Mac Forum / General / General / February 2010

which product has hdmi and everything else that the ipad has for the
same price?

on a handheld device?

so where is this mythical i7 tablet?

Yeah. I figured that out right *AFTER* I made the mistake of answering
one of his postings in this thread. What I belatedly figured out was
that it was Priam. That he specializes in spouting nonsense is long
known.

I didn't notice at first because it seemed a slightly different brand of
nonsense than his usual. But it later became obvious.

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<jwolf6589-3B42B1.20122408022010@newsfarm.iad.highwinds-media.com>,

$4.88 for 6 pin to 9 pin
<http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=103&cp_id=10301&cs_i
d=1030105&p_id=331&seq=1&format=2>

If you do it that way, your iBook will be running the OS and could have
a kernel panic while you're doing the transfer. If you do it via
Firewire, it will be running in target disk mode, which means it will
basically just be an external hard drive. It's less likely that anything
will interrupt the migration that way.

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<jwolf6589-1BA533.20073708022010@newsfarm.iad.highwinds-media.com>,

actually it's about 30-45 minutes.

*much* easier. the ones from last year the drive is visible under the
battery cover:
<http://images.appleinsider.com/mb15alumunbox-081016-27.jpg>

but now that they've gone to an internal battery, you just need to
remove the bottom lid which is nothing more than a bunch of screws.

then don't worry about it.

On 02/08/2010 08:34 PM, Adib Mahouli wrote:

Absolutely! Don't trust your experience. Just ask nospam to send you his
fingers via express mail. You'll see, it will take no time at all.

I mean, the guy is honest. His nick is nospam. It's not like if he was
one of those spammers preaching the Apple gospel!

Absolutely! Since Apple asks thrice the price for HDs, all you have to
do is settle for less.

Easy!

You're being deliberately obtuse.  The same "conditions" apply to adding
or changing a disk in any PC or other system.  This is not a hard change
to do.

Anyone worried about it can find a helpful hand not far away.

Even you.

Apple. The same as they do if you don't open the computer at all. If
they judge that you broke the computer, then the warranty won't cover
it. That really has nothing to do with whether or not you opened the
computer. If you drop the computer in a lake, the warranty won't cover
that. If you rip something apart while changing a hard drive, the
warrantee won't cover that either. If you expect Apple to be dishonest
in the evaluation of whether you trashed the computer by replacing a
hard drive, then I don't know why you would trust them in their
evaluation of whether you broke the computer without opening it.

And in any case, reread what you just quoted. There is no judgement
about whether you followed the instructions carefully. Failure to follow
the instructions is *NOT* what voids the warranty any more than opening
the case is. Damaging the equipment is what voids the warranty. That is
what they would be evaluating - whether you damaged the equipment or
not. It is very possible to damage a computer without opening the case;
trust me on that one, as I have first-hand experience. :-)

The warnings are just saying that opening the case opens up extra ways
for you to damage the equipment (particularly if you are clumsy about
it). That is true.

But claiming that opening the case itself does not violate the warranty.
It is simply factually wrong to claim that it does. Rationalizations
don't change that. You might as well claim that plugging the computer in
will violate the warranty. It can, you know. I suppose modern Apple's
can probably take 220 (though I've never tried it), but if you manage to
find an industrial 480 socket (and some kind of adaptor) and plug your
Apple into that, it likely will fry, and that will void the warranty.
That possibility gives me just as much legitimacy in saying that
plugging in your computer voids the warranty as you have in saying that
replacing the hard drive voids the warranty.

Well, of course. That's what everybody here does. Why the hell would you
sell a computer in perfect order on Craigslist, Amazon or eBay?

It seems, these brainwashing days, everybody wants a Mac. So, if you
wanted to sell a top shape Mac at a decent price, you'd sell it to you
nephew, a poor student, to a neighbour, who you're in good terms with,
and surely to your mother, who doesn't care much about Photoshop and gaming.

When you have a good deal, you offer it first to people you care about,
not total strangers. The problem is, when they figure out your "good
deal", your friends will find they can get a brand new PC for the same
price.

So, people must be taught about the good deals they can make on
Craigslist. And that's what happens right here: they learn from crap
sellers. :) That's what happened to our friend John a bit earlier, i
believe? Isn't it him who was complaing his budget was a little tight
and suggested to buy used?

Fortunately, it wasn't Davoud who made the suggestion:

<http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.system/browse_thread/thread/b067d27f
31546018/40f8390cc20304c4?q=#40f8390cc20304c4>

Mac World is a wonderful world... for Mac Morons. You have to be
special. Really special.

people do that all the time.

people pay ridiculous prices for broken ibooks and other macs on ebay.
i've seen water damaged ipod touches go for $10-20 less than a refurb
from apple. it's f.cked up.

if it's disclosed up front, there is no issue at all.

on the other hand, if he says it's in perfect shape when it really
isn't, that's different.

I would not lie but I would say something like "sold as is" and mention
it if he/she asked. Or I may sell it and say "good for parts."

But regardless integrity would say I need to sell it for allot less. I
see different prices on ebay and amazon.com so I'll probably base my
price on amaozon.

John

I suspect an iBook with a defective motherboard probably would sell
for parts, even if honestly advertised.

I will need to buy a FW 400 cable at Best Buy or somewhere with a cheap
price tag. I will shop around.

John

I didn't know that TDM was limited to FW.

John, looks like you're stuck wasting cash on a cable you probably don't
really need.

Any friends that can loan you one?

(Reduce, Reuse, Recycle : see first and second "R"'s).

probably because he doesn't realize fw400-fw800 is trivial to do.