As i am still waiting for my UMacbook pro 17" to be delivered , I have been going though the Apple Forum, and a problem with the screen flickering , seems to affect a lot of models and a lot of people are angry, is this a serious issue or not.
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Tinderbox (UK) BAKED BEAN KING
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No its not.
And as your mbp is already on the way, stop stressing about all things that could go wrong with it. You've made the purchase and will have two weeks to test it out for yourself. Save yourself the worry...and the ulcer. -
Tinderbox (UK) BAKED BEAN KING
So i can take it to the BANK that their is NO problem with screen flicker.
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Remember the angry people are the one's that post.
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Yea, I got my macbook pro and it has the screen flickering but I understand it is probably from the sensor so I just move my screen back a little and it goes away. Unless there is another screen flickering issue going around..
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I would have thought Apple would simply replace units with the screen flicker?
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I only get it on super-ekeing minimum brightness in terms of readily visible whole-screen flickering, and not constantly (as far as I can see). It irritates me sometimes but not to a deal-killing level. As for line-pattern flickering, that problem hasn't gone away and as far as I'm concerned, I rarely encounter the specific type of graphics that triggers that issue.
Since it occurs on all of my 17-inchers now purchased / replaced at different times I figure it's a typical Apple 'design feature', i.e. something much less prevalent on the actually premium laptops I have from other makers. -
Tinderbox (UK) BAKED BEAN KING
That`s one design feature they can keep
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I still don't get any flickering, never did... or my eyes are so bad I can't tell.
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Tinderbox, stop warring about any "possible" defect
if it turns out to be bad, you can always get replacement
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Tinderbox (UK) BAKED BEAN KING
If i ever get it , supposed to be delivered the 10th last friday, Now changed to 20th and website i ordered from no longer shows it for sale, only last years models.
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I suppose you ordered it from Apple outlet?
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Tinderbox (UK) BAKED BEAN KING
No a company i have an account with, not apple, but they are an authorised reseller, I think they are trying to sell of old stock.
Strange thing is they are trying to sell a last years model 17" uMBP 2.66ghz for £2,329.00 , when i ordered my july 2009 model 2.8ghz 4gb ddr3 500gb hdd 9600m GT for £1850.00 , but as i said it no long shows for sale.
http://www.very.co.uk/rf/vry/s.do/e...6756+85+4294962959&Np=1&Nu=this_product&seo=t -
maybe it is sold-out? anyway,thats hell of a good price for new one!
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Tinderbox (UK) BAKED BEAN KING
What do you mean £1850/$3000 is the going rate in the UK, probably cheaper if you search, and lots of sites have it in stock.
Below is the model i ordered, just on a different website.
http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/-/707/915/-/10771891/Apple-MC226B-A-MacBook-Pro-Core-2-Duo-2-8GHz-4GB-500GB-17-Superdrive-Mac-OS-X-10-5-Leopard-Laptop-Notebook/Product.html?searchtype=genre
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oups,sorry,I read $...then why didn't you order from apple?
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Tinderbox (UK) BAKED BEAN KING
As i said i have an account on the website i linked, also buy now pay July 2010
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I see...anyway, I hope your unit will be perfect
Is Screen flicker still an issue?
Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by Tinderbox (UK), Jul 11, 2009.