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…

If legal movie downloading is going to be available on the Mac, it's going to be from Apple. Such an extension to the iTMS is already widely rumored. The companies providing these …

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…

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 …

call apple, it's not normal.

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.

Quote: Originally Posted by Icruise No, but such a thing might be possible for the future. yeah, my main question being is it possible. thanks

Well, I thought I would chime in as I just finished installing XP on my 20" iMac. I ran into a couple of problems: 1. When I was updating my imac to 10.4.6, I installed the update…

This thread will be very usefull for will-be-boot-campers. I can't wait to get my Intel Mac so I can do this!

Just thought I would post... I have a 20 inch iMac with 1GB of ram. Well I went out today and purchased winxp and battlefield 2. I had windows set up within an hour! Drivers worke…

Quote: Originally Posted by jasong Apple isn't slipstreaming the drivers, it's creating a separate CD with drivers on it. That is correct. The only thing you need to use fo…

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…