[Hanul]

Hi folks,

got my 12" yesterday and I'm a happy man now.

I looked over the forum and had a list to look after things when the PB arrived:

1. latch - ok,
2. lid gap on one side - no,
3. battery - is even with bottom surface,
4. dead pixels - no,
5. white thingie under keyboard - ok,
6. mouse button - had some friction in the beginning, gone after half a day use,
7. sound - crackles at startup, and inbetween, this needs a fix in 10.2.4 I think, speakers are very good for a notebook this size,
8. heat on palm rest - used an iBook 800 before, it's not hotter than that, but without the fan noise :-)
9. slot-drive - thought CDs would be sucked in smoothly, but it grabs them rather fast and makes lots of clicking noises.
10. AirPort range - not so good as the iBook, but still ok,
11. fan - have to press ear on keyboard to hear it,
12. speed - the same as my iBook 800 for everyday use and graphics (the marine aquarium screen saver gets the same frame rate in background mode), but iTunes ripping is a lot faster,
13. DVD playback - smooth, no frames lost, even in full screen mode,
14. screen - virtually the same as the iBook,
15. battery life - I got 3,5 hours, but still did not load it to 100%.

The PB is freezing *cold* when you grab it in the morning (shudder), I appreciate the warm palm rests after some use.

Man, this is a great machine, my colleagues are drooling :-)

[Hanul]

One more thing:

No iLife was included, so I called Apple. I only got so far to mention "Well, I received my 12" PB...". I immediately got a response "Sorry, we know that, due to production issues not all PBs were shipped with iLife. Your package is already on the way". Ah, ok. No further questions.

[Burn]

Originally posted by Hanul:
One more thing:

No iLife was included, so I called Apple. I only got so far to mention "Well, I received my 12" PB...". I immediately got a response "Sorry, we know that, due to production issues not all PBs were shipped with iLife. Your package is already on the way". Ah, ok. No further questions.

I love it when that happens.
It's like one of those "Neo - Pick up the phone" messages

[mimosa]

Your battery cover is even with bottom surface?

Argh! I was wondering about this myself. My battery cover is not flush with the bottom surface of my 12" PB. When I first got my PB I thought there was something wrong. I went to the Apple Store and the 12" PB on display there had the same problem, so I thought that it was "normal" for the battery cover not to be even with the bottom of the PB.

Is there a way to fix this?

Any opinions on if this is worth fixing or if Apple would fix this?

-mimosa

[MrK]

Originally posted by mimosa:

Is there a way to fix this?

Any opinions on if this is worth fixing or if Apple would fix this?

-mimosa

Have you tried shutting down and removing the battery and reinserting? It can latch closed without the non-latch side being entirely flush. I noticed this when I was installing RAM. Make sure to fully seat the outside battery edge and then FIRMLY press the battery down to lock it into place. Don't hit it with a sledgehammer, but if you do a dainty little push the other end will pop back up and it will not rest flush.

[kcmac]

Mine isn't flush but it never was on my iBook either. No biggie IMO.