My ebay mac buying advice: Only bid on items you can pick up in person and inspect first. I live in NYC and purchased 2 macs this way, a orange ibook and a green imac. Both were…

Beware of people with good histories. Some people buy hundreds of $1.00 stuff to gain enoprmously good records, and then "cash-in" on a huge score like a laptop or such.

Quote: Originally posted by Dr Reducto: Beware of people with good histories. Some people buy hundreds of $1.00 stuff to gain enoprmously good records, and then "cash-i…

I'm travelling to the USA at the end of January '04 and was hoping to take my Ti800 along for the ride. On my last trip out there I saw this other guy [also with a Ti] having to ta…

Quote: Originally posted by siflippant: I'm travelling to the USA at the end of January '04 and was hoping to take my Ti800 along for the ride. On my last trip out there…

I agree with riverfreak 100%. Just some added tips from someone who travels too much of late ..... 1. Wear tennis shoes (sneakers) on the plane, they rarely ask you to take them…

Thanks for the advice guys! Much appreciated

Whether you'll have to take the laptop out of the bag or not really depends on the screener and the airport. I've been to places where they let me send it through while it was in …

Had to call apple again today. Was using my PB (550 G4) when I got a black scrolling line and a flicker in the screen. It happened a few times. Now, this is an almost 2 year old…

Persistent. Keep bugging Apple Care til they break (give u the al-book 1Ghz combo as compensation) or you break. (ur lust over 1.25Ghz al-book overcomes your sense) ^_^" 1) your…

At least you have AppleCare...see this thread: http://forums.macnn.com/showthread.p...hreadid=193819

Quote: Originally posted by Macola: At least you have AppleCare...see this thread: http://forums.macnn.com/showthread.p...hreadid=193819 Sounds like fun. I'm proba…

Don't let the door hit you on the way out! Kidding aside, Scott-- you did get AppleCare, and you're not paying a cent, right? What a pain! I generally have had only 2 out of 7 sy…

And what operating system will you run on this IBM laptop??

IBM makes the highest quality laptops on the planet, but they're also the most expensive...and you have to run XP. Is it worth it, Scott? Everyone should use the tool that best en…

Quote: Originally posted by Davidarm: IBM makes the highest quality laptops on the planet, but they're also the most expensive...and you have to run XP. Is it worth it, …

My last experience with IBM laptops was with 4 Thinkpad i1200s. They were rather unpleasant little machines, with ME installed. I can understand them being buggy and unreliable bec…

Quote: Originally posted by iomatic: Don't let the door hit you on the way out! Kidding aside, Scott-- you did get AppleCare, and you're not paying a cent, right? What…

Scotttheking, a program I would recommend to you is Norton Ghost. It makes an image of your entire computer "programs, files, registry" and you can put this on a cd, dvd, or even …

Quote: Originally posted by Davidarm: IBM makes the highest quality laptops on the planet, but they're also the most expensive Don't get your hopes up too high, dud…

Do what I did. Call up Apple, tell them you're tired of sending your Ti in for repair every two months, that this is unacceptable, and demand a new laptop. Thats how I got my AlBoo…

Your machine may qualify for Apple's trade in program. It'll get you $700 towards a new machine. Or you could just demand a new machine.

As much as I love Apple, I have to admit that situations such as yours Scott certainly show that Apple is far from perfect. I wouldn't be too hesitant about demanding a new machi…

Quote: Originally posted by Scotttheking: I'm probably going with IBM for my next laptop. That's it. Your moderator status is revoked!

Frankly, I've been shocked by the recent posts coming from Scott. Are we at all certain that he hasn't been replaced with a Microsoft cyborg?