9 Feb 2004 aftyde   » (Master)

Bought a Powerbook 17 - very cool machine. When it arrived (fresh off the boat from Taiwan) I powered it up... DEAD PIXELS ALL OVER THE SCREEN. I was super surprised, as I've ordered no-name Intel notebooks from seriously questionable suppliers (in the past) and have NEVER had a screen with even a single dead pixel. While I have to hand it to Apple for designing a super cool notebook, I'm thowing this one back and hoping they'll send me a unit that works!

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