Out of the blue, all of a sudden, and without any warning, my super drive started sticking. If I tried to put a disk in, it would feel like it was hitting something. I could still push it in by wiggling it in and pushing from back to front. It would work, but when it ejected you could hear how tight it was and it would scratch the top of the disk. The first time, gooey stuff came out on the top of the disk. Now it just scratches it.BTW, that battery that gave me problems, reared its ugly head again yesterday. Suddenly, while I was using it on an American flight with the airplane power adapter plugged in and showing 95% charged, it just shut down!
I could not revive it, but after I got it home, I could get it to restart again. Kept showing 10:00 hours to recharge the battery with no charging going on. After another restart, it began charging again and the battery power was down to 0%. At least it picked the right time to suddenly shut down: in the last 30 minutes of a 34-hour long trip over four planes.
So, even while plugged in to the AA plane's DC outlet, which BTW *do not recharge* your battery but mainly keep it maintenance charged at the orginal level, the battery was drained to zero. Another sign of a defective battery, of course. Will call AppleCare this week.
But i resisted the temptation!! So I was finally able to compare my MB with another one in the 'wild'. The other one was a 2.0 and had slanted keys but the owner didn't really care
One thing that I noticed was that his HDD was making a SIGNIFICANTLY quieter humm than mine... His was a 160GB Fujitsu, and mine is a 250GB Toshiba... I thought it was pretty interesting.
On a side note, the dude had bought his MB 4 days ago, and that thing was NASTY with prints on the screen and grease spots on the outer casing... I felt bad for that machine and wanted to pull out my wipes and clean it up a little bit!!
On a side note, the dude had bought his MB 4 days ago, and that thing was NASTY with prints on the screen and grease spots on the outer casing... I felt bad for that machine and wanted to pull out my wipes and clean it up a little bit!!
You say so huh.... hmmmmmmmmmm. Will have to give it a try. I assume you mean home and end functions? If I get used to it, then thats good. But still, two buttons for these functions.... well I'll just have to try it out.
I've seen the CMD-key on the keyboard, never quite understood what its for
I guess I will have to start using it.I love the mac Keyboards, the best I have ever used, I have a mate with a Sony, the keyboard looks much like the Mac's until you try it, but it is nothing like it, when you start to typeYou say so huh.... hmmmmmmmmmm. Will have to give it a try. I assume you mean home and end functions? If I get used to it, then thats good. But still, two buttons for these functions.... well I'll just have to try it out.
Same for this
I've seen the CMD-key on the keyboard, never quite understood what its for
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I have to say though, that the keyboard on the MacBook is darn good to write on. I'm not just talking the material of the keys here, but the ergonomical design behind it all. The proportions, size and placements of the keys on the keyboard. Many people take that for granted and believes various keyboards are exactly the same, but this is infact the high art of making a good keyboard. Creating it in such a way that writing is fluid and produces the fewest errors as possible.
I'm nearly DYING with suspense, just knowing that it's just in the other room...
That's not normal???Hehe, you know your an anal MacBook addict when you carry around HandyWipes to clean other people's computers!
So my new macbook 2.0GHz came on Monday,
and I haven't taken it out of the box yet.
I have promised myself that I will not open it until Christmas.
So my new macbook 2.0GHz came on Monday,
and I haven't taken it out of the box yet.
I have promised myself that I will not open it until Christmas.
) but my guess would be that since i have a bigger HDD and bigger processor it would make a little bit of difference....
