I'm gonna call BS on this one. My MBP is a W8612. It is hot, it has the whine and it loses the wireless network connection on a regular basis.

I think mine gets too hot but I'm reluctant to do anything till it is certain that changing those logic board and sensors makes any difference. If we could get some program that ga…

Quote: Originally Posted by vamp07 We are all talking about something that is so subjective. What we need is a utility that gives you temperature readings. Then we can compare a…

Quote: Originally Posted by vamp07 I think mine gets too hot but I'm reluctant to do anything till it is certain that changing those logic board and sensors makes any difference…

Quote: Originally Posted by Simon I'm gonna call BS on this one. My MBP is a W8612. It is hot, it has the whine and it loses the wireless network connection on a regular basis. …

I call BS on this as well -- with solid evidence. I've owned an 08 revision and now a 12 revision. They are nearly identical. The whine is the same on both, and the mirror widge…

Quote: Originally Posted by skyman If it is to HOT to the touch (ie. it burns) then it is NOT normal! I would not say it will burn but I would describe it as uncomfortably…

I have a W8612 model, and it does whine.

The whine is NOT among the issues supposedly fixed. As per article.

Mine is off to Apple for repair. Will let you know if the "processor" whine gets fixed.

Quote: Originally Posted by skyman This is a totally bogus story period! Quote: Originally Posted by skyman Mine is off to Apple for repair. So how did this wor…

I have been noticing that as movie download services are coming online (e.g. MovieLink and CinemaNow) that none of them support OS X. This is a very scary trend. On the flipside, i…

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Help- how do I upload the backup CDs I produced back onto my PC - big exclamation marks next to the titles and therefore couldn't edit anyof them. Any ideas gratefully received. Ch…

Make sure that in the iTunes preferences "Copy items added to library into the iTunes music folder" is checked (on). Then locate the CD with the backups in your file manager (Exp…

Hi all. My iPod (click wheel + B&W screen) has been replaced once, it kept on crashing.. Now, this one, while playing music on my stereo, standing in its base suddenly and ran…

I have a 3rd gen iPod that does this frequently. At first, it bugged me, then I got used to it. I really don't care about it anymore. Usually after it happens, I just rrestart the …

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I have owned the new ipod video for about two months and i seems to be resetting itself quite a bit. Where the screen goes dark and then the apple comes up and then the regular scr…

call apple, it's not normal.

Since gorgonzola has said that discussion of Boot Camp should go here for the moment, let's start again with a new consolidated thread. I installed Windows XP home on my 17" iMac C…

is it possible in the future to be able to switch between OS X and Windows like we do a "quick user switch"? so we don't have to shut down and restart to get from one OS to the ne…

It has annoyed a few people I know that Boot Camp can slipsteam the drivers (from ATi/Intel/etc), but can't slipstream SP2 if they have an earlier version on disk. Requires them to…

Quote: Originally Posted by sledsbehave is it possible in the future to be able to switch between OS X and Windows like we do a "quick user switch"? so we don't have to shut do…

Apple isn't slipstreaming the drivers, it's creating a separate CD with drivers on it.