MacBook - Goodbye MacBook

jaster · jaster #1 (**permalink**)

04-25-2008, 03:02 PM

Well the time has come for me to leave the macbook community. I started off about 5 years ago with an ibook, and now have a macbook. After dealing with macbook issues and apple geniuses I have decided the time has come for me to leave the macbook community and go to a windows based machine. My macbook is 15 months or so old now. # or so months after i got it, i replaced the hard-drive due to a crash of unknown cause. I have had a few keys fall of and still haven't found my option key. My yahoo messenger isn't too great when trying to talk to my wife, she is on an hp laptop, yahoo messenger loes a lot of features when on a mac. I am military and gone a lot so yahoo messenger is a must-have so i can talk to my kids. My palmrest is cracked and although this is an ongoing known macbook issue, the apple geniuses are giving me a hard time about fixing it because i am out of my applecare plan. Now just this week my macbook power cord burnt up. The nearest apple store is over an hour away, so I called apple. I told them the problem with the power cord and they told me that since my applecare was up, I was out of luck. I then asked if this was a known issue (I knoew it was due to a little web research). The apple guy on the phone told me that this has happened to quite a few people, but that the number of people with the problem wasn't worth a free fix due to the lrge number of problem free macbooks out there. He then tried to sell e a new power-brick over the phone for $70 or so dollars. Anyway, long story short, I am going back to windows, and will be putting my macbook up for sale in the for sale section within the next few days. sold my ibook on here a while back, so now time to sell my macbook as well. Oh well, have to go computer shopping now. thanks for letting me vent.

CL33Zero · CL33Zero #2 (**permalink**)

04-25-2008, 03:21 PM

I can think of some fixes to maybe help your problem. But I will not go into it. I will just say goodluck. And hopefully things work out better for you in the future.

gunslinger · gunslinger #3 (**permalink**)

04-25-2008, 03:31 PM

Good luck with that. You just think you have problems now just wait till you start dealing with Vista

PinkLemonade · PinkLemonade #4 (**permalink**)

04-25-2008, 07:14 PM

why not go back to an ibook, or upgrade to a mac book pro?

In any case, good luck, hope you're happy with your decison

eric · eric #5 (**permalink**)

04-25-2008, 07:23 PM

good luck spending similar amounts of money and more time on your windows machines and windows!

EGGO · EGGO #6 (**permalink**)

04-25-2008, 07:52 PM

Sucks. Sounds like you got a lemon. Check out tigerdirect.com sometime. Maybe they will have some laptops you would want to look at.

KiwiJenn · KiwiJenn #7 (**permalink**)

04-25-2008, 08:31 PM

That's not good to hear but I must say your right on about Yahoo Messenger. When I switched to my iMac and used YM it missed features that I used on YM on my windows machine like Sharing Photos, video chat, confrence chat and I can't save my chat history. YM has a lot of work to improve them messenger for Mac's, so does AIM for that matter

The Vindicat3d · The Vindicat3d #8 (**permalink**)

04-25-2008, 09:23 PM

Too true, but at least AIM works on iChat which is pretty good and has all sorts of dandy features.

dtravis7 · dtravis7 #9 (**permalink**)

04-25-2008, 09:29 PM

Have you tried the latest Beta of Yahoo for OSX? Now does Voice, Phone calls and Video.

cwa107 · cwa107 #10 (**permalink**)

04-25-2008, 09:39 PM

Pick the best tool for the job. If you think that's going to be a Windows machine, go for it. Might I recommend the Dell XPS M1330 or M1530 (larger screen)? Very nice machines, competitively priced and well built.

KB3GZW · KB3GZW #11 (**permalink**)

04-25-2008, 09:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gunslinger

Good luck with that. You just think you have problems now just wait till you start dealing with Vista

Ditto to that.

JohnTheMacGeek · JohnTheMacGeek #12 (**permalink**)

04-26-2008, 05:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gunslinger

Good luck with that. You just think you have problems now just wait till you start dealing with Vista

My thoughts exactly. Good luck to ya!

audiomedia808 · audiomedia808 #13 (**permalink**)

04-30-2008, 06:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gunslinger

Good luck with that. You just think you have problems now just wait till you start dealing with Vista

My girlfriend just bought a new laptop running Vista. It's crashed right out of the box.

JohnTheMacGeek · JohnTheMacGeek #14 (**permalink**)

04-30-2008, 08:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by audiomedia808

My girlfriend just bought a new laptop running Vista. It's crashed right out of the box.

Did you point and laugh at her? LOL!

EGGO · EGGO #15 (**permalink**)

04-30-2008, 08:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JohnTheMacGeek

Did you point and laugh at her? LOL!

Friend's macbook also crashed right out of the box. In fact, after he registered Leopard the thing just didn't respond and then the crash screen came on.

He and her should get together sometime.

