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03/14/2005, 9:25am, EST
Monday, March 14th
PowerBook G4 users discuss "white lines" issue
Several Power Book G4 owners on Apple's online support forum discuss an issue where whites lines appear on the display after extensive and prolonged use. The issue seems to affect a wide range of Power Book G4 (Titanium generation) models. However, a large number of users with the 667Mhz model report the issue. Most users are running Mac OS X 10.3.8, and the issue does not appear to be software related, as it occurs on system versions, and does not appear on a screen capture. Apple has yet to respond to the issue publicly.
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Basically, this is a repetitive strain injury for the LCD. Her machine has seen a lot of use and it is out of warranty now. A replacement LCD is conveniently almost as much as a 14" iBook.
If this was a condition in new machines, this would be a big deal. As I see it, it's just a bunch of whiners trying to get replacements for normal wear and tear.
-- Len
1. A fan always on that gives my girlfriend's hair-dryer a run for the money
2. Defective paint! I mean really, what other laptops do you know of that have had defective paint?
3. A cracked case over my CD drive that apple has graciously fixed twice until I was out of warranty.
4. And now I am worried about getting white-lines (no I haven't had them yet, but the display has been doing some glitchy things the past couple months....)
All in all, I love Apple, I've probably made 30 of my friend's live better forever by convincing them to get a mac, and I made the big Switch with this powerbook.... but it SUCKS to have the powerbook with so many freakin issues!!!!!! (sorry for venting)
10.3.2 - 10.3.8. CD-drive was once replaced under warrenty, but
that's all. As some said, it's probably mostly wear and tear.
I'd bet similar stuff happends with any computer, not just Apple.
darn, somebody else said it already.
Thanks