Herdfan
May 6, 03:10 PM
I am going to be picking up my new 27" iMac at the store tomorrow. For the past 4 years I have been using a 24" Dell at 1920x1200. Since the 27" iMac is 2560x1140, do most people run it at native or something lower?
I am looking forward to the increased screen size so I can have more rows/columns viewable, but not sure I want them any smaller.
I sit about 24-30" away from the screen.
How would the 27" look at something lower?
I am looking forward to the increased screen size so I can have more rows/columns viewable, but not sure I want them any smaller.
I sit about 24-30" away from the screen.
How would the 27" look at something lower?
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eyelikeart
Feb 23, 01:20 PM
I'm thinking about putting that avatar back on just to stir things up a bit...he he he... :D
hmm...on second thought...maybe I shoudn't... :(
hmm...on second thought...maybe I shoudn't... :(
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l.a.rossmann
Jun 11, 11:40 PM
I am not sure if this is the right section.
I like giving away free information based on my experiences. I wish more people did it so I wouldn't have to buy laptop parts from bad suppliers.
I know people like t fix things themselves. What I would like to do here is have a list of good suppliers for certain parts where the end user can buy parts for their Macbook one at a time, and a list of ones to avoid, with the reasons why. My experiences will be devoid of bias, personal remarks, and stick to places where I have had the unfortunate experience of doing repeat business.
I will update this list over time, and I encourage others to chime in. there are many suppliers I have used not listed here since I don't have all the names and information ready off hand.
I am only listing suppliers of use to people looking to buy one part, not places that specialize in quantities of 50+, as that is useless to joe-blow looking to fix his out of warranty laptop.
The hall of fame:
sunvalleytek/sunvalleyus/smartlaptopparts(on ebay)
They have occasionally sent out the incorrect screen, when they did, they paid for return shipping. They offer amazing prices, and a great RMA process
screenaid(on ebay)
see sunvalleyus. They are also great for local pickup in NYC. Unlike sunvalleyus, they do not ship the model they give you in the title. They ship a samsung or something else. For the 13.3" macbook, they do not ship the regular model samsung apple uses. It looks the same to me, but the brightness/dim buttons` on the keyboard will not work unless you have some drivers/a newer OSX installed.
izashop (on ebay)
small things like top cases, bezels, etc. fast shipping, best prices, good parts.
screencountry
Their prices fluctuate greatly, which is unfortunate. However, they have a plethora of LCDs to select from, the occasional quantity discount, great shipping rates, and decent support.
The hall of SHAME:
blisscomputers/expresslcdscreens/browngranite
they claim to use "compatible" parts. However, what they send out is often ****. no model, no name junk with
- bars down the left side of the LCD
- poor fit
- washed out colors
I have, and others have, been roped into buying from them on numerous occasion. I am hoping someone I heard from recently who went through the experience I did will chime in here. Their parts are trash. They are notorious for the 15.4" LED LCDs that go for $177.
It is fine to sell alternative compatible models, but they truly stretch the definition of compatible. screencountry does this with a few LCDs, but they ship out ones where there is no visible difference, of established brand names and well known models.
ultradrives(ebay)
Imagine you buy part A. The eBay ad claims 13 available and a day later you'll receive an email with "GREAT NEWS!" claiming he's totally out of them, but that he can upgrade you to part B. You say sure, then he asks for more money. But you agreed to the price for part A. It's classic bait & switch, while being careless on eBay I made the mistake of using him a few times.
I like giving away free information based on my experiences. I wish more people did it so I wouldn't have to buy laptop parts from bad suppliers.
I know people like t fix things themselves. What I would like to do here is have a list of good suppliers for certain parts where the end user can buy parts for their Macbook one at a time, and a list of ones to avoid, with the reasons why. My experiences will be devoid of bias, personal remarks, and stick to places where I have had the unfortunate experience of doing repeat business.
I will update this list over time, and I encourage others to chime in. there are many suppliers I have used not listed here since I don't have all the names and information ready off hand.
I am only listing suppliers of use to people looking to buy one part, not places that specialize in quantities of 50+, as that is useless to joe-blow looking to fix his out of warranty laptop.
The hall of fame:
sunvalleytek/sunvalleyus/smartlaptopparts(on ebay)
They have occasionally sent out the incorrect screen, when they did, they paid for return shipping. They offer amazing prices, and a great RMA process
screenaid(on ebay)
see sunvalleyus. They are also great for local pickup in NYC. Unlike sunvalleyus, they do not ship the model they give you in the title. They ship a samsung or something else. For the 13.3" macbook, they do not ship the regular model samsung apple uses. It looks the same to me, but the brightness/dim buttons` on the keyboard will not work unless you have some drivers/a newer OSX installed.
izashop (on ebay)
small things like top cases, bezels, etc. fast shipping, best prices, good parts.
screencountry
Their prices fluctuate greatly, which is unfortunate. However, they have a plethora of LCDs to select from, the occasional quantity discount, great shipping rates, and decent support.
