Methinks they've been a bit rough with the screen. Absolutely typical of abuse. I know it seems like the screens can zip up and down in a flash, but you'll have to pay the ferryman sometime....
Well, it can't be bad screens Apple used, can it? Because Apple is perfect and amazing and I own 5 17" Macbooks that I use for 7 hours a day each, and I've never had a problem with any of them.
These are PowerBook's we are talking about. They run a lot hotter then the Macbooks and Pro versions. They are also fitted with LG manufactured LCD panels. Several dell laptops also with 17" LG LCD's ended up having the same problem and Dell responded by offering a repair extension program. Most of the defective machines come from the same factory in Shanghi and were manufactured around the first quarter of 2005. Apple are so far ignoring the issue. I am really glad your macs are trouble free, but you can't draw conclusions about the PowerBooks based on your newer hardware. You are comparing Apples with Crapples! Do a little web searching and youll see how widespread this problem is. I hope your trouble free use continues and that this was just a bad batch, but Apple need to pull their head out of the money bag and do good by their customers.
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Threlly @ Jun 2nd 2007 6:23PM
Methinks they've been a bit rough with the screen.
Absolutely typical of abuse.
I know it seems like the screens can zip up and down in a flash, but you'll have to pay the ferryman sometime....
Jesse S @ Jun 2nd 2007 6:35PM
Well, it can't be bad screens Apple used, can it? Because Apple is perfect and amazing and I own 5 17" Macbooks that I use for 7 hours a day each, and I've never had a problem with any of them.
kingmac @ Aug 12th 2007 9:50AM
These are PowerBook's we are talking about. They run a lot hotter then the Macbooks and Pro versions. They are also fitted with LG manufactured LCD panels. Several dell laptops also with 17" LG LCD's ended up having the same problem and Dell responded by offering a repair extension program. Most of the defective machines come from the same factory in Shanghi and were manufactured around the first quarter of 2005. Apple are so far ignoring the issue. I am really glad your macs are trouble free, but you can't draw conclusions about the PowerBooks based on your newer hardware. You are comparing Apples with Crapples! Do a little web searching and youll see how widespread this problem is. I hope your trouble free use continues and that this was just a bad batch, but Apple need to pull their head out of the money bag and do good by their customers.