luke23 said:
Do you know it???
It is really hard, fortunatelly I have learned since I was born
i started to learn it but it was too hard so i gave up and learned castellano instead. much easier
back on topic - i just spoke to a highly friendly, but not very knowledgeable 2nd tier guy who claimed that he'd just found a fix for this problem. understandably, i was pretty skeptical as it's taken this long to even get a hint of it. so i basically told them that i wasn't prepared to be without my PB for a week at the least, just to get it back with nothing repaired (not being too optimistic for you generik
)
he's basically compiled a case, which my local apple affiliate can see. it contains this thread, and the one that buttercup posted above for points of reference. i've also explained that previously, changing the displays hadn't worked for people, and other people's PBs had been marked "as spec" when they were sent back. the only thing that made me a little uneasy was the fact that he said this wasnt a noted problem. he said he hadnt heard of it until i called today, and that it can't be that big a problem or more people would be complaining. i informed him that it was a problem affecting all of the last revisions of 15" powerbook g4's and that he should have a look into it. he told me that the forums tend to blow these things out of proportion. i agree to a certain extent, but it didn't stop me being disheartened.
i'll update when i get back from the store later
update: right. i'm not sending mine for repair and i'd advise you to do the same. here's why.
apple told me that it'd be fine to send it in. probably because the guy i spoke to thought it was a one-off problem
i went into town and spoke to an apple independant retailer, who had never heard of the problem himself, but i showed him my PB, and told him to check out the local apple store where their 15" PB has the same problem. he then called apple (he's special and they don't treat him like an idiot) and it escalated pretty quickly, and he spoke to a guy who told him that there is
NOT a fix for this issue yet. he also told them to email him when the problem was resolved, and he said he'd email me too. i hope he remembers...but who wouldnt remember me??
he also told me that the part number for the defective LCDs has
NOT changed. ie, if you send your powerbook in, you're going to get the same type of LCD back. make of that what you will.
