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  • I have not had problems with shutdown, but I have had other problems with my MacBook, granted they were all minor, but when I upgraded to the new firmware last night, it was like I had bought a brand new machine, the whole laptop runs better and I w…
  • yeah my iBook battery I have never had to be replace and it would last for 5 hours and I have had a ton of luck with my MacBook battery also. -iGrant
  • Quote: Originally Posted by noah93 I tried it on a Core Duo Mini, and it was sloooow. Granted I used Beta 2, but it was amazingly slow. It was so unbearable I wouldn't even dare install it in my Core Solo. I plan on downloading RC1 later this w…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by maimezvous I completely agree. My MacBook is my first Mac ever, and I have had a wonderful experience with it. My MacBook reminds me of my G4 Cube . . . . dang I loved that Cube. I think I will take the Cube out a…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by dac0nvu Is it set to the right timezone? yeah it is, I just double checked, the only thing I can think of is I just ran bootcamp and installed Windows, but why would that screw up the date and time? *EDIT* I just …
  • Quote: Originally Posted by Guartho If you don't have an absolute need to burn DVDs on the road, It's much cheaper to get the 1.8 and a firewire enclosure and burner off NewEgg. I put the savings towards 2 gigs of RAM that are on their way no…
  • See I really was not worried about the processor speed, I wanted the super-drive, that is the whole reason I bought my 2.0 Ghz MacBook! If you do not care about the superdrive, I would say go with the 1.83 because I doubt you would notice a differen…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by smashbrosfan So how do you like it? I want to get an actual opinion on it... I googled reviews for it but kept coming up with biased results. The reason is because I'm about to buy one of my own. Like everyone I'll p…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by johnbpr just noticed the lead times in the apple store have come down from 4-6 days to 3-5 days. HOLY CRAP IT JUST ARIVED. GOODBYE MESSAGEBOARDS muwhahahhaha
  • Quote: Originally Posted by Marvin Did you say that the Parallels adaptor in your Mac system prefs is green too? yeah it is green, it will work fine if I am connected to a cat5 cable, but I can be on wireless, and even in System Preferences bot…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by Marvin Parallels networking works fine for me. I just use bridged connection and select connect cable at startup. If you don't select connect cable, it doesn't work. I have that turned on that is what is confusing …
  • I finally got mine yesterday and this is an amazing machine. Its amazingly fast, and the screen is beautiful, the only thing is that the screen is so bright, that I can only comfortably use my MacBook with the brightness at 50%. I am also not us…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by imacFP I can't help you other than to say I've had the same problem. I have no internet and nothing I've done or read has helped much. I've just given up. Then that really defeats the point on having parallels if i…
  • MY MACBOOK FINALLY SHIPPED!!! But it missed the plane leaving China, and from what a friend told me, Fed-Ex only flies out of China every 3 DAYS!!!! I swear if this laptop ever gets here it will be a freaking miracle. -iGrant
  • Quote: Originally Posted by RBF817 Just ordered a shuffle today and the dates are showing up the same as iGrants, 31st october and 2nd november delivery. Lets hope they come mid oct as apples delivery estimates are usually v conservative, just in …
  • Well if that is true, then we might be seeing new MacBooks tomorrow, because I ordered my MacBook last Tuesday and it is not suppost to ship till tomorrow. It would be awesome if I get a new Core 2 Duo MacBook 8). - iGrant
  • I want to know if a Student ADC membership will allow me to download the preivew of OS 10.5, I really really want to try that software out. -iGrant
  • Quote: Originally Posted by untsig yeah, i did one update so far but the second was taking forever on a friends wireless network so i'm gonna do the second update once i get home and install the two 1GB memory sticks that are waiting on me!! th…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by axc51 You have 14 calendar days to get your RMA. Then you have 14 additional days to ship it back to Apple. There is a 10% restocking fee on the item if opened, unless it's DOA. You can read more about it here: Retur…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by Chucker No, it isn't. Hey, I am a student too, I spent the extra money and got the built-in super drive which I have wanted for over a year now. I have an external dvd burner, but it is slow as all hell, and I would …