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Poll: Parallels vs. Boot Camp vs. Both — #41

Quote: Originally Posted by DeathMan Is this likely to happen? If so, I'd buy Parallels in a second. That, along with Vista support, are due with the next full release.... …
MacNN Troubleshooting by wtmcgee

Poll: Parallels vs. Boot Camp vs. Both — #42

Quote: Originally Posted by n8236 This may sound silly, but i searched and the concensus is that Parallels and Boot Camp both can't co-exist on the same machine? Or can they? I …
MacNN Troubleshooting by Macola

Poll: Parallels vs. Boot Camp vs. Both — #43

I use both. Boot Camp can do things that Parallels can't, plus it's faster since it uses both cores on the Core Duo models. Parallel's USB support isn't complete yet, for example…
MacNN Troubleshooting by kaido

iPod won't mount all of a sudden — #1

So just a couple of days ago, I'm loading songs and getting rid of some old stuff - everything's fine - FAT32 formatted, mounts and interfaces with both my mac and peecee's. Then a…
MacNN Troubleshooting by vickster

Trackpad wear after 3 days! — #1

So I've had my black MB for about 3 days. Used it about 4 hours a night. Looking at the trackpad in the right light, there's already sings of wear - that "shiny" look that you see …
MacNN PowerPC by JustinD

Trackpad wear after 3 days! — #2

Hi, This was a huge issue for me when I was looking at the macbooks at the apple store. I understood that many people were probably playing around with them, bit it was just a co…
MacNN PowerPC by kmarketing

Trackpad wear after 3 days! — #3

Quote: Originally Posted by JustinD I cleaned the trackpad well with a few cleaners, and it's definitely not oil or grease. It is oil and grease, I'm so sick of people com…
MacNN PowerPC by Hi I'm Ben

Trackpad wear after 3 days! — #5

Quote: Originally Posted by PJJames Clean it with Mr. Clean Magic Earaser...it'll take it right off...trust me. Please don't do that, even if sarcastic not everyone is smart…
MacNN PowerPC by Hi I'm Ben

Trackpad wear after 3 days! — #6

Ben - you're so upset, then stop reading this forum. Anyway, it's wear, not grease, sweat, stains, water, oil, etc. I have a right to complain as it's just like a new car's paint …
MacNN PowerPC by JustinD

Trackpad wear after 3 days! — #7

I noticed mine like a day after I got it. Didn't think it was a big deal though. If you clean it, it'll probably come right back. My wear is covering most of the trackpad now …
MacNN PowerPC by Heavy

Trackpad wear after 3 days! — #8

Quote: Originally Posted by Hi I'm Ben It is oil and grease, I'm so sick of people complaining over stupid little things with their MacBook. Please stop sweating and perhaps you…
MacNN PowerPC by mathew_m

Trackpad wear after 3 days! — #9

Quote: Originally Posted by mathew_m Or maybe not. He says that it's similiar to the wear on a Powerbook, which I own. Realistically the wear shouldn't start showing up so soo…
MacNN PowerPC by Hi I'm Ben

Trackpad wear after 3 days! — #10

Yo, ben.....what's wrong with Mr. Clean Magic Earaser??? I use it on everything...I've used it on my blackbook trackpad and it takes the grease wear right off.
MacNN PowerPC by PJJames

Trackpad wear after 3 days! — #12

Quote: Originally Posted by Dark Helmet How does the Mr Clean really mess up a laptop? Exactly...I use it on everything...used it to clean my Powerbook all the time and mak…
MacNN PowerPC by PJJames

Trackpad wear after 3 days! — #13

Quote: Originally Posted by Hi I'm Ben No, you'd fine white scratch marks from scrapping the solid black plastic, it's not painted. [removed oversize inline image --tooki] …
MacNN PowerPC by mathew_m

Trackpad wear after 3 days! — #14

Quote: Originally Posted by mathew_m That's paint. A solid black plastic would be very difficult to achieve. BS. That picture only goes to show the white letters are printe…
MacNN PowerPC by Simon

Trackpad wear after 3 days! — #15

Quote: Originally Posted by mathew_m [Don't quote oversize inline images. --tooki] That's paint. A solid black plastic would be very difficult to achieve. Which is prob…
MacNN PowerPC by hldan

Trackpad wear after 3 days! — #16

Of course your other laptops have the same effect, it's your body oil rubbing off your fingers onto the track pad in the places you use it the most. It's the same reason my CLEAR P…
MacNN PowerPC by Hi I'm Ben

Trackpad wear after 3 days! — #17

Quote: Originally Posted by mathew_m [removed oversize inline image --tooki] That's paint. A solid black plastic would be very difficult to achieve. Come again? Have a lo…
MacNN PowerPC by tooki

Trackpad wear after 3 days! — #18

Quote: Originally Posted by Hi I'm Ben It is oil and grease, I'm so sick of people complaining over stupid little things with their MacBook. Please stop sweating and perhaps you…
MacNN PowerPC by tooki

Trackpad wear after 3 days! — #19

Quote: Originally Posted by tooki Come again? Have a look at a Pismo one day, why don't you? They are solid black, and some parts are painted, others are plain solid black plast…
MacNN PowerPC by mathew_m

Trackpad wear after 3 days! — #20

Quote: Originally Posted by Simon BS. That picture only goes to show the white letters are printed onto a black surface. Listen to Ben, he's right.... So does Ben even own…
MacNN PowerPC by mathew_m

Trackpad wear after 3 days! — #21

What you said (and since deleted from your post) is that "A solid black plastic would be very difficult to achieve," which is utter nonsense. You are correct that plastic tends to…
MacNN PowerPC by tooki
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