Thanks. Mostly quiet actually, don't really have any family and only a couple of friends at best, but those couple of friends have been great. So i'm not disappointed. Certainly wouldn't have minded a bit of a bash though. Saturday for sure. 
Currently have the MacBook at work, we've given it a system health check and are sussing out the display at the moment which appears to have a nice minor case of backlight flicker. Happens very infrequently. It's probably not worth sending it back to the supplier, since the inverter is relatively inexpensive and we do have spares for this model. In addition, the Apple Battery and Adapter Diagnostic has returned "Battery Consumed", although the 5 hours of life it's getting begs to differ. Apparently i'm also eligible for a free top case replacement, not that I need it yet, but the parts are covered when and if I do. Nice little fact.
Overall it's a very quick, very useful little machine. It's being well cared for, every morning and afternoon it gets a quick wipe over with a cleaning fluid to keep the plastics clean and conditioned. Display is regularly wiped over with a soft cloth. It's amazing how dirty some of these MacBooks can get, discoloured top cases and displays that look like they've been literally smeared with mud, and I can't see how or why someone would let the machine get in such a state (especially some of our customers who, by trade, are supposed to have clean hands and equipment, doctors for example). This one is clean and I intend for it to stay clean.
Overall it's a killer machine and the single layer glossy (non-glass) display is a dream to use in so many ways. For $499, far less than the price of a netbook, I consider this an absolute steal.
Currently have the MacBook at work, we've given it a system health check and are sussing out the display at the moment which appears to have a nice minor case of backlight flicker. Happens very infrequently. It's probably not worth sending it back to the supplier, since the inverter is relatively inexpensive and we do have spares for this model. In addition, the Apple Battery and Adapter Diagnostic has returned "Battery Consumed", although the 5 hours of life it's getting begs to differ. Apparently i'm also eligible for a free top case replacement, not that I need it yet, but the parts are covered when and if I do. Nice little fact.
Overall it's a very quick, very useful little machine. It's being well cared for, every morning and afternoon it gets a quick wipe over with a cleaning fluid to keep the plastics clean and conditioned. Display is regularly wiped over with a soft cloth. It's amazing how dirty some of these MacBooks can get, discoloured top cases and displays that look like they've been literally smeared with mud, and I can't see how or why someone would let the machine get in such a state (especially some of our customers who, by trade, are supposed to have clean hands and equipment, doctors for example). This one is clean and I intend for it to stay clean.
Overall it's a killer machine and the single layer glossy (non-glass) display is a dream to use in so many ways. For $499, far less than the price of a netbook, I consider this an absolute steal.