My fullest sympathies. Nobody wants a dead tool out of the box, especially after a great deal of enthusiasm.

Wow, this thread is *officially* depressing... I sure hope my 1.83GHz MacBook Pro arrives in better shape.

Have both of you (sp and ///Millen) with the problems tried re-seating the RAM yet? It could have been badly installed and worked loose in transit. That would be the first thing I …

I tried resetting everything, incl. the power. Everything listed on the troubleshooting page to talking to a Mac Genius. IT'S DEAD.

That's nothing. I got two dead "refurbished" powerbooks in a row. One of them had coke stains on the inside of the case, and came without a power adaptor, CDs, manuals, etc... I ha…

Got mine today and I had some strange things happening at first. First, it's running really slowly, and I realize that EVERY application on the machine (imported with migration man…

Keep in mind that many of us are still waiting for our units we ordered while the Keynote was ending. As such, anyone who got a damaged one was lucky to get one when they did (jus…

Quote: Originally Posted by ibook_steve You've got to be kidding. You take the $2000+ plunge on a brand new machine with brand new technology and now you're complaining because…

Quote: Originally Posted by sp "Happy that Apple is going to replace it"? You have got to be kidding. Of course they are going to replace it because that is what any good manufa…

Quote: Originally Posted by ibook_steve You've got to be kidding. You take the $2000+ plunge on a brand new machine with brand new technology and now you're complaining because…

As has been mentioned many times before, anytime you decide to purchase rev A of anything, especially something as complicated as a laptop, you have to be willing to accept the fac…

My Order was placed on Feb 15 and is listed with an estimated ship date of March 16, putting it at the outside of "3-4 weeks." We will see how long it actually takes to get to me. …

I hope for his sake you're right Steve.

Quote: Originally Posted by ICD2k3 you've got to be kidding. "you take the $2000 plunge" - in my opinion a $2000 machine should work, and work damn well. Apple should acknowledg…

I tend to concur with steve, I mean yes, it is very easy to get upset about something like this, but the fact of the matter is, there is such a high demand for these things right n…

sorry to hear about the macbook i ordered a 15" 1.67 dual layer and it came complete with no sound and a red beam shinning out the side. Sent it back and macconnection shipped a …

red beam sticking out the side? Is that the digital audio port just running with nothing connected?

Does anyone know where I can get documentation for using Java with MySQL in OSX?

google.. first hit for "mysql java" http://www.developer.com/java/data/article.php/3417381 there's no difference in using the technology in OS X or Windows or Linux or anything. …

I know, I've read most of that stuff, but it all talks about installing java and mysql and how to proceed from there. I was wondering if there was any information on using the vers…

Quote: Originally Posted by jfredrickson I've dug into the terminal to get Java working, but I can't find any information on how to make it interact with the built-in mysql. …

Since when does MySQL come preinstalled with OS X? Did I miss something?

Like I said...if he has to ask....... Ok folks....move along. Nothing to see here.

Does anybody know where I can get a full list of terminal commands for OSX? I have been searching everywhere, but have only found semi-complete lists. I am trying to figure out how…

There isn't really a "complete list." The list can vary depending on what you have installed and what shell you're using. For some idea, you could look at the contents of the /bin,…