Comments on: It’s alive!! http://edithfrost.com/its_alive/ Roller-skating enthusiast Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:40:21 +0000 hourly 1 By: edith http://edithfrost.com/its_alive/comment-page-1/#comment-4483 edith Tue, 15 Jun 2004 14:33:24 +0000 http://edithfrost.com/its_alive/#comment-4483 <p>I don't think these older iBooks have any kind of temperature sensor.  It's one of them "Late 2001" jobbies.  OH I get it, you're saying we could stick one in there somehow.  (I just woke up!) Yeah, I'd like to know, though I reckon it's just as easy to tell the old-fashioned way, by just holding it.  We know how hot they're supposed to be.  There's Cool, there's Warm, there's Hot, and there's CRAZY HOT. No computer should need to get that hot.  And the thunking, that can't be good right? </p> <p> Well, I had it running all night long streaming ambient music; seems fine right now.  We'll see.  Thanks for standing by while I slogged through all this yestiddy! </p> I don’t think these older iBooks have any kind of temperature sensor.  It’s one of them “Late 2001″ jobbies.  OH I get it, you’re saying we could stick one in there somehow.  (I just woke up!) Yeah, I’d like to know, though I reckon it’s just as easy to tell the old-fashioned way, by just holding it.  We know how hot they’re supposed to be.  There’s Cool, there’s Warm, there’s Hot, and there’s CRAZY HOT. No computer should need to get that hot.  And the thunking, that can’t be good right?

Well, I had it running all night long streaming ambient music; seems fine right now.  We’ll see.  Thanks for standing by while I slogged through all this yestiddy!

]]> By: rob j. http://edithfrost.com/its_alive/comment-page-1/#comment-4482 rob j. Tue, 15 Jun 2004 13:58:52 +0000 http://edithfrost.com/its_alive/#comment-4482 <p>(For some reason, my comment didn't display the first time -- odd.  This time for sure?) </p> <p> The rule for software licenses tends to be "one copy, one computer", unless you have a license agreement that covers multiple machines.  (I know Apple has or at least had "family" style licenses that covered all the machines in a house [up to five, I think].) That said, since it was ostensibly a hardware problem, not a software problem, violation of the OS terms and conditions shouldn't have been a violation of the AppleCare T&C;(in fact, taking a look, unless it was somehow "abuse and neglect", I have a hard time figuring out why they wouldn't/couldn't deal with it). </p> <p> I doubt there's any way to jury-rig a sensor on the machine without making modifications that void the warranty.  It would be nice to see the sort of temperature profile your laptop has. </p> <p> But at least it works (albeit with 10.2).  Yay! </p> (For some reason, my comment didn’t display the first time — odd.  This time for sure?)

The rule for software licenses tends to be “one copy, one computer”, unless you have a license agreement that covers multiple machines.  (I know Apple has or at least had “family” style licenses that covered all the machines in a house [up to five, I think].) That said, since it was ostensibly a hardware problem, not a software problem, violation of the OS terms and conditions shouldn’t have been a violation of the AppleCare T&C;(in fact, taking a look, unless it was somehow “abuse and neglect”, I have a hard time figuring out why they wouldn’t/couldn’t deal with it).

I doubt there’s any way to jury-rig a sensor on the machine without making modifications that void the warranty.  It would be nice to see the sort of temperature profile your laptop has.

But at least it works (albeit with 10.2).  Yay!

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