[ale] My iBook

[Matthew Brown]

I'd be interested to see how you work with The Gimp.  I have never 
"figured it out".

Best Regards,

Matthew Brown
CorData, Inc. -- Linux solutions for business
o: 770-795-0089

On Feb 11, 2005, at 6:20 PM, Mark Wright wrote:

> I have a two year old Ti powerbook that I did not buy the extended 
> warranty for.  I think that all of them regardless of manufacturer are 
> too expensive.  I did use apples warranty though.
>
> My display developed a strange distortion about 6 month after 
> purchase.  I called to complain but the support told me it was 
> software.  It was very intermittent so I was not bothered.  Well after 
> a while the problem became more persistent.  Meanwhile one of the 
> hinges to the screen broke, still within a year of purchase.  I sent 
> it in for warranty replacement of the hinge and asked them to look at 
> the screen.  The hinge came back repaired and the screen distortion 
> problem came back too.  They couldn't handle too problems on one 
> ticket I guess.
>
> Well now the years warranty is over and I am still not sure that the 
> screen issue is not software.  I can usually fix it with a restart.  
> All the while trying to draw a conclusion about software installed 
> that could be causing it.  As the problem grows worse, (more frequent) 
> I am all but sure it has nothing to do with software and is the video 
> ram.  Finally I got apples video ram diag to fail.  ( had been running 
> it without error when ever the problem would occur, hence apples 
> belief that the hardware was fine.) Basically I had to wait for the 
> problem to grow completely solid (make the PC unusable) to trouble 
> shoot it.  Now a year and a half later I call to lay out my case for a 
> warranty service.  All I had to do was tell them that I had reported 
> the problem within the warranty period and they accepted it as a 
> warranty repair. (once they looked it up)
>
> So I have had the hinge fixed and the MoBo replaced (that's where the 
> video ram lives.)  Under warranty.  The Combo drive has been acting up 
> and I will have to replace it one day on my own dime but for now it is 
> still burning iso's without complaint.
>
> Oh, and I do love the BSD under OS X's pretty face.  The main apps I 
> use on this machine are Open Office, Gimp, Mail and Safari.
>
>
> Mark
>
>
> On Feb 11, 2005, at 10:27 AM, James Sumners wrote:
>
>> I am not looking to switch from Windows since I did that a long time
>> ago but I am thinking about getting a Powerbook. My only concern right
>> now is if I should purchase the AppleCare extended warranty. It is
>> over twice the price of Dell's CompleteCare plan and doesn't do even
>> half of what the Dell plan does. With the Dell plan you can get your
>> laptop fixed free of charge no matter if you drop it or "accidentally"
>> hit it with a hammer. All the AppleCare plan does is extend the 90-day
>> support and 1-year limited warranty an extra two or three years.
>>
>> Does anyone else on the list have experience with Apple computers?
>> Should I even consider the AppleCare plan?
>>
>>
>> On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 10:10:32 -0500, Matthew Brown
>> <matthew.brown at cordata.com> wrote:
>>> I have had my iBook G4 for almost a week.  It is my first Apple ever.
>>> I bought the bottom of the line G4 (12" screen) for ~$880 -- with the
>>> AirPort card.  I bought it basically so I could have a solid an
>>> supported *NIX laptop.  In short, it rocks!  It literally does
>>> everything I could do before, but now I also have OpenBSD underneath,
>>> allowing me tons of useful tools, many of which I've already used.
>>>
>>> If you're looking for a switch off Windows and you still need things
>>> like a good WYSIWYG web editor -- like Dreamweaver -- or Flash or the
>>> Adobe tools, Apple is THE THING.
>>
>> -- 
>> James Sumners
>> http://james.roomfullofmirrors.com/
>>
>> "All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts
>> pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it
>> is magnetic to the corruptible. Such people have a tendency to become
>> drunk on violence, a condition to which they are quickly addicted."
>>
>> Missionaria Protectiva, Text QIV (decto)
>> CH:D 59
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