Refurbished MacBook, IN DESPERATE NEED OF HELP!!

The past couple of weeks I've been keeping a close eye on the refurbished white Macbook that was released early 2010, I am so disapointed, as I went back to the apple online store yesterday night to order and it was OUT OF STOCK!!! I've decided that the MacBook air is a 'no go' and my only other option at the moment would be the MacBook Pro which is about $100 more, which I guess isn't all that bad because they are top of the range. But anyway, I would really like to know how often apple stocks new refurb laptops and whether it will take a long time (its a christmas gift, and I'd like to order one a little earlier just to be safe!) Thanks for all your help!
PS - It would also be great to get some feedback about which macbook is best!

ruby.ker wrote:
But anyway, I would really like to know how often apple stocks new refurb laptops and whether it will take a long time
No one here works for Apple. We are just users like you and have no more of an idea as to when they restock refurbished product then you do.
It would also be great to get some feedback about which macbook is best!
Best in what way? Tell us about how you plan to use you mac ( web surfing, word processing, or video/photo editing) and we can give you an idea.

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Oi mate there's no need to be nasty, i was asking why
and you just throw it in my face,Nobody is throwing anything in your face. You threw a stack trace at us and said Java is broken help me.
Well Java is not broken.
The Java program you are running is broken.
But we don't know what it is doing and where it is broken. Only the people with the source for the program (puzzlepirates) can help you.
It is not my fault if they won't help you or told you Java is broken.
and it seems that the java is not working or
something else is wrong on my computerAs a wild guess there is something wrong with the DNS on your machine or proxy or something like that. This is a guess based on the UnknownHostException. But again that is only a guess and the best guess one can make based on the information present.
The problem I think is that their applet tries to do something but doesn't account for connections like yours and is blowing up because of that.
Again only a guess and in the end really does nothing to solve your problem. If you want to solve this problem email the stack trace and perhaps my comments in this post about the UnknownHostException to puzzlepirates and ask them for help.
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Hi, our broadband at home is stupidly slow. Especially the wireless. It feels like im running dial up from ten years ago.
The problem has been ongoing for a long time, but i've only just returned home from uni, hence why it has taken me so long to ask for help.
After reading on the forums about the shoddy service the india call centre gives, i decided it would be best to try the forums first.
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Bump: Twice.
ADSL line status
Connection information
Line state
Connected
Connection time
0 days, 1:21:33
Downstream
7,616 Kbps
Upstream
448 Kbps
ADSL settings
VPI/VCI
0/38
Type
PPPoA
Modulation
ITU-T G.992.1
Latency type
Interleaved
Noise margin (Down/Up)
7.1 dB / 21.0 dB
Line attenuation (Down/Up)
18.0 dB / 11.0 dB
Output power (Down/Up)
19.8 dBm / 11.9 dBm
Loss of Framing (Local)
0
Loss of Signal (Local)
0
Loss of Power (Local)
0
FEC Errors (Down/Up)
655 / 0
CRC Errors (Down/Up)
6 / 2147480000
HEC Errors (Down/Up)
nil / 0
Error Seconds (Local)
5
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Download Speed
158 Kbps
0 Kbps
7150 Kbps
Max Achievable Speed
Download speedachieved during the test was - 158 Kbps
For your connection, the acceptable range of speeds is 600-7150 Kbps.
Additional Information:
Your DSL Connection Rate :7616 Kbps(DOWN-STREAM), 448 Kbps(UP-STREAM)
IP Profile for your line is - 6500 Kbps
Solved!
Go to Solution.

