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    Bad Macbook Screen or Bad Macbook?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by chelsel, Oct 20, 2006.

  1. chelsel

    chelsel Notebook Guru

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    After trying out a Mini I decided that I kinda like Macs :) and decided to upgrade to a MacBook... still not quite sure about making Macs a primary computer as I do a lot of software development (Windows stuff)... and Quickbooks Assisted Payroll doesn't work on the Mac either...

    Anyway, my problem is that the Macbook screen exhibits a kind of flicker or waves when I reduce the brightness. I could probably live with it as I mostly use the unit in clamshell mode with an external monitor but still... do I have a bad Macbook or is this a common fault of this unit?
     
    chelsel, Oct 20, 2006
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  2. yuio

    yuio NBR Assistive Tec. Tec.

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    well bad screen or scren conection i think, but i could be wrong
     
    yuio, Oct 20, 2006
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  3. hollownail

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    Yup, call apple. Sound slike you got a bad one.
    Macs are just as good at doing development as any other unit. I do SW and web dev for work and school... Just get parallels and a copy of windows, or use bootcamp with windows.
    Or unix. Or linux...
     
    hollownail, Oct 20, 2006
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  4. AlanY

    AlanY Notebook Enthusiast

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    Wavy flicker when you reduce the brightness is a sign of a bad LCD inverter. Definitely get it looked at. The display on my ThinkPad T20 developed this same problem.
     
    AlanY, Oct 20, 2006
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  5. chelsel

    chelsel Notebook Guru

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    Thanks. I'll bring it to the Apple store... I was just about to throw a bigger HD and RAM upgrade but I'll hold off until I get a 'pristine' unit... debating whether I should've gotten the Pro version since it has an expresscard slot, bigger screen and better GPU... will I see a performance improvement in apps like Photoshop with the x1600 GPU vs the Intel GMA 950? I'm pretty sure the GPU only really makes a difference for 3D stuff like games...

    Thanks again.

    Cliff.
     
    chelsel, Oct 20, 2006
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