What is the average lifespan of the mac book

what is the average lifespan of the mac book

Mine is a 2006 core duo (first ones produced) with 10.6.8 that is used almost daily. It has great value as I can run PPC (Pre Intel) programs through Rosetta.Also I have a printer and a scanner that that I use which are not supported by My MBP with 10.7.
What is old in not automatically obsolete,
and what is new is not necessarily needed.

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What is the average lifespan of a macbook pro?

I'm really curious because I want my macbook to be useful for a couple of years. I just purchased the newest model out. Does anyone know or have experience of their long life macbook pro's? How long has anyone's macbook pro lasted? And I don't mean by the battery, but the whole laptop. Or in general, what is the average lifespan of a macbook pro?

If you take good care of it, you can get a decade or more out of it.
The LEDs that provide the display backlighting will eventually wear out and need to be replaced. Likewise, the LCD screen itself isn't going to last forever. The point is: for a high-technology product, the MBPs have an incredible lifespan. They're very good laptops.
I have G4 PowerBooks that are 5 years old and still going strong. Apple notebooks are good quality, long-lasting machines.

What do i need to connect my mac book pro to the tv with the thunderbolt on the mac to hdmi? I have the newest macbook pro. I'm wanting to have the best picture I can get from my 1080p tv. thanks

what do i need to connect my mac book pro to the tv with the mac's thunderbolt port to hdmi? I have the newest macbook pro. I'm wanting to have the best picture I can get from my 1080p tv. thanks

Thanks Community! I solved the problem. In fact it was not a problem but lack of understanding. These guys at Apple are way ahead in thir thinking. I will try to explain as short as I can.
In Lion, ihe Prefferences/Display show only two choices: 6-7 steps of resolution and some color tab. No two screens, no two display to overlap, nothing for us to do. "That was the problem"! Everything is automatic.
When I connected the HDMI cable to the Miniport into a T-bolt slot, the TV screen showed the "spiral galaxy" how Zyriab is calling it. In fact he gave me the best clue. That shows the connection is good. But where is the Mac Book image?
You have to drag it to the right out of the Mac Book display area, and "voila!" it will continue on the TV screen. The same with the mouse pointer, push it out ofthe Mac Book display area and you see it on the TV sreen. Good image, you can keep the max resolution, etc. The sound is still on the Book's speakers. I have to figure that out.
Thank everybody, especialy Zyriab, ne was the closest.
High regards to everybody

Hi, I have a 3 year old Macbook Pro 13" and I accidentally cracked the outer screen of my mac book, however the LCD panel is fine and works well. Please advise what to do

Hi, I have a 3 year old Macbook Pro 13" and I accidentally cracked the outer screen of my mac book, however the LCD panel is fine and works well. Please advise what to do. I live in India and I have gone to authorised Apple technicians and they infomed me that I will have to replace the LCD panel as well even though it is not cracked, is this really true or can I just change the outer shell? Also they say that they cannot do it in India... can I do it myself at home?

Since it is 3 years old find a local repair shop that can replace the glass Only. you may have to send it out to a Non Local shop for that but there are some that specialize in doiing that on Mac notebooks.
Apple will ony replace the complete screen enclosure with all normal parts included, LCD, Camera, Aluminum housing and glass as one unit. Which is very expensive. Or you could just use it as a desktop system with external monitor and buy a new notebook.

What is the highest operating system a mac book 2006 can get

what is the highest operating system a mac book 2006 can get

Mac OS X 10.6.8 on Core Duo models, and Mac OS X 10.7.5 on Core 2 Duo Macs.
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What is the other category on my mac book pro for hard drive space on how do I improve on it

What is the "other" category on my mac book pro for hard drive space? I found out that it is taking a whole lot of my computer's space...how do I find what it is and optimize it?

If you need to remove files for space see The XLab FAQs and read the FAQ on freeing space on your hard drive. Also see Freeing space on your Mac OS X startup disk.
Under no circumstances should you try deleting files outside of your Home folder.

What is the average speed for the fans? Mine seem really slow.

What is the average speed for the fans in a MacBook Pro? When my computer is fairly idle, like right now, the fans are at roughly 1000 rpm each. Is that normal? I have seen posts where the fans are 2500-5000 rpm, so mine seem a bit low. That may explain why my computer has been getting hotter more quickly lately - this started happening after Apple replaced my logic board a few days ago.

