantastic software. I paid $40 before the initial release to get it cheap, as it will retail for $80. Still got time to get it at $50! Sorry about your backlit keys =( That's almost the whole reason I bought the dang thing LOL.

07-12-2006, 06:33 PM	#7 (permalink)
cyrnel Adequate Location: In my angry-dome.	Good to hear you like Parallels. I bet they keep the price down, by selling to Apple or partnering. Dual-boot is nice but virtualization is hot. Win solutions are becoming so very cheap. It wasn't key backlighting. It was the screen. Lighted keys might just get an opaque paint treatment. That's a little bling for this geezer. __________________ There are a vast number of people who are uninformed and heavily propagandized, but fundamentally decent. The propaganda that inundates them is effective when unchallenged, but much of it goes only skin deep. If they can be brought to raise questions and apply their decent instincts and basic intelligence, many people quickly escape the confines of the doctrinal system and are willing to do something to help others who are really suffering and oppressed." -Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media, p. 195

07-18-2006, 05:57 PM	#8 (permalink)
YaWhateva Friend Location: New Mexico	you can turn the lighted keys off also. I may try the virtualization at some point. __________________ “If the Americans go in and overthrow Saddam Hussein and it's clean, he has nothing, I will apologize to the nation, and I will not trust the Bush administration again.” - Bill O'Reilly "This is my United States of Whateva!"