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Macbook is Gone
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Charcoalwerks
macrumors regular
no way...
my 2006 looked like that after a battery replacement.
And previous to the replacement
Wish I could say the same for myself 🙁 My screen display is out(no longer gets a picture signal likely due to a bad cable) and my battery is on its last legs on my 2006 black book. As such its no longer portable and become a desktop computer leaving me without a notebook.
Black was definitely unique and it was nice being different and having a mac that was pretty rare as very few had black around here vs the grey mbp that is everywhere.
I've been holding out hoping for apple to release a black mbp or at least a different looking one then current grey design as a suitable replacement. Not sure how much longer I can hold out. Going to try and wait for Ivy Bridge though with the rumored redesign and USB3 if I can make it that long.
Kebabselector
macrumors 68030
What!?
Okay so I literally bought a new upgraded macbook on july 19th at 7:00 pm PDT according to the website... Seriously? Hours before it left? do think this will affect my order? (it hasn't shipped yet) I think that's kind of ridiculous.
Okay so I literally bought a new upgraded macbook on july 19th at 7:00 pm PDT according to the website... Seriously? Hours before it left? do think this will affect my order? (it hasn't shipped yet) I think that's kind of ridiculous.
Just realised ! Ahh nostalgia, Macbook, you have served me well in your time before your battery and the next three I gave you all stopped charging, and before your boot-time went from a minute to 40.. RIP
leekohler
macrumors G5
Kept holding off replacing my 2007 whitebook . When I found macbooks were history I scapped up a refurb. Although it was kind of spur of the moment it was my only way out if I wanted a new Mac laptop .I really didn't want a MBP, ( well maybe a matte screen 15" i7) ,horrible glossy screen and they dent too easily ( if former student's machines are any indicator).My MB has been dropped , smacked , kicked , you name it and , aside from a keyboard replacement ( under warranty) still looks pretty good . Air's are just too small (11") lack storage , don't have an optical drive , and overall seem too delicate to withstand the occasional smack my gear gets . So the refurb is what I got,it'll work just fine for anything I'm going to do for the next several years . Don't need an i5 , my software runs fine on a C2D , I'll stick in 4 or 8G of memory , mostly for the Windows engineering stuff I use, swap out the gloss screen for a matte and settle down for the long haul . Maybe there'll be a macbook replacement , but with a different name , in a few years . Anyway I'm set to wait it out.
I wouldn't expect it to, and congrats on having one of the very last MacBooks.
My guess it is the cable which is only a $30 part. Reason I say that is because I used to be able to adjust the screen, bump the backside or apply slight pressure to back the screen on the left side(near were the display cable connector is) to get the display to appear normal again until I move the machine. It's gotten to a point that no longer works anymore. It will be a bit pain to swap out though which is why I haven't attempted it yet as you have to take the entire macbook apart including logic board removal from what I've seen :/
If it does turn out the be the LCD panel itself I'm not sure I'll be willing to fix it with a replacement panel likely around $200. Might as well spring for new mac at that point since this one doesn't support lion(core duo) and needs a new battery on top.
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Titanium81
macrumors 6502a
Frosticus
macrumors 6502a
How is your battery that good after 200+ cycles?! Mine has lost around 300mAh after 17 load cycles, does it decrease less in time or something? Or does the capacity meter just fluctuate a lot?
I rarely use mine on battery, full discharge once a month otherwise it's plugged in. I have the 2010 MacBook and it was at around 97% capacity when I first got it, now it's at 92%
Just in time!
Wow I'm so glad I got my Macbook three weeks ago. I so wanted an apple, but I really hate the aluminum macbook pros, which are so ugly and industrial. I never get tired of looking at my white unibody Macbook, quite awesome.
Wow I'm so glad I got my Macbook three weeks ago. I so wanted an apple, but I really hate the aluminum macbook pros, which are so ugly and industrial. I never get tired of looking at my white unibody Macbook, quite awesome.
crammedberry
macrumors regular
I always thought it was odd that the original white MacBooks had such good batteries...
The battery in my MacBook Pro crapped out after a couple months... and the subsequent replacement was no exception.
My original white macbook from 2006 however still had over 80% capacity and over 1300 charge cycles last time I checked. I believe it is more now. It still amazes me how long and durable it has been. Still works great for everything, oblivious to the fact that it's going on 6 years now. Handy little machines.
The battery in my MacBook Pro crapped out after a couple months... and the subsequent replacement was no exception.
My original white macbook from 2006 however still had over 80% capacity and over 1300 charge cycles last time I checked. I believe it is more now. It still amazes me how long and durable it has been. Still works great for everything, oblivious to the fact that it's going on 6 years now. Handy little machines.
ProwlingTiger
macrumors 65816
walterwhite
macrumors 6502
I love the white macbook I was given to use by my school... I thought at first that I would put up with it... but now... I think it works great for all I do with it.
I don't know much about batteries, but my MacBook is plugged in most of the time, and when I do use the battery I usually don't go below a 50% charge.
HELLO PEOPLE!!!!!!
THE REASON APPLE GOT RID OF THE MACBOOK IS BECAUSE THE BASE 11" MBA IS $999, THE SAME PRICE AS A MACBOOK.
THEY FIGURED, PROBABLY CORRECTLY, THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO BUY A $999 NOTEBOOK WOULD RATHER HAVE A NICE, LIGHT, THIN, AND PERFECTLY USABLE LAPTOP, INSTEAD OF A PIECE OF THICK, WHITE PLASTIC!!
And if you dare try to argue about crap such as "but the macbook had more ports 🙁 " ....you don't even know what the macbook was for in the first place. It is for the average consumer, and guess what, the average consumer does not want ethernet or firewire! All the average consumer wants is the MBA with the 2 USB ports, a thunderbolt port, and an SD card reader (for 13" version)
So, get over yourselves. It was a smart decision by apple, and now all apple products will have a more nice looking metallic form.
That is all I have to say, Thank you
THE REASON APPLE GOT RID OF THE MACBOOK IS BECAUSE THE BASE 11" MBA IS $999, THE SAME PRICE AS A MACBOOK.
THEY FIGURED, PROBABLY CORRECTLY, THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO BUY A $999 NOTEBOOK WOULD RATHER HAVE A NICE, LIGHT, THIN, AND PERFECTLY USABLE LAPTOP, INSTEAD OF A PIECE OF THICK, WHITE PLASTIC!!
And if you dare try to argue about crap such as "but the macbook had more ports 🙁 " ....you don't even know what the macbook was for in the first place. It is for the average consumer, and guess what, the average consumer does not want ethernet or firewire! All the average consumer wants is the MBA with the 2 USB ports, a thunderbolt port, and an SD card reader (for 13" version)
So, get over yourselves. It was a smart decision by apple, and now all apple products will have a more nice looking metallic form.
That is all I have to say, Thank you