Mac Forum / General / Portable Macs / May 2008

Does anyonw know what "there was an error connecting to the network. Try
again" means please?  I am getting this error message whenever connecting my
Macbook, Ibook (airport extreme card) and PowerBook (airport card) to my WEP
protected network.  I am also getting it when ...

This seems like a stupid question that I thought I knew how to answer.  
But I guess my advancing age has caught up with me.
I just migrated from a Powerbook G4 to a MacBook Pro.  The PB is the
last in a line of used laptops replacing my original Titanium.  I used

Here are some quirks found in 17" macbook pro osx 10.5.2 in an upgrade
from earlier 17" powerbook. There are also some surprises on the
upside, such as amazingly faster handling of some graphics and
better software functionality, but...

Hi all, one corner edge of my MacBook's screen has popped away slightly
from the backing frame (the outer edge where the frame fits into the
back of the screen).  Here's a photo if I'm not describing it too well:
http://factwatch.com/000_2274.jpg

Are LED displays the cats meow, or just a marketing gimmick?
They are offered as an option on the 17" MacBook Pro.
Gadd that is an expensive Mac, could easily go above $3,500
While I am at it, what are the most popular Mac models?

just received my new macbook, i have a pc and an ipod with my music
library loaded on both and sync'd together.  is it possible to copy my
music library intact to my new macbook?

Moderator/owner:
     Please clean up & remove the spam from this newsgroup.

for 12" owners: did anyone notice fan turning on *often* on 867mhz and
1ghz machines?
i saw previous post mentioning plugging external screen causing this,
but it happens to me even without that.

    I've just bought a nokia 3110, but iSync tell me that it's not
supported. Anyway, I've heard that it's possible to use that phone
with iSync, I'm just wondering how.
Does anybody has this phone working with iSync?

Came looking here for mac portables and find it is 90% spam.
Haysus.

Back when my Wallstreet PB was fairly young, the battery appeared to die
prematurely.  However a replacement battery had the same symptoms.  It
turned out that there was a bad power control module.  I ended up with
two good batteries.