CL33Zero #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Jul 30, 2007 Posts: 892	04-25-2008, 03:21 PM I can think of some fixes to maybe help your problem. But I will not go into it. I will just say goodluck. And hopefully things work out better for you in the future. Its time to go...
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eric #5 (permalink)
Member Since: Nov 04, 2006 Location: twin cities, mn, usa Posts: 8,800	04-25-2008, 07:23 PM good luck spending similar amounts of money and more time on your windows machines and windows! Please participate in our Member of the Month polls. Every vote counts! And remember to use the user reputation system! ["Dear Homer, I. O. U. one emergency donut. Signed, Homer." - Note by Homer Simpson]
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EGGO #6 (permalink)
Member Since: Feb 19, 2008 Location: Manhattan, New York Posts: 306 Mac Specs: 2008 8-core mac pro. 4GB RAM 1.5TB storage. Dual LCDs (one IPS monitor for the colour).	04-25-2008, 07:52 PM Sucks. Sounds like you got a lemon. Check out tigerdirect.com sometime. Maybe they will have some laptops you would want to look at. The Visual Portfolio I hate mac zealots as much as windows/other OS zealots.
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The Vindicat3d #8 (permalink)
Member Since: Nov 05, 2007 Posts: 985 Mac Specs: Black MacBook- 2.2GHz, 1gb RAM, 160GB, Double-Layer Superdrive.	04-25-2008, 09:23 PM Too true, but at least AIM works on iChat which is pretty good and has all sorts of dandy features. Use the Rep System!! Check out my Blog-->Malevolent Poetry-Updated as of 4/4/08 and will be weekly.
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Member Since: Jan 04, 2005 Location: Modesto, Ca. Posts: 25,895 Mac Specs: iMac C2D Late 2007 20" with 10.8.3, Macbook Santa Rosa 4GB Ram OSX 10.8.3	04-25-2008, 09:29 PM Have you tried the latest Beta of Yahoo for OSX? Now does Voice, Phone calls and Video. ...Dennis Mac-Forums Community Guidelines
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jaster #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Feb 08, 2004 Location: Ft. Bragg NC Posts: 407	04-25-2008, 03:02 PM Well the time has come for me to leave the macbook community. I started off about 5 years ago with an ibook, and now have a macbook. After dealing with macbook issues and apple geniuses I have decided the time has come for me to leave the macbook community and go to a windows based machine. My macbook is 15 months or so old now. # or so months after i got it, i replaced the hard-drive due to a crash of unknown cause. I have had a few keys fall of and still haven't found my option key. My yahoo messenger isn't too great when trying to talk to my wife, she is on an hp laptop, yahoo messenger loes a lot of features when on a mac. I am military and gone a lot so yahoo messenger is a must-have so i can talk to my kids. My palmrest is cracked and although this is an ongoing known macbook issue, the apple geniuses are giving me a hard time about fixing it because i am out of my applecare plan. Now just this week my macbook power cord burnt up. The nearest apple store is over an hour away, so I called apple. I told them the problem with the power cord and they told me that since my applecare was up, I was out of luck. I then asked if this was a known issue (I knoew it was due to a little web research). The apple guy on the phone told me that this has happened to quite a few people, but that the number of people with the problem wasn't worth a free fix due to the lrge number of problem free macbooks out there. He then tried to sell e a new power-brick over the phone for $70 or so dollars. Anyway, long story short, I am going back to windows, and will be putting my macbook up for sale in the for sale section within the next few days. sold my ibook on here a while back, so now time to sell my macbook as well. Oh well, have to go computer shopping now. thanks for letting me vent.
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PinkLemonade #4 (permalink)
Member Since: May 24, 2007 Posts: 494	04-25-2008, 07:14 PM why not go back to an ibook, or upgrade to a mac book pro? In any case, good luck, hope you're happy with your decison
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KiwiJenn #7 (permalink)
Member Since: Nov 18, 2007 Location: Auckland, NEW ZEALAND Posts: 276 Mac Specs: iMac = 20-inch, 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2GB RAM, 320GB HD, Leopard. iPod Nano = 4GB, Silver	04-25-2008, 08:31 PM That's not good to hear but I must say your right on about Yahoo Messenger. When I switched to my iMac and used YM it missed features that I used on YM on my windows machine like Sharing Photos, video chat, confrence chat and I can't save my chat history. YM has a lot of work to improve them messenger for Mac's, so does AIM for that matter
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cwa107 #10 (permalink)
Member Since: Dec 20, 2006 Location: Middletown, Pennsylvania Posts: 25,951 Mac Specs: 15" MBP, Core i7/2GHz, 8GB RAM, 256GB Crucial M4 SSD	04-25-2008, 09:39 PM Pick the best tool for the job. If you think that's going to be a Windows machine, go for it. Might I recommend the Dell XPS M1330 or M1530 (larger screen)? Very nice machines, competitively priced and well built. Liquid and computers don't mix. It might seem simple, but we see an incredible amount of people post here about spills. Keep drinks and other liquids away from your expensive electronics!
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