The hall of SHAME:
blisscomputers/expresslcdscreens/browngranite
they claim to use "compatible" parts. However, what they send out is often ****. no model, no name junk with
- bars down the left side of the LCD
- poor fit
- washed out colors
I have, and others have, been roped into buying from them on numerous occasion. I am hoping someone I heard from recently who went through the experience I did will chime in here. Their parts are trash. They are notorious for the 15.4" LED LCDs that go for $177.
It is fine to sell alternative compatible models, but they truly stretch the definition of compatible. screencountry does this with a few LCDs, but they ship out ones where there is no visible difference, of established brand names and well known models.
ultradrives(ebay)
Imagine you buy part A. The eBay ad claims 13 available and a day later you'll receive an email with "GREAT NEWS!" claiming he's totally out of them, but that he can upgrade you to part B. You say sure, then he asks for more money. But you agreed to the price for part A. It's classic bait & switch, while being careless on eBay I made the mistake of using him a few times.
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torbjoern
Feb 20, 11:49 PM
All RAM purchased from Apple is blessed by Steve Jobs. I thought everyone knew this.
Not with holy water, I hope.
Not with holy water, I hope.
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jefhatfield
Nov 29, 12:42 AM
hi john123,
i saw a post or two from kela after you left
eyelikeart is still one of the top posters
and i hope to hear from an incarnation, at least a more polite one, of spikey
monkeybusiness has not been around for awhile and you were still heavily here when anonymous poster and anonymous coward left the fold
blakespot does not come around much anymore
but it's really great to see you back
i have had to get used to new waves of posters every three months or so, but if you give the new high end contributers a chance, you may find that you like them
i saw a post or two from kela after you left
eyelikeart is still one of the top posters
and i hope to hear from an incarnation, at least a more polite one, of spikey
monkeybusiness has not been around for awhile and you were still heavily here when anonymous poster and anonymous coward left the fold
blakespot does not come around much anymore
but it's really great to see you back
i have had to get used to new waves of posters every three months or so, but if you give the new high end contributers a chance, you may find that you like them
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mac88
Feb 15, 08:43 PM
Pearl Jam - Live at the Garden.
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Apple-Core
Apr 18, 10:37 PM
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Presenting you with the first ever forum democracy is AppleCore. As a member of the website, you are encouraged to give your utmost input on all topics or subject concerning the site, forum, and anything else. Would you like a spot as a mod, admin, or even new site owner? Come one and come all to be elected into office. AppleCore is your place.
The Team
David Dunn -- Administrator & Owner
"The interOracle" -- Administrator & Co-Owner
Keith "X" -- Asst. Administrator & Designer/Dev.
Jeff "Bean" -- Asst. Administrator & Designer/Dev.
Joshua Coventry -- Moderator & Designer/Dev.
Geoff Myers -- Moderator & Designer/Dev.
Robert Hest -- Moderator & Elections Manager
Nick "Zbornack" -- Designer/Dev.
Main/Upcoming Features
Website -- http://www.apple-core.net/ -- Coming soon is the fully-fledged front page and website of Apple-Core.net. The site has been up since April 11 and is already making ground-breaking progress. Contained on the front page is a preview of the many features to come.
Forum -- http://www.apple-core.net/forums/ -- Up since only April 11, in roughly one week, the community squadron and its helpful members have accumualted a total of over 1000 articles and a total of 40 contributing individuals. Ever-growing, many more styles, themes, mods, etc. are to come. Register today and give us your ideas & feedback on the forum and you have a good chance of becoming a moderator in the upcoming elections!
Gallery -- TBA -- A functional gallery is still awaiting its move from the previous preliminary domain of AppleCore, but will be a great place for images, movies, audio, and files of many other kinds.
Arcade -- TBA -- The arcade will offer many of the games we grew up on and loved, along with an integrated scoreboard that automatically remembers a member's username from the rest of the site and is updated.
RSS Feed & News -- TBA -- In the coming week, the RSS feed should be up and working along with news for the front page and elsewhere. In the future, AppleCore hopes to become one of Spymac's very own news tracks!
Other -- TBA -- See the front page for all of the other features and parts of the site that are soon to come! A "history" page of the website with the back-stories of the team and the website, a "retro" page for all of you old-school Mac, computing, gaming, and music geeks, auctions (yes'r, yes'm!), and more to come!
