This is a little unrelated, but are the new MacBook's made with the same material as the Aluminum Powerbooks? Is it save to assume that they will also dent easily? I've had an iBoo…

I agree they suck. I got a 17" PB Rev A with a bad DVI port, sent it in to be repaired, told me they couldn't reproduce the problem. I have since tried it with many different DVI c…

Quote: Originally Posted by Enigmaaron First off do not use the Apple store for AppleCare service. Enigmaaron brings up a good point right here. Gyneric, I have had to u…

if someone pays $350 or whatever the cost of applecare may be, a small dent shouldn't be a factor in any repair/warranty issue. i do expect a company like apple to stand behind th…

Quote: Originally Posted by markus if someone pays $350 or whatever the cost of applecare may be, a small dent shouldn't be a factor in any repair/warranty issue. i do expect a…

Not all Mac Geniuses suck. But yeah, if you dent the crap out of your stuff, the warranty is over. The good part is that when you pay for a repair with accidental damage, the way…

Quote: Originally Posted by gyneric I'm making this post is case anyone has had an experience similar to mine, and maybe they'll know what to do. So bear with me... I purchased…

I think you would win a court case here. The first damage to the powerbook was caused by the faulty hinge.. any damage done after that is at least partially due to the broken hinge…

Its not the whole industry. My brother tripped over the powercable of my Thinkpad T42 and it fell about 7 feet and broke a corner of the laptop. I called Lenovo, and they fixed it…

Quote: Originally Posted by morffius Its not the whole industry. My brother tripped over the powercable of my Thinkpad T42 and it fell about 7 feet and broke a corner of the la…

Quote: Originally Posted by gyneric I don't think you understand the problem here. Apple sold me a broken product. They promised me that it would be fixed, just after all of the…

Quote: Originally Posted by slffl I agree they suck. I got a 17" PB Rev A with a bad DVI port, sent it in to be repaired, told me they couldn't reproduce the problem. I have sin…

Quote: Originally Posted by analogika Your assessment is WRONG. The problem YOU'RE not understanding - and I say this as someone who actually works in retail - is that damage t…

Prepare for an Adium/Proteus holy war. Adium, btw, until iChat gets tabs, then I'll switch back.

I prefer Adium, never used Proteus.

Adium. Open source and free, updated often and in active development, most customizable, most features, uses the least resources (CPU, RAM etc) in my experience. http://adiumx.…

Adium since v1.2

Proteus by far for me. I know why some people like Adium, but I really just don't like it. Can't even say why for sure. I guess part of the problem is that I hate Adium's defaul…

For *just* AIM I would say iChat remains king. Adium still can't do Direct Connections, otherwise I'd give it the crown (I still use it anyway, it's very nice). I don't know what t…

I've been using Adium for years, and every other messaging client is crushed by it. Unless you want to do video chat... which I don't.

Quote: Originally Posted by mpancha I prefer Adium, never used Proteus. Ditto, on both!

Quote: Originally Posted by Apfhex Adium still can't do Direct Connections, otherwise I'd give it the crown (I still use it anyway, it's very nice). I have my fingers cross…

Adium

Adium rocks.

I used to be hardcore Proteus, but I switched to Adium a while back ago. And once you configure it correctly (with a nice UI) it's way better than Proteus, which isn't really activ…