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Apple's Brightness Trick — #16

my disappointment is when i put my revC 12" alubook next to my girlfriend's 15" revC; her screen is noticeably brighter, sharper. having said that, the 12" is, on it's own, brigh…
MacNN Hardware by fisherKing

Apple's Brightness Trick — #17

Hm... I have it the other way around, my PB 12" is not as good as the new iBook 12" 1.25GHz. I put them side by side and my father-in-law said how come your more expensive model h…
MacNN Hardware by phantomo

Apple's Brightness Trick — #18

Quote: Originally posted by phantomo: Hm... I have it the other way around, my PB 12" is not as good as the new iBook 12" 1.25GHz. I put them side by side and my father…
MacNN Hardware by fisherKing

Apple's Brightness Trick — #19

Talk about nitpicking! They're images on a web site! I doubt there are secret reasons why the images are brighter. They are against a black background, for one thing. Relax. S…
MacNN Hardware by ibook_steve

Apple's Brightness Trick — #20

For those of you interested there is a very good discussion on Toms Hardware (link HERE) which discusses the IPS (In Plane Switching) screens that you are talking about (XBrite et…
MacNN Hardware by jumpjim

Apple's Brightness Trick — #21

I'm sure Apple made the whole book appear brighter to make it look almost as white as an iBook to grab more people looking for the fad white computer equipment (ie. iBook, iPod, iM…
MacNN Hardware by iREZ

Apple's Brightness Trick — #22

After having replaced a monitor data cable in an old iBook, I do sort of wonder if you could swap out the LCD panel itself with something that has a better contrast ratio. I bet t…
MacNN Hardware by markponcelet

Apple's Brightness Trick — #23

Actually, I always thought the best thing about the apple screens was the color. They're bright screens, no doubt, but you're right, they're also not as bright as the XBrite screen…
MacNN Hardware by R3z

Transferring Music — #1

For that new iPod Shuffle, I'm a little unclear how you can transfer music. Does it work like a usb flash drive where you can just drag files onto it, or do you have to use the iTu…
MacNN Hardware by magic_widget

Transferring Music — #2

If you go to the mac site...www.apple.com...and then click on the shuffle pic....this will bring you to the shuffle page. on the page it says that you can drag and drop your music…
MacNN Hardware by far200

Transferring Music — #4

You can set the shuffle to autofill the music. You can also set the parameters of what is autofilled. For instance, if you want a certain artist or playlist. Or you can do it man…
MacNN Hardware by Randman

Transferring Music — #5

Can you really drag-and-drop song files directly from your harddrive onto an iShuffle and expect them to play when you listen to it? I read in some other topics on this forum that…
MacNN Hardware by Forbodium

Transferring Music — #7

Well that all sounds pretty good, unfortunatly I'm in Canada and have to wait till May 7th to get mine.
MacNN Hardware by magic_widget

mini durability — #1

Hi folks. I recently got a ipod mini. I am new to the whole ipod experience and must say it has made a great first impression. I might be a little paranoid but my question is, how …
MacNN Hardware by mjm1208

mini durability — #2

i'm not sure but i think a fall of less then a third of an inch will damage it i'm also very careful with my mini
MacNN Hardware by Mafia

mini durability — #3

These things are far more durable than one could expect. Of course, it might damage the HD, but probably won't. I think I dropped my 5Gb one more than once from waist height, in …
MacNN Hardware by iMacfan

PC to Mac - iPod setup — #1

Does anyone know the process for re-configuring an ipod that is currently setup to work on a PC to work on a Mac instead?
MacNN Hardware by PointBlank

PC to Mac - iPod setup — #3

Quote: Originally posted by PurpleGiant: It works automatically does it not? I have read from various sources that you need to re-format the hard drive and reset t…
MacNN Hardware by PointBlank

PC to Mac - iPod setup — #4

I think if you just run the iPod software updater on the computer you want to switch to, it will format it the way it needs to be for the specific OS.
MacNN Hardware by Ricky

battery question — #1

Hi. i just came across an article that said you should fully charge your ipod right out of the box. I remember when I got my mini, Just trying to remove the plastic cover caused th…
MacNN Hardware by mjm1208

battery question — #2

No. That is what I did too. I set the prefs and everything before I plugged it in. I let it then charge fully overnight from the AC adapter then plugged it into my Mac and synce…
MacNN Hardware by typoon
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