[dangermouse_197]

Has anyone else had an experience with their 12" iBook G4 LCD turning pink ? My iBook lasted for a whopping 72 hours before having to be exchanged for a new one.

Basically, the LCD flickered between 'normal' and pinkish before eventually staying pink. I had to apply some pressure on the top centre of the lid (same as I do when closing the book) to get it to display properly.

Oh well...my first Mac experience hasn't been the best but at least it's being replaced.

I was just curious if this had happened to anyone else.....

[dracoleb]

No but I did have a line of white pixels going from the center of the screen to the right side. That appeared the third day I had it.

[SupahCoolX]

At least it happened in the first 72 hours after you bought it, and not the first 72 after the warranty ran out!
No computer company, including Apple, is 100% perfect. Once you get back up and running, you'll see how great the Mac platform can be.

[dangermouse_197]

I have been impressed so far about it's ease of use. Actually, I've find it a little 'too' easy in that you really don't have to do anything to install programs. I keep looking for the 'setup.exe' or the install script (I use both Unix and Windows on my PC) so I must get into the habit of thinking that the most simple way to get a job done is probably the way to do it on MacOS.

I don't blame Apple for my trouble...all machines, no matter what you pay or what brand, can give trouble...the nature of electronics. I must say that Apple reps. here in N.Z. have been very helpful.....

[dracoleb]

Yea, I always feel funny installing stuff. "You mean all I have to do is drag this here, you kidding. No seriously how do you install it?" Uninstall is fun too, just trash it.

[CeRtiFiedSkitZo]

Originally posted by dracoleb:
Yea, I always feel funny installing stuff. "You mean all I have to do is drag this here, you kidding. No seriously how do you install it?" Uninstall is fun too, just trash it.

Yeah I couldn't get over that either, I thought maybe I was doing the easy way and I asked different Mac users if I was installing programs correctly because I didn't want damage or corrupt my OS.

[Powaqqatsi]

Originally posted by dracoleb:
Yea, I always feel funny installing stuff. "You mean all I have to do is drag this here, you kidding. No seriously how do you install it?" Uninstall is fun too, just trash it.

Well actually that's not 100% true you know. A lot of apps have files in directories like Application Support.

[dracoleb]

Right, but in general your fine with just the trash, unless you want to reinstall it later, which might be a problem. I normally do a search for files with the same name and see what is safe to remove from there from there