Enjoy
Now head on over and have some fun! Please, register and suggest each, every, and any idea or comment you may have. Your feedback is crucially helpful in the advancement of the site and its parts!
Everyone is welcome. You will soon notice that the AppleCore forums are a blend of professionality and relaxation, with a perky look yet highly un-restrictive and laid-back attitude. We just want everyone to have some fun.
MacRumors fellows, enjoy!
-- The Apple-Core.net Team
Apple-Core.Net -- http://www.apple-core.net/ | http://www.apple-core.net/forums/ -- The latest Mac-related forum to hit the scene. By the people, for the people, and so much more.
Presenting you with the first ever forum democracy is AppleCore. As a member of the website, you are encouraged to give your utmost input on all topics or subject concerning the site, forum, and anything else. Would you like a spot as a mod, admin, or even new site owner? Come one and come all to be elected into office. AppleCore is your place.
The Team
David Dunn -- Administrator & Owner
"The interOracle" -- Administrator & Co-Owner
Keith "X" -- Asst. Administrator & Designer/Dev.
Jeff "Bean" -- Asst. Administrator & Designer/Dev.
Joshua Coventry -- Moderator & Designer/Dev.
Geoff Myers -- Moderator & Designer/Dev.
Robert Hest -- Moderator & Elections Manager
Nick "Zbornack" -- Designer/Dev.
Main/Upcoming Features
Website -- http://www.apple-core.net/ -- Coming soon is the fully-fledged front page and website of Apple-Core.net. The site has been up since April 11 and is already making ground-breaking progress. Contained on the front page is a preview of the many features to come.
Forum -- http://www.apple-core.net/forums/ -- Up since only April 11, in roughly one week, the community squadron and its helpful members have accumualted a total of over 1000 articles and a total of 40 contributing individuals. Ever-growing, many more styles, themes, mods, etc. are to come. Register today and give us your ideas & feedback on the forum and you have a good chance of becoming a moderator in the upcoming elections!
Gallery -- TBA -- A functional gallery is still awaiting its move from the previous preliminary domain of AppleCore, but will be a great place for images, movies, audio, and files of many other kinds.
Arcade -- TBA -- The arcade will offer many of the games we grew up on and loved, along with an integrated scoreboard that automatically remembers a member's username from the rest of the site and is updated.
RSS Feed & News -- TBA -- In the coming week, the RSS feed should be up and working along with news for the front page and elsewhere. In the future, AppleCore hopes to become one of Spymac's very own news tracks!
Other -- TBA -- See the front page for all of the other features and parts of the site that are soon to come! A "history" page of the website with the back-stories of the team and the website, a "retro" page for all of you old-school Mac, computing, gaming, and music geeks, auctions (yes'r, yes'm!), and more to come!
Enjoy
Now head on over and have some fun! Please, register and suggest each, every, and any idea or comment you may have. Your feedback is crucially helpful in the advancement of the site and its parts!
Everyone is welcome. You will soon notice that the AppleCore forums are a blend of professionality and relaxation, with a perky look yet highly un-restrictive and laid-back attitude. We just want everyone to have some fun.
MacRumors fellows, enjoy!
-- The Apple-Core.net Team
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job
Jul 16, 06:31 PM
Originally posted by Backtothemac
Man, I am 3127. That is cool that you can check that. I don't even know when I registered. I think I am coming up on two years before too long.
Us January 2002 members are at roughly 1.5 years. :D ;)
Oh, and my id is 3781.
Man, I am 3127. That is cool that you can check that. I don't even know when I registered. I think I am coming up on two years before too long.
Us January 2002 members are at roughly 1.5 years. :D ;)
Oh, and my id is 3781.
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DARKJ3DI
Aug 13, 06:30 AM
I dont understand this hate for QuickTime X. Its designed for video 'playback'. Just like VLC or any other media player.
QUickTime 7 has never been good for me. I tried to export a widescreen video to MPEG4 and it came out as horizontally compressed 4:3.
QUickTime 7 has never been good for me. I tried to export a widescreen video to MPEG4 and it came out as horizontally compressed 4:3.
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MacRumorUser
Mar 16, 01:00 PM
An obvious & essential 800 point purchase :)
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torbjoern
Feb 20, 11:49 PM
All RAM purchased from Apple is blessed by Steve Jobs. I thought everyone knew this.
Not with holy water, I hope.
Not with holy water, I hope.
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Rudyrew
Mar 31, 03:08 AM
I jailbreak my iPod 2 gen 4.2.1 with greenpois0n and it won't install cydia because it's not enough disk space and I restore and it say have 6.5 gb how can I get all 8 gb back and will iOS 4.1 work on greenpois0n if so can someone let me now... Thank
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DoFoT9
Oct 31, 04:21 PM
My small collection...
