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ah, I see... OK, will see what I can find,... 584 Views / 4 Replies  
ah, I see...

OK, will see what I can find, thanks.
Posted by habibman, on Dec 30, 2007 at 01:48 AM, in Mac Notebooks
The DVD disc I used says 8x on it. Also, I... 584 Views / 4 Replies  
The DVD disc I used says 8x on it.

Also, I am not sure that explains what is written in the system profiler.
Posted by habibman, on Dec 30, 2007 at 01:39 AM, in Mac Notebooks
MBP DVD write speed a Lie??? 584 Views / 4 Replies  
Hello,

I bought my MBP in September of this year. I do not remember what the specifications on the website said then, but I don't think the MBP has since been updated. Online it says the 15" comes...
Posted by habibman, on Dec 30, 2007 at 01:20 AM, in Mac Notebooks
I think I might start just putting it to sleep... 918 Views / 12 Replies  
I think I might start just putting it to sleep manually. Still, I would prefer to just shut the lid :) So much easier!

But I did just shut the lid this morning and it literally took more than a...
Posted by habibman, on Sep 21, 2007 at 03:30 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Thanks for all of your help. I appreciate it. ... 918 Views / 12 Replies  
Thanks for all of your help. I appreciate it.

I still have this concern though:

Can any damage have occred to the MBP or any of the parts as a result of the heat? I mean, I cold hold it, but it...
Posted by habibman, on Sep 20, 2007 at 03:58 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Week-old MBP and already a sleep issue? 918 Views / 12 Replies  
Hello,


So I was browsing with Safari and I had to get up to leave. I did what I usually do: close the lid of the MBP and put it in the laptop protector in my backpack. I assumed the computer...
Posted by habibman, on Sep 19, 2007 at 08:52 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Hmmm... ok then, fair enough. Actually, yesterday... 686 Views / 8 Replies  
Hmmm... ok then, fair enough. Actually, yesterday I saw it jump up to over 5 (a lie), then drop to 4, then to 3:30ish. In general, without wireless turned on, it seems to be doing around that...
Posted by habibman, on Sep 14, 2007 at 11:09 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Is this normal? Brand New MBP Battery Life 686 Views / 8 Replies  
Hello,

I just bought a 15" MBP. Brand new.

Callibrated the batttery. With wireless on it gives me just under three hours of battery life. I turned wirless off, and it went up to just over 3...
Posted by habibman, on Sep 13, 2007 at 05:03 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Thanks for responding- I do indeed want... 613 Views / 2 Replies  
Thanks for responding-

I do indeed want portability- that's why I bought it. I own another own that's bigger and has 7200rpm- I just wanted something that was easier to travel with.

Do you...
Posted by habibman, on Jan 20, 2007 at 04:14 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
QUESTION ABOUT LaCIE Little Big Disk 320 GB NEED HELP PLEASE! 613 Views / 2 Replies  
Hi everyone,

So I just found out, after ordering it (stupid, stupid), that the LaCie Little Big Disk 320GB has a rotational speed of only 5400rpm.

I am aware that if it is dense enough (well...
Posted by habibman, on Jan 19, 2007 at 03:44 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Hooking up hardrive to macbook pro, need help 624 Views / 1 Replies  
Hello, hope this is the right place to post.

I just bought a LaCie External hard drive and have a question. I want to use it for editing film on a Mac Book Pro. I am wondering, what is the most...
Posted by habibman, on Jan 14, 2007 at 10:33 PM, in Mac Notebooks
ah I see, well thank you. I shall wait for a... 7,102 Views / 76 Replies  
ah I see, well thank you.

I shall wait for a couple more days than use the regular good ol student discount.

Thanks again.
Posted by habibman, on Jan 7, 2007 at 09:58 PM, in Mac Desktops
Sorry, one more question: If you purchase... 7,102 Views / 76 Replies  
Sorry, one more question:
If you purchase through the ADC store, do you qualify for the printer rebate? On the ADC terms, it states that purchasing through the ADC means that you do NOT qualify for...
Posted by habibman, on Jan 7, 2007 at 03:33 AM, in Mac Desktops
Alright, well I just went to the Apple Develepor... 7,102 Views / 76 Replies  
Alright, well I just went to the Apple Develepor Connection store (whose existence I was completely unaware of) and I tried to purchase the lower end MacBook Pro. I got all the way to the payment...
Posted by habibman, on Jan 7, 2007 at 03:06 AM, in Mac Desktops
WOA! I just read on this thread that I can... 7,102 Views / 76 Replies  
WOA!

I just read on this thread that I can buy a student developer account for $99 and then save $500 on a macbookpro?!?!?!?!


