I HATE APPLE

these ones are not real

i've googled and found tons of problems with macbook pro airport stuff, but they all seem to happen straight out of the box, and don't seem to involve the wireless connection appearing to stay valid. hopefully this is just something really stupid...

DNS servers - no, will do so. weirdly i noticed that my fixed IP address has changed, which seems really weird.

related, hopefully easier q: my first idea for a workaround was to connect via an ethernet cable. on xp, this would just work - you plug in and go. nothing happened on my mac, though! what do i need to do to use ethernet with the router?

Try doing this for the ethernet interface when connecting with the cable and see what address the Mac picks up and if you can get to the management page.

how would i find this out? i'm pretty sure it must be something like that, as it seems like i'm fine except when i put the computer in one corner of the lounge (which is unfortunqtely where i usuqlly work!).

I'm relived that my battery isn't one of the recalled ones

BTW the only reason I am ON HOLD is because the brilliant "Concierge" system completely fills up within hours of store opening at both Pentagon City and Clarendon. I have a hint for you fuckers, don't sell broken-ass CPUs if you can't hire enough techs to fix them. FFS.

I'm not looking forward to hearing about this "restocking fee"

1) yes, that vital odd-third-digit as mentioned above
2) ITUNES

The computer was wanky to begin with (a brand new out-of-the-box no programs added computer shouldn't be refusing to wake up from sleep?) but as soon as we opened ITUNES for the first time IT STARTED EATING ITSELF ALIVE WTF? I just laugh at it at this point, especially when it wouldn't even accept the system disks or open in safe mode anymore :D

also: ho sanp!!!!

serious answer: Yes, I have definitely noticed an amazing increase in hardware failure with recent-er Apple products (by recent-er I mean last 3-4 years seeing rapid upswing in lemons and really manky systems incompatibility--we have a friend who went thru 3 of the latest iMacs before getting one that actually worked*)

xposts haha I told you about iPhoto!!

*ps if our replacement one breaks, Tom, you are NOT AUTHORIZED to get another one and instead we will harrass them for refunds and get something else because that is just not worth my tax dollars.

If Windows didn't get in my way/make everything more difficult, I'd abandon Apple in a heartbeat.

Also, Aperture 1.1 is a giant, overpriced piece of shit. A complete waste of $149 for me - Lightroom is a little slower, but it's currently free and actually gets my white balance right every time.

This is pretty much the most OTM thing on this, my favorite thread ever.

how can terminal fail when the os is on? that's bizarre

and tell me what is wrong with 10.4.7 because i just upgraded

[touches wood] ... i've been very lucky with my apple hardware, i guess. i've had, what ... one powerbook 5300, one iMac DVSE, this here 12" G4 PowerBook, a first-gen iPod, a second-gen iPod and an iPod shuffle. the only one that isn't still working is the first iPod, and that's my fault for dropping it. yes: even the 5300 still works, 10 years since i bought it. and it's had a fucking ceiling collapse on it.

i'm tempting fate here, i know. perhaps i'm just stealing everyone else's apple karma. i dunno.

what i will say is that my PB5300 was one of the last they ever made (srsly: the fucker got phased out about a week after i took delivery). i've never been an early adopter [1] and p'raps that's the key.

or perhaps i'm just a jammy get.

[1] except with the iPod. and the shuffle. the latter, i have to admit, can display slightly shonkular behaviour at times, especially for something so bloody simple.