Salt Peanuts Posted May 18, 2010 Report Share Posted May 18, 2010 Nice, Dan! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n_maher Posted May 18, 2010 Report Share Posted May 18, 2010 Took mbp to the apple store for a dead video card. Genius was supposed to charge me for the repair, but found a program to cover it under, so it'll be fixed free. When did you get a macbook pro? Glad to hear the problem was resolved, the case on my macbook is cracked and I need to make an appointment to get it fixed but the closest apple store is 45min. away and I don't go anywhere near it on a regular basis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salt Peanuts Posted May 18, 2010 Report Share Posted May 18, 2010 Apple bumps MacBook processor, graphics | Laptops | MacUser | Macworld Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smeggy Posted May 24, 2010 Report Share Posted May 24, 2010 yay, managed to upgrade the ram to 2 gigs (all it will take) and just put a 500gig 7200 drive in it. Next, replace the shagged superdrive, using an external at the mo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voltron Posted May 24, 2010 Report Share Posted May 24, 2010 When did you get a macbook pro? Glad to hear the problem was resolved, the case on my macbook is cracked and I need to make an appointment to get it fixed but the closest apple store is 45min. away and I don't go anywhere near it on a regular basis. If you went to see Imogen you could kill two birds with one Macbook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n_maher Posted May 24, 2010 Report Share Posted May 24, 2010 If you went to see Imogen you could kill two birds with one Macbook. If you don't want to see me at CanJam I'll go see Imogen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grawk Posted May 24, 2010 Report Share Posted May 24, 2010 The free repair didn't work, so I had to pay the "flat rate" depot repair charge of $310 + tax. Hopefully this gets it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomana Posted May 24, 2010 Report Share Posted May 24, 2010 ^ ouch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grawk Posted May 24, 2010 Report Share Posted May 24, 2010 Given my investment to date, it's not the end of the world, but it's not something I was expecting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voltron Posted May 24, 2010 Report Share Posted May 24, 2010 If you don't want to see me at CanJam I'll go see Imogen. Fuck that uppity British bitch! See you in Chicago! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knuckledragger Posted May 24, 2010 Report Share Posted May 24, 2010 Shorly, I'm powering down my trust Macintop and taking in to the Genius Bar, to have the following issues resolved: Firewire port does not work, plastic pins are missing Trackpad doesn't work, it won't "unclick" keyboard stops working randomly, often after laptop has been asleep cooling fan runs (nearly) constantly HDD has become noisy recently I imagine I'll be without it for over a week. That means I'll be stuck with crappy Dell running XP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salt Peanuts Posted May 24, 2010 Report Share Posted May 24, 2010 Damn, Knuckles. I hope the repair doesn't cost you an arm and a leg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knuckledragger Posted May 24, 2010 Report Share Posted May 24, 2010 I have AppleCare, so it should (key word there) cost me little or nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomana Posted May 25, 2010 Report Share Posted May 25, 2010 Shorly, I'm powering down my trust Macintop and taking in to the Genius Bar, to have the following issues resolved: Firewire port does not work, plastic pins are missing Trackpad doesn't work, it won't "unclick" keyboard stops working randomly, often after laptop has been asleep cooling fan runs (nearly) constantly HDD has become noisy recently Minus the firewire bit, that's exactly what happened to my last one. Dan fixed the trackpad, but then the rest got worse. I just ended up getting a new one. The one before that got in even worse shape, and I ended up frying the motherboard, or that's what I was told. I'm hoping this one will at least last me a three years. I seem to kill macbook pros in a about one to two years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomana Posted May 25, 2010 Report Share Posted May 25, 2010 I don't know. The two I had before this one were all silver. This one is silver with black keys. That's all I know. If anyone has use for a dead, 12" mbp (supposedly a fried motherboard, but what do those guys know), let me know. It's just hanging out at my house with other useless things I have for no reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted May 25, 2010 Report Share Posted May 25, 2010 Don't you have a door that it could hold open or something? I mean, I can't even suggest installing linux on that thing. Also, if it's just the motherboard that's fried, you could at least take out the disk drive, and put it in an external 2.5 enclosure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomana Posted May 25, 2010 Report Share Posted May 25, 2010 Also, if it's just the motherboard that's fried, you could at least take out the disk drive, and put it in an external 2.5 enclosure. Why mess with a perfectly good door holder? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted May 25, 2010 Report Share Posted May 25, 2010 That's true -- that's probably half the weight right there. EDIT: Oh, I remember -- because you might actually want the data. Other than that, no reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knuckledragger Posted May 26, 2010 Report Share Posted May 26, 2010 Your Macbook luck does not appear to be as good as your phone, luck, boomana. You said the keyboard issue kept getting worse? The Genius Bar tech said that he thought it was a software issue, but I have my doubts. I can only fix it via a complete powercycle (off and back on) and not a reboot. One other issue I forgot to mention is that the camera on the lappy has random, but infrequent, issues at startup. Sometimes when I power up the lappy, the camera light comes on almost immediately, and the camera itself won't work with apps like Photo Booth. Since I never use the camera, it was a minor issue for me. The Genius guy said it might be a symptom of a larger problem. I'm supposed to get a call from an Apple repair tech in the next day or so. They're going to dell me what the (physical) damage is, and how long it will take to fix it. Hopefully it will cost me $0, as I have over a year of AppleCare left. In the interim, I'm stuck on this ca. 2001 Pentium IV Dell running XP. It is ...worse than I remembered. When you don't run a Windows box for a long time and power it up, there's approximately 847 things that want to update, and Windows is of course a complete nagging bitch about it. I love being forced to reboot six times before I can rung FFX to check my sodding email. I had to talk myself out of impulse buying a Mac Mini when I was in the Apple store and now I'm kind of wishing I did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salt Peanuts Posted May 26, 2010 Report Share Posted May 26, 2010 Sorry about your Mac and needing to use an old Windows machine. I had to talk myself out of impulse buying a Mac Mini when I was in the Apple store and now I'm kind of wishing I did. Methinks you should splurge for the cheese grater, however. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knuckledragger Posted May 26, 2010 Report Share Posted May 26, 2010 Methinks you should splurge for the cheese grater, however. Srsly. As soon as Apple refreshes the grater, I am SO buying one. I have an .edu discount which will knock $300 or so off. It's still going to cost me enough to make even audiophiles blink (with monitor think KGBHSE levels.) Still, I am a photographer. Scanning film and editing photos on a (early 2008) Macbook is a unique form of hell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salt Peanuts Posted May 26, 2010 Report Share Posted May 26, 2010 Scanning film and editing photos on a (early 2008 ) Macbook is a unique form of hell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shellylh Posted May 26, 2010 Report Share Posted May 26, 2010 Knuckles: Sorry to hear you are stuck in XP hell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Currawong Posted May 27, 2010 Report Share Posted May 27, 2010 I finally got around to upgrading, so now I have a 15" 2.66 GHz Core i7 MacBook Pro. I got the 1680x1050 matte screen, which unfortunately makes my cheap Samsung 24" look horrid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jinp6301 Posted May 27, 2010 Report Share Posted May 27, 2010 I don't know. The two I had before this one were all silver. This one is silver with black keys. That's all I know. If anyone has use for a dead, 12" mbp (supposedly a fried motherboard, but what do those guys know), let me know. It's just hanging out at my house with other useless things I have for no reason. how much did the apple guys ask to fix it? it might not be THAT much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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