Your line stats look great, your sync speed is good, and your IP profile is correct.
Your download speed is poor.
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2) Your WiFi connection is not working properly. Do you get similar poor download speeds when connected to the HomeHub via an ethernet cable? It is worth trying if you haven't done so.
3) Are you totally sure you don't have any other devices connected to your WiFi connection dragging down your bandwidth? Go the the "Home Network" tab in the HomeHub admin screens and see what is connected
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You may be able to repair disk and repair disk permissions from the booted
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-Pressing Alt + Cmd(command) + P + R to *delete the NVRam and PRAM*, did not have any effect. I think I did it right though, because there came a second start up sound.
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* Report for internal hard disk *
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+# Start LBA End LBA Type+
+1 40 409639 EFI System (FAT)+
+2 409640 1531068455 Mac OS X HFS++
+3 1531330600 1953525127 Basic Data+
+Current MBR partition table:+
+# A Start LBA End LBA Type+
+1 1 409639 ee EFI Protective+
+2 409640 1531068455 af Mac OS X HFS++
+3 * 1531330600 1953525127 0c FAT32 (LBA)+
+MBR contents:+
+Boot Code: Unknown, but bootable+
+Partition at LBA 40:+
+Boot Code: None (Non-system disk message)+
+File System: FAT32+
+Listed in GPT as partition 1, type EFI System (FAT)+
+Partition at LBA 409640:+
+Boot Code: None+
+File System: HFS Extended (HFS)
+Listed in GPT as partition 2, type Mac OS X HFS++
+Listed in MBR as partition 2, type af Mac OS X HFS++
+Partition at LBA 1531330600:+
+Boot Code: None (Non-system disk message)+
+File System: FAT32+
+Listed in GPT as partition 3, type Basic Data+
+Listed in MBR as partition 3, type 0c FAT32 (LBA), active+
I don't know what any of this means, but I suspect the Boot Camp partition is the last one. I wonder what "Boot Code: None(Non-system disk message" means!?
*When running diskutil:*
*diskutil list*
/dev/disk0
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUIDpartitionscheme *931.5 Gi disk0
1: EFI 200.0 Mi disk0s1
2: Apple_HFS Macintosh HD 729.9 Gi disk0s2
3: Microsoft Basic Data BOOTCAMP 201.3 Gi disk0s3
/dev/disk1
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: FDiskpartitionscheme *931.5 Gi disk1
1: WindowsFAT32 My Book 931.3 Gi disk1s1
/dev/disk2
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: FRMCxFREDADVD *3.5 Gi disk2
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Device Identifier: disk0s3
Device Node: /dev/disk0s3
Part Of Whole: disk0
Device / Media Name: Untitled
Volume Name: BOOTCAMP
Mount Point: /Volumes/BOOTCAMP
File System: MS-DOS FAT32
Partition Type: Microsoft Basic Data
Bootable: Is bootable
Media Type: Generic
Protocol: SATA
SMART Status: Verified
Total Size: 201.3 Gi (216110792704 B) (422091392 512-byte blocks)
Free Space: 201.3 Gi (216109285376 B) (422088448 512-byte blocks)
Read Only: No
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And speaking of working, I haven't been to work for two days, because I have been home trying to figure this out. It's critical that I get boot camp working. So please, mates, can't you help me.
I simply don't know what to do:(
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In desperate need of help from BT

I am in the middle of the most frustrating series of events ever and its an absolutre shambles. What should have been a simple house move and resign up with BT (after many years a customer) has been a ridiculous farce. We had a connection date. You cancelled it for resaons that initially werent made clear. We rang to sort it out several times, were put through to many different departments, hung up on twice (professional CS!) have spent nearly 5 hours on the phone. Have now had our order cancelled 3 times. No one at BT has actually helped, plenty of apologies but these do not resolve the issue. We are now told, one month after initial connection date that you dont have control of the line??? You will have known this from the first attempt. To cap it all, someone from - I presume overseas call centre ( bad english, complete lack of understanding of basic conversation - not for the first time) has just rang and asked if we want to place an order as the last order has been cancelled. This will be the latest of a list or "orders" with no resolution. People that work dont have the time to be on the phone for numerous hours being passed from pillar to post with no sign of a resolution.
I have complained through the complaints email, guess what, no response.
Order number (latest cancelled) was HMNEAA********
I dont hold out much hope of anyone at BT being interested in sirting this out, but heres hoping

Hi skittycat,
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Desperate need of HELP for a Java GUI !

