Macintosh iBook problem - what do you think?

[AlexMack]

Well, if we're all now ignoring the actual question about what's wrong with her laptop and concentrating on getting a new one, here's my recommendation:

Apple are now selling refurbished macbooks for around $850. This is a steal. It is so simple to upgrade the ram and the HD by yourself at home now that it's worth getting one of the macbooks and buying the RAM and HD separately and doing it this way.

Be wary of the macbook pros your bookstore is selling off for cheap. There has been a lot of problems with them overheating, which is probably why they are being sold off. A friend of mine has sent his to Apple over and over because it gets to dangerous temperatures performing simple tasks.

[blueangel]

Originally Posted by centaur532

Well, if we're all now ignoring the actual question about what's wrong with her laptop and concentrating on getting a new one, here's my recommendation:

Apple are now selling refurbished macbooks for around $850. This is a steal. It is so simple to upgrade the ram and the HD by yourself at home now that it's worth getting one of the macbooks and buying the RAM and HD separately and doing it this way.

Be wary of the macbook pros your bookstore is selling off for cheap. There has been a lot of problems with them overheating, which is probably why they are being sold off. A friend of mine has sent his to Apple over and over because it gets to dangerous temperatures performing simple tasks.

I have a MacBook Pro and haven't had an overheating issue. However, I have heard that there have been some problems. I guess I'm lucky.

There has been quite a bit of chatter regarding the overheating issue on some of the Mac Forums. One theory was

However, Apple has issued a fix:
http://www.tuaw.com/2006/05/19/macbo...roblems-fixed/
http://www.informationweek.com/news/...leID=187900365

And some of the batteries on the 15 inch models were to blame. Here is recall info:
https://support.apple.com/macbookpro15/batteryexchange/

[AlexMack]

Originally Posted by blueangel

I have a MacBook Pro and haven't had an overheating issue. However, I have heard that there have been some problems. I guess I'm lucky.

There has been quite a bit of chatter regarding the overheating issue on some of the Mac Forums. One theory was

However, Apple has issued a fix:
http://www.tuaw.com/2006/05/19/macbo...roblems-fixed/
http://www.informationweek.com/news/...leID=187900365

And some of the batteries on the 15 inch models were to blame. Here is recall info:
https://support.apple.com/macbookpro15/batteryexchange/

Yeah, he got his as a graduation gift so it's fairly old comparatively. He's now considering eBaying it and buying a whole new one.