*picture*
OH MY LORD *dies*
that is absolutely incredible! how long has that taken ot mash up? you obviously like watching a lot of movies! :)
....meanwhile...
this is my collection :)
http://www.fahad.com/pics/wd_2tb_caviar_green_hard_drive.jpg
*picture*
OH MY LORD *dies*
that is absolutely incredible! how long has that taken ot mash up? you obviously like watching a lot of movies! :)
....meanwhile...
this is my collection :)
http://www.fahad.com/pics/wd_2tb_caviar_green_hard_drive.jpg
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AJ Muni
Sep 27, 08:15 PM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145068
you guys think thatll work????? its for the PB in my signature....my girlfreind wants to buy it for me...and i really wanna get it fast since shes such in a good mood.... :D :D :D
you guys think thatll work????? its for the PB in my signature....my girlfreind wants to buy it for me...and i really wanna get it fast since shes such in a good mood.... :D :D :D
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iJoe
Nov 13, 05:08 AM
I used to spend a lot of time at Spymac. This just helps confirm that I made the right choice in sticking around here instead.
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kgarner
Apr 12, 01:56 PM
Thanks for the review. I am really excited about this product and will be getting one when i get an iPod Photo for sure. I have a question that I have not heard anywhere. Does the Camera Connector support USB 2 with cameras that support it, or is it strictly USB 1.1? If it did USB 2 that would be awesome. I will probably buy it either way, but just curious.
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rrandyy
May 5, 05:21 PM
More like apples and orangutans.
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iMeowbot
Aug 20, 11:52 PM
How much more black could this be?
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jtown
Dec 6, 04:01 PM
Are you sure your computer isn't saying "Could not load MySpace, Reason: It's for 13 year old losers."?
:)
I've had several pages lock up both safari and ie (I only tried ie to see if it would hose a standard browser as well!) on my ibook. It's those crappy "profile editors" that people use to customize their sites. Firefox on my PC works fine but I think the ibook's browsers are so shocked by the heinous html butchery that they just can't go on.
:)
I've had several pages lock up both safari and ie (I only tried ie to see if it would hose a standard browser as well!) on my ibook. It's those crappy "profile editors" that people use to customize their sites. Firefox on my PC works fine but I think the ibook's browsers are so shocked by the heinous html butchery that they just can't go on.
baryon
Mar 17, 06:18 AM
Calibrate your monitor!
Maybe do some research before you say that:
276541
A color sampled from the Graphite button with RGB values of 81 / 92 / 108.
276542
The same color, showing that it has a blueish hue.
Maybe do some research before you say that:
276541
A color sampled from the Graphite button with RGB values of 81 / 92 / 108.
276542
The same color, showing that it has a blueish hue.
todd2000
Feb 10, 10:27 AM
He died from a wound to his right calf?-- that a chicken inflicted?-- in two hours?
My thoughts exactly, I could see him dying from infection, but not in 2 hours.... There must be more to this.
Do you think there was more to it � maybe fowl play was involved?
All I have to say is ROTFLOL! :D
My thoughts exactly, I could see him dying from infection, but not in 2 hours.... There must be more to this.
Do you think there was more to it � maybe fowl play was involved?
All I have to say is ROTFLOL! :D
MacChinoNyc
May 2, 12:08 PM
I call shenanigans. Why sell a cheaper model when people would buy up the more expensive one if the cheaper one wasn't
Same reasons they sell a macbook and a macbook pro?
Same reasons they sell a macbook and a macbook pro?
dgitalchaos
May 6, 12:06 AM
If you're good with your hands and taking things apart, then this will be a VERY easy task. I didn't have problems with heating, as my 15 MacBook Pro shipped with 10.6.7 (heating issues resolved?), but my curiosity got the best of me so I took mine apart... the thermal paste was horrible. I cleaned up the old thermal paste and had my GPU and CPU shining before I applied the OCZ Freeze, which dropped my already cool temperatures even more.
Normal temps are now 110 Fahrenheit (42 Celsius).
I used an acid brush with some rubbing alcohol to make sure that I didn't break the resistors on the GPU.
If you decide to take on the task, good luck AND make sure to disconnect the battery.
Normal temps are now 110 Fahrenheit (42 Celsius).
I used an acid brush with some rubbing alcohol to make sure that I didn't break the resistors on the GPU.
If you decide to take on the task, good luck AND make sure to disconnect the battery.
greenbreadmmm
Feb 15, 02:27 PM
not necessarily an already existing specific product just something general like milk or coffee. its a pretty wide open project. just trying to see what others might think.
but yes the packaging and the labeling
but yes the packaging and the labeling
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