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New pook book sighted on a TV ad on CNN — #4

I really don't think there will be a Power Book G4 at Seybold. I think if it hits it will be mid september. Why else would they cancel the Keynote broadcast?? We know Steve all to…
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New pook book sighted on a TV ad on CNN — #5

Fer God sakes, don't base your buying decisions on rumors and maybes - I wanted to buy a PowerBook for over a year, and, while it was money that made me wait that long, I remember …
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New pook book sighted on a TV ad on CNN — #7

I don't care what the rumours say, or the hearsay, or the bloody typos at some of the sites. You can't put a G4 in a PowerBook yet! Have you felt the Pismos? They get damn hot - he…
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"smudges" _behind_ Pismo screen — #1

Hi All, I gotta prob and I need to see if anybody else has seen anything like this: smudges _under_ my screen! I'm not talking about the infamous finger-grease-from-keyboard prob…
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"smudges" _behind_ Pismo screen — #2

Yeah, I know what you'r talking about. It looks like a defect on my screen, like a bump. It shows best on startup, a darkish circle around the center of my screen. It doesn't bothe…
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"smudges" _behind_ Pismo screen — #3

I was noticing a faint yellowish spot, especialy when on a purely white screen. Then I looked at other parts of the screen and realized that the spot moved. (yep. The spot's in …
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"smudges" _behind_ Pismo screen — #4

Well, I've a dark "smudge/line" at the bottom left of my screen after moving my PB around...tried shaking the PB to get rid of it but to no avail. It looks more like a shadow of a…
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"smudges" _behind_ Pismo screen — #5

Well, I'm glad to hear that I'm not the only one with this problem (Coyote, it's not the blind spot, but worth mentioning, thanks. My spot doesn't move :-) I'm on a bit of a deadl…
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Fried Duo? How bad is hot-docking? — #1

OK, I know I did a Bad Thing, but I'm curious if anyone knows how bad. I plugged my ancient Duo 210 into the dock while both were powered on. I know, I know, it's wrong, but I forg…
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Fried Duo? How bad is hot-docking? — #2

Wow, reading this reminds me of a few years ago when all of a sudden the power supply in my dock died right after coming home from the road. I think the Duo 210 was on and when I …
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Fried Duo? How bad is hot-docking? — #3

Are you talking about a minidock or a desktop dock? The only way you should be able to connect to a desktop dock while the Duo is "powered on" is while it's asleep, in which case t…
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SPILLED TEA ON WALLSTREET -PLEASE HELP!!!!! — #1

My dear father spilled some healthy herbal tea (he claims not much of it) on his wallstreet's upper left speaker/keyboard area He lifted the keyboard and said it all looked dry …
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SPILLED TEA ON WALLSTREET -PLEASE HELP!!!!! — #2

Herbal tea is only good for people (so they say...), not PowerBooks... You really should stick to CD's and battery acid (in the right places that is...) Salvage the HD, take it in …
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SPILLED TEA ON WALLSTREET -PLEASE HELP!!!!! — #3

I've spilled liquids plenty of times on my PowerBooks, but it's usually only on the keyboard which can easily be cleaned out. Contrary to what Cipher said, the problem is probably…
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SPILLED TEA ON WALLSTREET -PLEASE HELP!!!!! — #4

I did the same thing a few weeks ago on my Wallstreet, but it was coffee with lots of sugar added http://forums.macnn.com/cgi-bin/frown.gif Unfortunately the repair center said t…
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SPILLED TEA ON WALLSTREET -PLEASE HELP!!!!! — #8

The reason I say its probably only a minor problem, is that in my experience, after spilling liquid on an electrical device, I just open it up and use a hair dryer (not a good idea…
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SPILLED TEA ON WALLSTREET -PLEASE HELP!!!!! — #9

I've seen this several dozen times in the Service Center where I work. Nine times out of ten, it's only the keyboard that shorts out requiring a simple dry-out and replacement of t…
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SPILLED TEA ON WALLSTREET -PLEASE HELP!!!!! — #10

Thanks for the advice...my dad sent it in to Apple for repair using his extended warranty. We'll see what they say -if they demand payment, which they might, he'll pay .Otherwise w…
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