Is this true? Can someone please give me more information about...
Posted by habibman, on Jan 7, 2007 at 02:41 AM, in Mac Desktops
do all these places also provide the one-year... 936 Views / 7 Replies  
do all these places also provide the one-year warranty that apple provides? (i suppose I can't see why not since the warranty is through apple, but i just wanted to make sure)
Posted by habibman, on Dec 31, 2006 at 12:56 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Anyone waiting for Leopard to buy MBP 6,652 Views / 72 Replies  
so that is pretty much it. just curious to know whether anyone is waiting for leopard to be released before he or she purchases an MBP.
Posted by habibman, on Aug 11, 2006 at 06:19 AM, in Mac Notebooks
How did you get your "horizontal line LCD"... 5,415 Views / 63 Replies  
How did you get your "horizontal line LCD" replaced? Do the "Genius" folks really take that as a legitimate defect?

love my rev. D powerbook, but alas I am selling it. As much problems as there...
Posted by habibman, on May 15, 2006 at 06:10 PM, in Mac Notebooks
What is wrong with my mighty mouse? 464 Views / 1 Replies  
Hi, my mighty mouse used to work wonderful until just recently. Now it sporadically pops in the corners. This is extremely annoying because I have the corners set to do things such as bring up...
Posted by habibman, on Jan 23, 2006 at 04:45 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
comes with quicktime? 444 Views / 2 Replies  
Hi, do the new powerbooks come with quicktime or quicktime pro? Do you have to buy the upgrade to do full screen, etc? Thanks,.
Posted by habibman, on Jan 10, 2006 at 03:52 AM, in Mac Notebooks
99% 617 Views / 4 Replies  
Hello everyone. Alright, just got my pretty much DOA powerbook back from the apple store recently. They even put in a new battery for me, yay! Well, i charged the battery to 100% the first day I got...
Posted by habibman, on Jan 4, 2006 at 06:21 AM, in Mac Notebooks
What the CRAP 1,365 Views / 14 Replies  
So I just returned a perfectly perfect set of Bose speakers only to come home and discover it wasn't the speakers, it was my goddamn less than one-month old powerbook that was causing the right...
Posted by habibman, on Dec 2, 2005 at 09:45 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Issues with the click wheel, need help 477 Views / 0 Replies  
Hello,

I am not sur if this has been brought up in the past, but here goes. My sister's 4th generation ipod, out of the blue starting acting crazy. The cick wheel just stopped responding. She...
Posted by habibman, on Nov 30, 2005 at 02:34 PM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
Firewire 400 and 800 Issues Please Help 409 Views / 1 Replies  
Hi, I have just recently purchased a LaCie 250 GB external Hard Drive. When I plug it in, is shows my hard drive and everything works swell- I am using the Firewire 800 port. Now, when I plug in a...
Posted by habibman, on Nov 28, 2005 at 12:48 AM, in Mac Notebooks
does the warranty cover this? 674 Views / 9 Replies  
does the warranty cover this?
Posted by habibman, on Nov 23, 2005 at 02:59 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Tried resetting the PMU it didn't work. I have... 674 Views / 9 Replies  
Tried resetting the PMU it didn't work. I have been using the battery so frequently too. I don't understand why this would happen. So far I have used the battery to full its full capacity 5-6 times...
Posted by habibman, on Nov 23, 2005 at 02:59 AM, in Mac Notebooks
the battery shows a complete charge (i pushed the... 674 Views / 9 Replies  
the battery shows a complete charge (i pushed the little button in the back), i bought this thing less than a month ago. and i hate apple right now.
Posted by habibman, on Nov 22, 2005 at 10:48 PM, in Mac Notebooks
DESPERATELY Need help! Powerbook shuts down when plug removed! 674 Views / 9 Replies  
Ok, I have no idea what is going on. So you know how when your battery drains, it tells you that there is reserve power and then once the reserve power dies it shuts down and saves your work? Then...
Posted by habibman, on Nov 22, 2005 at 10:11 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Hi, actually I have never even come close to... 773 Views / 7 Replies  
Hi, actually I have never even come close to dropping it. It has seen nothing but love since I have had it. I am just wondering though, I can ignore the creak, but is it something that I should...
Posted by habibman, on Nov 17, 2005 at 02:25 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Powerbook hinges creak? 773 Views / 7 Replies  
Hi, ok, this really isn't a big deal, but I have a 15" PB and I am sure it didn't do this the first day I bought it. Well anyways, literally a week later I noticed that the hinges creak, sort of. I...
Posted by habibman, on Nov 16, 2005 at 12:24 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Question About External Hard Drives and Powerbook 738 Views / 6 Replies  
Hello, I am looking at two different external hard drives that I am considering for my 15" powerbook. They will be used primarily for Final Cut Pro, capturing media.

The first is: LaCie d2 Hard...
Posted by habibman, on Nov 14, 2005 at 05:58 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Huh, I never even thought about that. That is a... 721 Views / 7 Replies  
Huh, I never even thought about that. That is a great reason to have two partitions.