Hy people,
I am working on a project trying to display a GUI where its output is dependant on the user's input.
Here is a brief example of what Im trying to do:
You have a GUI that contains 2 panels. buttonPanel and DisplayPanel.
buttonPanel contains:
a dropdown list: includes choices of colors,
2 textfields: the length: (can enter from 1 to 100),
the width: (can enter from 1 to 100),
a checkbox: random
and a start button.
Now when I enter ALL the information needed in the components and then press start button, it should display its result in the DisplayPanel.
In my case, I want to display just one rectangle to start off. That will have its color changed by the dropdown choice made. Now Im forgetting about the length and width textfield for now cause that will be incorporated for something else later on.
I created a buttonLitener for the start button and an ItemListener for the dropDown List.
I declared and drew a rectangle specific to the color chosen by the user in a class I created called DrawingCanvas that extends Canvas and that overrides the paint method.
BUT My problem is that it does not display the rectangle I created in my DisplayPanel when I press on the Start button.
I provided a screenshot of the GUI interface, and my 2 java files. Is someone brave enough to fix my problem or even tell me what Im doing wrong ?!
ScreenShot:
http://www.hybrid.concordia.ca/~boumbo/GUIProblem.jpg
Java Files:
http://www.hybrid.concordia.ca/~boumbo/GUI.zip]Java Files
PLEASE I am not Amazing with Java, and pulling my hair out in figuring out my problem.
Thank you.

Seriously, look at the first reply in the following thread. It gives a pretty good idea of generally accepted good practices in the forum.
http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=603683
It is probably better to post code directly on the forum than to try to get people to take the extra steps to download, unzip, and compile your code. That way, they can just cut and paste to try to compile. Be sure to use [code][/code] tags to make your code easier to use. And, try to provide a small example of your problem if the code is very long or complex.
Another piece of advice. Don't try to challenge the regulars in this forum to prove that they are smart enough, brave enough, whatever enough to tackle YOUR problem. The regulars here include software engineers, authors, and generally very smart and experienced people They don't need to prove themselves to anyone.
What they want to see is that you have genuinely tried to understand your problem, rather than just running to the forum the first time you get a compiler error.
You seem to have been working on this problem. Go ahead and create a test case that shows what the problem is. Quite frequently, just doing that will help you solve the problem yourself.
Good luck.
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For every complex problem, there is a solution that is simple, neat,
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-- Henry Louis Mencken

New to BC and in desperate need of help setting up my online store!

So, I'm nearing the tear-your-hair-out stage of attempting to set up an online store.
I'm brand new to BC, and the only reason we're trying it out is because Adobe claims the integration for e-commerce is so easy. Ahem. I created a Muse website for a client ( http://themenschonabench.businesscatalyst.com/index.html ). For the time being, I just want to offer ONE item to be purchased through the 'cart' page. Can anyone give me easy to follow instructions on how to go about this? I've watched a million tutorials and haven't found one that SIMPLY explains how to link one product to a template I've already established in Muse.
Any and all help is greatly appreciated!

Yeah, Muse.
Muse is a basic site creator that steps you into the web world. For that it is really good and quite nice useability. But that is as far as it goes for now, It does not support more complex website features such as the eCommerce directly.
You need to have a beter understanding of html, css and javascript to utliise all of BC eCommerce properly, but without that knowledge if you just develop it in the BC Admin you can get something produced.

Poor student in desperate need of help getting my Adam 4017 and 18 units functioning!!

Thought I was getting a great deal. Like the loggers. Have them hooked up but I can not link to any program. Grant it I am a novice when it comes to these things. Im a microbiologist looking for bacteria that makes electric not a programmer.
I need the most cost effective way to record data off of these loggers. Im supposesd to begin a project on friday. Dasylab? Anything. If I can just collect the numbers in a folder I can process.
Please help.
Thanks

DASYLab 13 includes an ADAM module that should work with those units.
You do need to ensure that they are configured correctly, and have unique unit ids, and that they are wired correctly. Documentation should be available on the Advantech site.
You can download the DASYLab 13 evaluation from www.dasylab.com. Choose the Evaluation mode, and select the ADAM driver under the Data Acquisition packages.
- cj
Measurement Computing (MCC) has free technical support. Visit www.mccdaq.com and click on the "Support" tab for all support options, including DASYLab.

Refurbished MacBook, IN DESPERATE NEED OF HELP!!

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