I installed smcFanControl2 and according to that program, Apple's defaults are 2,000RPMs and the program will not let you set it any lower than that because of the increased risk of damage.
My fans are always at 2,000RPMs during normal usage, and then once I fire up a DVD or Photoshop it usually goes up to the 3,000s or so.

For some reason the guest user on my mac book pro has a password and did not set a password on it how do I remove it?

For some reason there a password on the guest user on my mac book pro when I try to login in to for someone to use, I didn't set the password I try to remove it and try disable the guest user but didn't work so don't know what to do please help

Restart the computer (with Parental Controls off) and try again. If there's no change, see below.
If you don't already have a current backup, back up all data, then reinstall the OS.* You don't need to erase the startup volume, and you won't need the backup unless something goes wrong. If the system was upgraded from an older version of OS X, you may need the Apple ID and password you used.
If you use FileVault 2, then before running the Installer you must launch Disk Utility and select the icon of the FileVault startup volume ("Macintosh HD," unless you gave it a different name.) It will be nested below another icon with the same name. Click the Unlock button in the toolbar and enter your login password when prompted. Then quit Disk Utility to be returned to the main Recovery screen.
There are ways to back up a computer that isn't fully functional. Ask if you need guidance.
If you installed the Java runtime distributed by Apple and still need it, you'll have to reinstall it. The same goes for Xcode. All other data will be preserved.
*The linked support article refers to OS X 10.10 ("Yosemite"), but the procedure is the same for OS X 10.7 ("Lion") and later.

No matter where I go, as soon as I turn on the Internet on my new Mac Book Pro, everyone else is no longer able to use the Internet. How can I fix this?

No matter where I go, as soon as I turn on the Internet on my new Mac Book Pro, everyone else is no longer able to use the Internet. How can I fix this? I received it as a gift for college, but its hard to do research when everyone constantly yells at me to get off because they can no longer continue what they're doing.
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" how can I sync my iphone to my mac book without losing all the music and pictures on it?"
You cannot. Copy everything you want form the old computer to the new one, then sync it.
it basically says you have to erase your iphone to sync to a new itunes!
Correct Iphone will sync, or manually manage, with one and only one computer/library at a time. Syncing, or manually managing, to another will indeed erase the current content.

How do I calculate the average of ONLY the populated fields?

I'm working on an Adobe form to streamline the process of summarizing course evaluations. To protect the anonymity of the students, instructors with 10 or fewer students are given a typed summary of the evaluation results. On the first half of the evaluation, the students are asked to rate a series of statements from 1-5. Three of these are highlighted on the summary form with the average response.
I've already set up the form with 10 unique boxes for each question and an 11th box which calculates the average. Each field is named according to the question number and the student's "number" (I arbitrarily gave each student a number so that each field would be unique):
i.e. #1. Questionquestionquestion. Q1S1 Q1S2 Q1S3 Q1S4 Q1S5 Q1S6 Q1S7 Q1S8 Q1S9 Q1S10 1AVG
The problem, of course, is that no matter how many students were actually in the class, the AVG field will always be calculated based on a group of 10...which isn't accurate or fair to the instructor. I thought about just changing the form and removing the unused fields from the equation each time I make up a new summary, but the point of creating a form was to make it as quick and easy as possible to bang these things out... Plus, some of my coworkers might be using the form from time to time and I'd have to explain what they have to do and if they don't have Adobe Acrobat then they can't actually make the changes and blah blah blah...it just gets ridiculous really quickly!
So anyway, I tried reading some other posts for similar questions in an attempt to figure out a custom calculation script for myself, but I just couldn't focus on it.
I was hoping someone could explain how to write a custom calculation script that will omit any fields which are left blank... Or, even better...is anyone willing to write it for me? At least just an example of the first guy, cause I could probably figure out how to get all the other ones from there.
Thanks.

