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  1. well now i'm a bit scared!

    I started with the inverter, but it's not that. I then pulled the LCD apart and saw that one of the wires that connects the inverter to the actual backlight lamp was black and fried, so I'm gonna have to swap the bulb and wires out. It's a 4+ year old laptop, so it's not the end of the world if it doesn't work, but I thought I'd give it a try. The inverter was 8 bucks on ebay and the lamp and wire harness was $25....we'll see.
  2. If it's only the inverter that's burnt out with leading to the bulb, then that's alright to do and shouldn't be too hard. No worse than changing out a light bulb in a room.

    4+ years for one bulb isn't bad at all. Some burn out after six months - and if you can do it that cheap, then it's worth it. Just be aware not all electronics from eBay work too well - they can break in shipping.
  3. Originally posted by drewhiggins:If it's only the inverter that's burnt out with leading to the bulb, then that's alright to do and shouldn't be too hard. No worse than changing out a light bulb in a room.

    4+ years for one bulb isn't bad at all. Some burn out after six months - and if you can do it that cheap, then it's worth it. Just be aware not all electronics from eBay work too well - they can break in shipping.


    yeah, i'll let you know. if it doesn't work out, i'll just buy a new one. Decent Dells are only about 400-500 dollars, and i have this beautiful iMac still running perfectly.
  4. Guys (or Drew to be specific)...trying to buy a laptop as you know (and no Mac dan, not enough money!), with the limited budget and all, if I want a Blu-Ray drive, I'm gonna have to trade it with some CPU speed. Like, instead of 2.5, get a 2.2 but with a Blu-Ray drive (no write, just read, can't afford the writers)...in some cases it involves losing some HDD space as well...

    The big question...is it worth it?
  5. Originally posted by Ali709:Guys (or Drew to be specific)...trying to buy a laptop as you know (and no Mac dan, not enough money!), with the limited budget and all, if I want a Blu-Ray drive, I'm gonna have to trade it with some CPU speed. Like, instead of 2.5, get a 2.2 but with a Blu-Ray drive (no write, just read, can't afford the writers)...in some cases it involves losing some HDD space as well...

    The big question...is it worth it?


    2.2 will play Blu-Ray discs, I'm sure. Were you trying to get a Mac?

    I haven't got Blu-Ray yet (only HDDVD) but from what I hear it's worth it. Someone else would be more better on that than me, but I'm gonna get one - they look pretty good. You want to watch movies, play games, or both - if that's the case, a bigger monitor is better first.
  6. How does Genius in iTunes actually work? After trying with numerous songs, not one can be found in Genius and can't make a generative playlist.

    I've got it to manually manage content on the touch. It makes no sense, and I've tried everything.
  8. Originally posted by drewhiggins:How does Genius in iTunes actually work? After trying with numerous songs, not one can be found in Genius and can't make a generative playlist.

    I've got it to manually manage content on the touch. It makes no sense, and I've tried everything.


    It has to match the iTunes entry. If you've changed anything (eg I have U2-Albums, U2-Singles etc rather than U2) then it won't work.

    Once it does, it's actually pretty good
  11. Originally posted by flowerchild:[..]

    I'm not a big expert either, but it looks decent to me. though the price is still tough. I got a better pc for less than 2.200$. why does it have to be a laptop? would you want to play games, too? cos then I'd go for a better nvidia card


    it's mainly for work and uni stuff, and it has to be a laptop, yes, so that I can work easily at home and in uni
  12. Originally posted by djrlewis:[..]

    It has to match the iTunes entry. If you've changed anything (eg I have U2-Albums, U2-Singles etc rather than U2) then it won't work.

    Once it does, it's actually pretty good


    I did and it doesn't work. I had it going last time, but I've since updated the firmware, but it doesn't want to work this time around.

    Pretty decent laptop there Ali. The Centrino should give you around 2.5 hours battery life (at a guess) and I think it's a 32bit processor, hence the reason for 3072MB RAM (3GB). But you'd think you'd get a Blu-Ray burner at that price.

    Well worth it, even if it is a Sony. 9300MS for the kind of work you're doing is a bit light, but the 3GB RAM should carry it through if nothing else. The Mac laptop has the same sort of config (the high-end one), so I would see it has nothing better to offer (a 9400GS, I think) and a lesser hard drive, and 3 - 4GB RAM is the only real trade-off there.

    The only way to really tell is to go the stores and try some out. That's the best thing.
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