To spacemonkey, i am curious what you meant by "for your purposes." Could you please clarify what you mean by...
Posted by habibman, on Nov 10, 2005 at 04:26 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Question About Partitioning 721 Views / 7 Replies  
Hello. I was wondering if it possible to partition the powerbook hard drive (the default one called Macintosh HD with the start up files). Disk utility won't let me do it because it says I cannot...
Posted by habibman, on Nov 10, 2005 at 02:20 AM, in Mac Notebooks
New User Needs Help 660 Views / 2 Replies  
Hi, i just bought a new 15" powerbook and this is the first mac i have owned. my problem is kind of weird and it isn't that much of a problem i suppose, but i would love some clarification. alright,...
Posted by habibman, on Nov 5, 2005 at 04:02 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Woa, and a free printer??? Please tell me how! :) 16,335 Views / 154 Replies  
Woa, and a free printer??? Please tell me how! :)
Posted by habibman, on Oct 24, 2005 at 11:32 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Griffen iTalk? 748 Views / 2 Replies  
Hi, sorry if this has already been asked, but does the Griffen iTalk work with the new video ipods? It looks like no... Thanks.
Posted by habibman, on Oct 24, 2005 at 11:29 PM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
Folks, the 15" is now a solid deal. Sure it... 16,335 Views / 154 Replies  
Folks, the 15" is now a solid deal. Sure it coulda been better but look at what all became standard on the 15 plus what all was added and then factor in the wonderfully significant price drop on top...
Posted by habibman, on Oct 24, 2005 at 01:47 PM, in Mac Notebooks
all that matters is that new PB's are finally... 34,442 Views / 306 Replies  
all that matters is that new PB's are finally coming out. it is about freaking time.
Posted by habibman, on Oct 17, 2005 at 02:29 PM, in Mac Notebooks
A flair for fiction... so rare on forums 5,113 Views / 65 Replies  
A flair for fiction... so rare on forums
Posted by habibman, on Oct 9, 2005 at 06:33 PM, in Mac Notebooks
how much you want for it? 1,035 Views / 15 Replies  
how much you want for it?
Posted by habibman, on Oct 6, 2005 at 09:32 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Hi, I just wanted to point out that forbes.com... 34,442 Views / 306 Replies  
Hi, I just wanted to point out that forbes.com (not a site i ever check to be honest; totally random) seems to think that the video ipod is coming out on the 12th. I personally think that they are...
Posted by habibman, on Oct 6, 2005 at 03:45 PM, in Mac Notebooks
But why would they just bump the 15's? That makes... 34,442 Views / 306 Replies  
But why would they just bump the 15's? That makes little sense.
Posted by habibman, on Oct 2, 2005 at 02:19 PM, in Mac Notebooks
I am pretty sure s/he was talking about built in... 34,442 Views / 306 Replies  
I am pretty sure s/he was talking about built in RAM. After all, it would be prefered that the 12 would come with 512 built in, and one slot to upgrade to 1.5 with a gig stick.
Posted by habibman, on Sep 30, 2005 at 02:29 PM, in Mac Notebooks
or just a stupid 128 Video capability on the 12-... 34,442 Views / 306 Replies  
or just a stupid 128 Video capability on the 12- even if it is just an upgrade option. that and a faster/bigger ram/hardrive on all of them. I mean, that would be the bare bones minum that could at...
Posted by habibman, on Sep 28, 2005 at 04:14 PM, in Mac Notebooks
if nothing changes until january 2006 that means... 1,170 Views / 15 Replies  
if nothing changes until january 2006 that means almost a year without updates, followed by a short 6 month period before the mactels. i wonder if apple would do that. doesn't seem logical to mean. ...
Posted by habibman, on Sep 23, 2005 at 02:53 PM, in Mac Notebooks
well i went to an apple store and tried booting... 560 Views / 5 Replies  
well i went to an apple store and tried booting FCP on their iBook 14" and took forever for it to start up, so I guess that answers my question. Thanks.
Posted by habibman, on Sep 23, 2005 at 02:03 PM, in Mac Notebooks
any thoughts on whether the hard drive or screen... 1,170 Views / 15 Replies  
any thoughts on whether the hard drive or screen resolution get better? would it be too wishfu lto ask for a firewire 800 port on the 12ers before mactels? so does that mean that if they are updated...
Posted by habibman, on Sep 23, 2005 at 09:45 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Is it not smart to buy a 12" PB right now? 1,170 Views / 15 Replies  
Hi, I am bout to buy a 12" PB, prolly before the school deal runs out. Just wanted to know if this is a bad move. I will be using it for editing, though not on the 12" LCD. I could wait if updates...
Posted by habibman, on Sep 22, 2005 at 11:53 PM, in Mac Notebooks
iBook and Final Cut Pro, PLEASE help soon! 560 Views / 5 Replies  
Hi, I am about to buy a new computer, but I can't decide between a powerbook and ibook (thinking of 12" PB or 14" ibook). I just want to know: can iBooks handle Final Cut Pro? I will be editing all...
Posted by habibman, on Sep 22, 2005 at 01:33 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Hi, thanks for the response, but what I meant was... 704 Views / 4 Replies  
Hi, thanks for the response, but what I meant was if they come out sometime this week (as in, if they were revealed to the public this week, perhaps at macworld or whatnot) I was just hoping that...
Posted by habibman, on Sep 19, 2005 at 03:21 PM, in Mac Notebooks
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