Comments on: MacBook Air Acting Up, Just in Time for Holidays http://gigaom.com/apple/macbook-air-acting-up-just-in-time-for-holidays/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:23:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: MBP 17 User http://gigaom.com/apple/macbook-air-acting-up-just-in-time-for-holidays/#comment-336823 Sun, 21 Jun 2009 07:39:34 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=12643#comment-336823 I have had this exact issue with two unibody Macbook Pro 17″ computers. They both have a display model of “9C99″ as shown in display profile (System Pref->Displays->Color->Open Profile->#13->Model). One was 2.93 GHz and the second the new 3.06 GHz but both had the 9C99 model display.

Two MBP 17″s with a model of “9C98″ did not have these distracting, awful lines in the display.

]]> By: Arhi http://gigaom.com/apple/macbook-air-acting-up-just-in-time-for-holidays/#comment-336822 Fri, 20 Mar 2009 07:50:02 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=12643#comment-336822 Normally I don’t leave a comment but:
-faint thin horizontal lines
-only 1 USB port.
-no optical drive :(

]]> By: Ai.bob http://gigaom.com/apple/macbook-air-acting-up-just-in-time-for-holidays/#comment-336821 Wed, 25 Feb 2009 22:08:09 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=12643#comment-336821 I’m 100% sure that it’s a hardware problem, because I can see the lines when the screen is off… Under a bright light.

]]> By: Al http://gigaom.com/apple/macbook-air-acting-up-just-in-time-for-holidays/#comment-336813 Thu, 11 Dec 2008 21:39:19 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=12643#comment-336813 The Firmware that was release yesterday didn’t do anything to fix the line issue nor the flickering. I got a call from Apple today telling me that they will send the Air to engineering for further tests. Looks like Apple still doesn’t know whats happening. I wish Apple would give out some type of official Statements instead of relying on forums. Makes me feel like they don’t care after you buy their crap.

]]> By: Tom http://gigaom.com/apple/macbook-air-acting-up-just-in-time-for-holidays/#comment-336820 Wed, 10 Dec 2008 23:39:57 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=12643#comment-336820 Firmware update is here!

Does it solve the screen issues?

]]> By: Joeㅇ http://gigaom.com/apple/macbook-air-acting-up-just-in-time-for-holidays/#comment-336807 Wed, 10 Dec 2008 02:43:01 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=12643#comment-336807 I purchased MacBook Air (1.8/128GB) two weeks ago, and had ‘faint,flickering’ screen as everybody else had. It was really disappointing. I paid $2700 for this piece a junk from Apple that I trusted. I replaced them ’3′ times from Apple and still, no improvements at all. Matter of fact, lines got worse and worse. I called them again, this time they connected me to higher office, I talked about this crappy experience I had and they told me they finished investigating this issue and it will be software issue not hardware. So I was confirmed that firmware will be released soon. I will keep my eye on them.

]]> By: Peter http://gigaom.com/apple/macbook-air-acting-up-just-in-time-for-holidays/#comment-336819 Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:56:04 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=12643#comment-336819 “I returned my MBA rev B because of the horizontal line issue. On top of that the screen was flickering which gave me an headache after using the MBA for more than 5 mins.”

same here, waiting for the third one.

]]> By: Eideard http://gigaom.com/apple/macbook-air-acting-up-just-in-time-for-holidays/#comment-336812 Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:02:12 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=12643#comment-336812 The more the merrier. Maybe this is why there are AIR refurbs going to $1199 (and less – after rebate).

]]> By: Al http://gigaom.com/apple/macbook-air-acting-up-just-in-time-for-holidays/#comment-336818 Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:34:26 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=12643#comment-336818 I am curious whether anybody received a replacement with a working screen?

]]> By: justit http://gigaom.com/apple/macbook-air-acting-up-just-in-time-for-holidays/#comment-336806 Tue, 09 Dec 2008 14:56:57 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=12643#comment-336806 Yes the photo is not representational. On mine it’s like a layer of grime when compared to Gen A Macbook Air when viewing a white screen. Other than that, the new rev B is an incredible machine.

]]> By: JL http://gigaom.com/apple/macbook-air-acting-up-just-in-time-for-holidays/#comment-336809 Tue, 09 Dec 2008 14:52:41 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=12643#comment-336809 All in all I got 3 replacements. All of them had the same issues: flickering screen and grey lines.
I really hope that Apple will address these issues asap.

]]> By: sengyee http://gigaom.com/apple/macbook-air-acting-up-just-in-time-for-holidays/#comment-336808 Tue, 09 Dec 2008 13:22:33 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=12643#comment-336808 I have the faint thin horizontal lines too… Very annoying and makes me tired too easily. There are people who returned their defective MBA (due to the lines) several times yet still receiving defective unit again and again.

]]> By: Tom http://gigaom.com/apple/macbook-air-acting-up-just-in-time-for-holidays/#comment-336810 Tue, 09 Dec 2008 13:01:22 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=12643#comment-336810 I also returned my MBA rev B. Also the replacement unit I got from Apple. The grey lines were easy to see in normal working conditions and I got headache when working longer than 20min at a time with them. Switching back to my old MacBook Pro I recognised that the MBA Display is much more exhausting for the eyes than the display on the MBP.

]]> By: Al http://gigaom.com/apple/macbook-air-acting-up-just-in-time-for-holidays/#comment-336811 Tue, 09 Dec 2008 12:52:13 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=12643#comment-336811 I returned my MBA rev B because of the horizontal line issue. On top of that the screen was flickering which gave me an headache after using the MBA for more than 5 mins. I hope Apple will be able to replace or fix it. Otherwise I will have to go with with a Vaio or Thinkpad.

]]> By: DB Smith http://gigaom.com/apple/macbook-air-acting-up-just-in-time-for-holidays/#comment-336817 Mon, 08 Dec 2008 23:04:17 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=12643#comment-336817 I have a new MBA 1.86/SSD. It has no display issues and runs perfectly. It even runs both Vista/Fusion and Vista/Boot Camp slightly FASTER than my 15″ MBP Santa Rosa 2.2. I’m delighted with the form factor, the extreme light weight and the keyboard “feel”.
I purposely stayed away from v 1 of the MBA. But v 2.0 is a terrific laptop.

]]> By: Giovanny http://gigaom.com/apple/macbook-air-acting-up-just-in-time-for-holidays/#comment-336816 Mon, 08 Dec 2008 22:21:33 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=12643#comment-336816 I’m one having the video card glitches… http://www.flickr.com/photos/megageox/3092524733/

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