Aug
23
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A podcast for Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Show 84. FCC documents verify Motorola iTunes model number, will it be flash based iPod Minis or 2 GB and 4 GB Shuffles? Welcome the next governor of the great state of California, Steve Jobs? Tip to speed up spring loaded folders, listener reports some serious issues with some 30″ Apple cinema displays, listener review of Desktop Manager, Tiger no longer uses Crontabs for periodic maintenance and the eMacCast artwork contest. New music, Take Back Sunday by Rally Car
Dude, where’s my car? Where’s your car dude? DUDE, where’s my car?
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My fiancee and I bought a 12″ Powerbook last year and shortly thereafter, the screen went wild with moving pixels, flashing lines, blotches of blue pixels, etc.
We brought it in for service and after four unsuccessful attempts to fix the screen (and 5 weeks in the Texas repair center) Apple eventually replaced the Powerbook. I still don’t think they know why the screen went bad.
If the 30″ cinema displays are having similar problems, then replacements seem to be the best bet. I hope Apple figures it out and makes some sort of public notice about it so people can get their defective screens fixed or replaced.
Here is a link to a 4GB shuffle at shopping.com
http://www2.shopping.com/xGS-apple_shuffle