In formcalc the function Avg will calculate the average of only the fields with a value in them. So you would would put in the calcuate event of the average field:
$ = Avg(Q1S1,Q1S2,Q1S3,Q1S4, etc)

HT4927 I have just downloaded iPhoto from the app store. The photo library from my old laptop was backed up on an external hard drive and I retrieved the photos from there. Now when I open the photos on my new Mac Book Pro, they are small - am I missing

I have just downloaded iPhoto from the app store. The photo library from my old laptop was backed up on an external hard drive and I retrieved the photos from there. Now when I open the photos on my new Mac Book Pro, they are small - am I missing something?
I am using 10.8.2 Mountain Lion btw

I dragged the Photo library icon from the backup drive on to iPhoto on the laptop
That means you imported one Library to another.
Never import one Library to another. Every version and thumbnail is imported like a distinct photo, you lose all your Albums, Keywords etc., the link between Original and Previews is destroyed, the non-destructive editing feature is ruined and so on. In summary: it's mess.
So the reason you're seeing small photos is because you're seeing the iPhoto thumbnails from the back up library.
So, what to do?
Do you still have the back up? If so, trash this bunged up library and restore from the back up again. HOw to restore will depend entirely on how you made the back up, but no version of restoring includes importing the library.
Regards
TD

HT3964 the indicator light on my mac book pro does not come on and the computer will not start

what can i do if the indicator light on my mac book pro does not come on and the computer will not start?

Here are a couple of trouble shooting articles that may assist you:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1367
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3353
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For some reason the function keys on my mac book changed, I restored them and now the shift keys have the function of showing the desktop and all windows. I there a way I can restore the original function?

For some reason the function keys on my mac book changed, I restored them and now the shift keys have the function of showing the desktop and all windows.
I there a way I can restore the original function?

You do not tell us what OS version you have. In OS 10.8.2, do this:
Apple Menu / System Preferences / Language and Text / Input Sources.
Select the language you want. Mine is set to Canadian English.

Great products from apple versus the average man in the street.

hi evryone.
my name is brian and i live in a country south africa.i don't own any apple product and her in lies my complaint.
how is it possible that any company can design what they call a great product but which only a few can afford.
i know that living in SA there is the rand/dollar exchange rate issue but sit back and think a little.
if the cost of living is a one to one ratio then any product lets say the apple i-phone costs $500.00
hence in SA the product should cost R500.00(excluding profit margins etc)
but here products will cost you R8000.00 which in turn (ratio wise) will cost $8000.00
i don't think that any sane person will pay $8000.00 for an i-phone.
why! if an excellent product with the likes of i-pad , i-phone and i-pods are so highly rated can the average man in the street not afford them.
i would love to own an i-pad and an i-phone,i wish my 2 children could have i-pads or i-phones and i-pods, but because of issues wrt pricing in SA it not just possible.
is there no way that apple can (besides build all these great products) work out strategies which will allow individuals ,as myself, to be able to afford these kind of products.
or is that not the 'jobs' description of having a great product.

First of all, this a user-to-user forum. You are not talking to Apple employees here. For that you want the feedback page;
http://www.apple.com/feedback/macosx.html
As far as pricing is concerned, the exchange rate gives US$900 currently at around R6,050.00. Add on shipping costs and local dealer margins, not to mention import taxes and local sales taxes if they apply and you can see how the price mounts.
Cost of living, unfortunately, is not a measure much heeded by business. They have to make a profit on the product.
Basically, it's down to the economic climate and international perceptions of the SA economy as to where exchange rates fall, and only your government can do much to influence that.

I just upgraded to the New OS on my Mac Book Pro and now my trackpad does not zoom in or out. I looked at system settings on trackpad and it is set, but does not work How do I get it started?

I just upgraded to the New OS on my Mac Book Pro and now my trackpad does not zoom in or out. I looked at system settings on trackpad and it is set, but does not work How do I get it started?

This is really unfortunate. I'm sorry that nothing works. I was going to mention holding down the power button and doing a force shutdown but you already did that. You might need to take it into the Apple store. I don't know if booting into safe mode would help. You would have to turn off the machine again, hit the start button and hold down the shift key after you hear the tone, but normally you would let go of the shift key when you see the apple logo and spining wheel. Maybe by holding down the shift key after you here the tone will cause the screen to come back on? The other option is to start up from the 'install disk' if your machine came with one. You would insert the disk, then shut down the computer, and hold down the C key right after hitting the start button.
Here's the link for the safeboot
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1564?viewlocale=nl_nl

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