I have blisters. On my heels. D:

[fishpatrol]

Got my Macbook back from repairs, but the hissing is still present. D: I haven't even had this computer for a year and already it has a replaced hard drive, logic board, and as of today, a new fan (franken-rodney! -- what's left to replace? the optical drive? memory?). The logic board replacement resolved the issue for a few months, but a few weeks ago, the sound came back. Ugh, idek. I'm really sensitive to noise, so the sound gives me a headache, but not a lot of people (including most of the tech people, it seems) can hear it because it's so high-pitched. *tears hair out*

And I just noticed that I have somehow procured a program called Growl without being aware of downloading it... odd. That would explain why I get a notification pop-up every time a download completes.

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[spring.livejournal.com]

do you have a protection plan? i'd take full advantage of that if i were you and not hesitate to take it back to have it fixed again. i mean, that's what you pay extra for.

i'm going to buy a macbook pro once they come out (loooong overdue for updates). i hope i don't have any issues for a while. my pc is bad, and this is the understatement of the year. :(

[fishpatrol]

My computer is under warranty until August, but at this point, I have no idea what else can be fixed/replaced and none of the techs at the Apple store could even hear the hiss/whine (except for one tech in the backroom, apparently). D:

This doesn't appear to be a common issue -- at least, not for newer models (it was a problem for some of the older Macbook Pros). Even though I still don't think that Macs are superior to PCs, Apple's customer service is definitely better than any other company's! Out of curiosity, what's the brand of your current PC?

[spring.livejournal.com]

i have a dell, currently chugging on 800mbs of ram. just opening chrome overheats this thing. i need to run photoshop, illustrator, indesign, and flash, sometimes more than one at the same time. opening photoshop makes it shut itself down and i've lost my hw multiple times. guh... it really sucks. i'm sooo behind on design homework. i won't be surprised having a low gpa this semester because i have no way of doing hw. none. /rant

[fishpatrol]

Oh man, that sucks. D: I remember a lot of the older Dell models had the overheating issue, even without running heavy-on-memory programs. The new models of Dells seem quite nice, though.

Does your school have computer labs that you might be able to work in? :x

[spring.livejournal.com]

i do but they're an hour drive away one way, which is not practical with my paycheck and the amount of gas my car consumes. D: