[ale] My iBook

[Mark Wright]

I used Fink to install Gimp, KDE, and a few others.  I played with fink 
a lot but only really use Gimp.  I think there is a Mac Gimp project 
that doesn't need the Fink packaging.

Mark
On Feb 11, 2005, at 6:25 PM, Matthew Brown wrote:

> I'd be interested to see how you work with The Gimp.  I have never 
> "figured it out".
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Matthew Brown
> CorData, Inc. -- Linux solutions for business
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>
> On Feb 11, 2005, at 6:20 PM, Mark Wright wrote:
>
>> I have a two year old Ti powerbook that I did not buy the extended 
>> warranty for.  I think that all of them regardless of manufacturer 
>> are too expensive.  I did use apples warranty though.
>>
>> My display developed a strange distortion about 6 month after 
>> purchase.  I called to complain but the support told me it was 
>> software.  It was very intermittent so I was not bothered.  Well 
>> after a while the problem became more persistent.  Meanwhile one of 
>> the hinges to the screen broke, still within a year of purchase.  I 
>> sent it in for warranty replacement of the hinge and asked them to 
>> look at the screen.  The hinge came back repaired and the screen 
>> distortion problem came back too.  They couldn't handle too problems 
>> on one ticket I guess.
>>
>> Well now the years warranty is over and I am still not sure that the 
>> screen issue is not software.  I can usually fix it with a restart.  
>> All the while trying to draw a conclusion about software installed 
>> that could be causing it.  As the problem grows worse, (more 
>> frequent) I am all but sure it has nothing to do with software and is 
>> the video ram.  Finally I got apples video ram diag to fail.  ( had 
>> been running it without error when ever the problem would occur, 
>> hence apples belief that the hardware was fine.) Basically I had to 
>> wait for the problem to grow completely solid (make the PC unusable) 
>> to trouble shoot it.  Now a year and a half later I call to lay out 
>> my case for a warranty service.  All I had to do was tell them that I 
>> had reported the problem within the warranty period and they accepted 
>> it as a warranty repair. (once they looked it up)
>>
>> So I have had the hinge fixed and the MoBo replaced (that's where the 
>> video ram lives.)  Under warranty.  The Combo drive has been acting 
>> up and I will have to replace it one day on my own dime but for now 
>> it is still burning iso's without complaint.
>>
>> Oh, and I do love the BSD under OS X's pretty face.  The main apps I 
>> use on this machine are Open Office, Gimp, Mail and Safari.
>>
>>
>> Mark
>>
>>
>> On Feb 11, 2005, at 10:27 AM, James Sumners wrote:
>>
>>> I am not looking to switch from Windows since I did that a long time
>>> ago but I am thinking about getting a Powerbook. My only concern 
>>> right
>>> now is if I should purchase the AppleCare extended warranty. It is
>>> over twice the price of Dell's CompleteCare plan and doesn't do even
>>> half of what the Dell plan does. With the Dell plan you can get your
>>> laptop fixed free of charge no matter if you drop it or 
>>> "accidentally"
>>> hit it with a hammer. All the AppleCare plan does is extend the 
>>> 90-day
>>> support and 1-year limited warranty an extra two or three years.
>>>
>>> Does anyone else on the list have experience with Apple computers?
>>> Should I even consider the AppleCare plan?
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 10:10:32 -0500, Matthew Brown
>>> <matthew.brown at cordata.com> wrote:
>>>> I have had my iBook G4 for almost a week.  It is my first Apple 
>>>> ever.
>>>> I bought the bottom of the line G4 (12" screen) for ~$880 -- with 
>>>> the
>>>> AirPort card.  I bought it basically so I could have a solid an
>>>> supported *NIX laptop.  In short, it rocks!  It literally does
>>>> everything I could do before, but now I also have OpenBSD 
>>>> underneath,
>>>> allowing me tons of useful tools, many of which I've already used.
>>>>
>>>> If you're looking for a switch off Windows and you still need things
>>>> like a good WYSIWYG web editor -- like Dreamweaver -- or Flash or 
>>>> the
>>>> Adobe tools, Apple is THE THING.
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> James Sumners
>>> http://james.roomfullofmirrors.com/
>>>
>>> "All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts
>>> pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it
>>> is magnetic to the corruptible. Such people have a tendency to become
>>> drunk on violence, a condition to which they are quickly addicted."
>>>
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