<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8834715840400908545</id><updated>2009-10-29T15:08:34.319-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Powerbook 17 Pixel Lines Issue</title><subtitle type='html'>A growing number of Powerbook 17" owners is reporting problems with the display: several pixel lines covering the entire display starts to appear after a couple of months that the warranty period ends. Report here your story and your pictures! Apple's top laptop computers has severe quality issues!</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://powerbook17lines.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8834715840400908545/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://powerbook17lines.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Vincenzo Acinapura</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>3</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8834715840400908545.post-7122623120578300282</id><published>2006-12-02T01:41:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-02T01:49:45.651-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Apple continues to censore our threads and posts!</title><content type='html'>Dear friend,&lt;br /&gt;our lifes are getting harder day by day.&lt;br /&gt;We bought a defected product and can't obtain the producer's attenction.&lt;br /&gt;Apple is deleting every post about the pixel lines issue on his forum.&lt;br /&gt;By the way, I'll continue to create new threads that points to this blog, in this way we'll try to put togheter as much user experiences as possible.&lt;br /&gt;Pictures tells by themselves.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Apple chosen to &lt;b&gt;ignore her BEST customers&lt;/b&gt; (I own 5 Macs, and 4 are PRO computers)... I can't understand why.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our products have a severe quality issue.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But probably Apple thinks that Mac users will never buy a PC.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8834715840400908545-7122623120578300282?l=powerbook17lines.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://powerbook17lines.blogspot.com/feeds/7122623120578300282/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8834715840400908545&amp;postID=7122623120578300282' title='195 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8834715840400908545/posts/default/7122623120578300282'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8834715840400908545/posts/default/7122623120578300282'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://powerbook17lines.blogspot.com/2006/12/apple-continues-to-censore-our-threads.html' title='Apple continues to censore our threads and posts!'/><author><name>Vincenzo Acinapura</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='13956853839198239575'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>195</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8834715840400908545.post-6722750951207307094</id><published>2006-11-29T09:25:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-30T00:58:59.453-08:00</updated><title type='text'>APPLE CENSORED OUR THREAD ON THE DISCUSSION BOARD</title><content type='html'>As I was expecting, Apple decided to cancel our thread, in wich we was posting our experience and pictures about the pixel lines issue.&lt;br /&gt;The thread had over 110 replies, including a bunch of pictures showing defected displays of users in every part of the world. The thread reached 4000 views in less than two months.&lt;br /&gt;This is disgusting. I'll keep on posting in this blog.&lt;br /&gt;Please contact me via mail, vin.aci@gmail.com, and send me pictures of your defected LCDs.&lt;br /&gt;And please, post threads with the URL to this blog, 'cause Apple censored my forum account.&lt;br /&gt;The thread should be something like: "PIXEL LINES ISSUE: go to http://powerbook17lines.blogspot.com"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks for the help and spread the word!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8834715840400908545-6722750951207307094?l=powerbook17lines.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://powerbook17lines.blogspot.com/feeds/6722750951207307094/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8834715840400908545&amp;postID=6722750951207307094' title='35 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8834715840400908545/posts/default/6722750951207307094'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8834715840400908545/posts/default/6722750951207307094'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://powerbook17lines.blogspot.com/2006/11/apple-censored-our-thread-on-discussion.html' title='APPLE CENSORED OUR THREAD ON THE DISCUSSION BOARD'/><author><name>Vincenzo Acinapura</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='13956853839198239575'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>35</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8834715840400908545.post-8836440211062073538</id><published>2006-11-11T10:29:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-11T11:15:57.980-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pixels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lines'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='stuck pixels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='powerbook'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='apple'/><title type='text'>To all Powerbook 17" Owners</title><content type='html'>Hi all, after the &lt;a href="http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=3516990#3516990"&gt;thread on the Apple's Discussion Forums&lt;/a&gt;, in wich we began to post our experiences and pictures about our common problem, I decided to start this blog to continue reporting users experience, and keep you updated.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Follows a brief description of the problem:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;After a period of about 15 - 18 months, a relevant number of Powerbook 17" 1.67 Ghz owner (the TOP of the whole laptop market available at the buy date) noticed that entire lines of pixel suddenly flaw.&lt;br /&gt;The pixel lines are of various colors: magenta, red, blue, yellow.&lt;br /&gt;The buy date is, in most case, around March - April 2005.&lt;br /&gt;A new line about every week. The display becames full of stuck lines.&lt;br /&gt;The problem is common to a relevant number of Powerbook owners all over the world, and more user are coming out.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And now, some pictures of the issue:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.conservadelpollino.it/powerbook4.jpg" alt="Powerbook 17 pixel lines issue" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.conservadelpollino.it/powerbook5.jpg" alt="Powerbook 17 pixel lines issue" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.conservadelpollino.it/powerbook6.jpg" alt="Powerbook 17 pixel lines issue" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We also obtained an &lt;a href="http://www.appledefects.com/?p=138" /&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; on Appledefects.com.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please post comments to this article, and specify dectails, such as the buy date and the first manifestation of the problem.&lt;br /&gt;Other articles will follow as soon as users will report their experience with the Apple Call Center, that continues to NEGATE the existence of the problem. Stay tuned!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8834715840400908545-8836440211062073538?l=powerbook17lines.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://powerbook17lines.blogspot.com/feeds/8836440211062073538/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8834715840400908545&amp;postID=8836440211062073538' title='69 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8834715840400908545/posts/default/8836440211062073538'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8834715840400908545/posts/default/8836440211062073538'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://powerbook17lines.blogspot.com/2006/11/to-all-powerbook-17-owners.html' title='To all Powerbook 17&quot; Owners'/><author><name>Vincenzo Acinapura</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='13956853839198239575'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>69</thr:total></entry></feed>