Q: Colored vertical lines on PB 17" display

I just got a line down the center of my display today. I read in this topic that it could be caused by heat. I was using my laptop on my lap (hey what a concept!) and I had no line when i closed it. It was fairly hot though. I walked it to my room, opened it up. Lo and behold a 1 pixel vertical line is right through it. Effin great. Now i'm up losing sleep trying to find a remedy so i can work tomorrow. I submitted my computer to the "database" of messed up VL computers and I'm not about to spend more money on this laptop as it is expensive enough.........

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Hi james, Hi all...

You are not the only one who think Apple doesn't take care of their costumers. There's nothing to do, as I can guess after lot of time spent in many genius bar at tokyo ( either if Tokyo is maybe the best place to be treated as costumer, as I felt, specially because I work with costumers) nobody knows the problem. Every time is the "first time I know about it" so genius people are not so genius , from my point of view, or they don't sat the truth.
I know many people NEED apple (designers, musicians, etc.) but for normal users and very experienced users linux seems to be a very good alternative, the only think is... yes of course, is free OS but you have to learn a lot and invest a lot of time until you have a working computer.

Of course who need a good computer NOW a mac is the easier way, but the consequences could be as everybody who has at least one of this "vertical lines of death" knows... I hope apple do something ... I hope they start doing something before they discover that IS A PROBLEM OF ALL COMPUTERS! not only the w85 shangai, march, and so on. bad luck for everybody of us.

We are very dissapointed in Apple.

pablo

P.S. Mine is a W85 Serial 2005 verison

To add to the numbers I too have a W85 17 " Powerbook that started developing vertical lines after 18 months of use. Apple Support could give no help and did not recognise the problem.

Can't really say something new I'm afraid, I had my PB 17" for about 26 months before it started displaying the first coloured line

I am experiencing the same problem with my PowerBook G4 screen. My first line was last week and this week another one appeared. My serial number begins with W8525****

one week has passed since line #9, now got a 10th line

Received my first blue line, one pixie wide, just above the F10 key, today. Come here to find ALL these others with the same problem. My first Apple laptop. They are just to expensive to have this happen. Yep, you guessed it W851 serial. After spending time reading this thread, I'm really depressed. This hurts, hurts, hurts.

Apple *** are you doing about this? When are you going to do something about this? I paid a bit over
AU $6K for my 17" and thankfully my one line hasn't come back, it's about time you did something to rectify this fault. Your customer service and credibility is up sh%$ creek on this as it's painfully aware with 14 pages regarding this so far.

Pull your finger out Apple and respond in the manner that is appropriately expected of a company such as Apple. At least put up something on the website saying that this issue is being looked into.

(I expect this post to be deleted as I'm saying something against Apple)

Another unhappy customer Mac!

Yes its a W8525 Serial #.

Anyone interested in a global media campaign?

4 more days, line #11.

speed is increasing.

only 1 day later, line #12.

I got three lines in the past five days.
Brings me up to eight now.
And Apple has "$15 billion in cash reserves."
I'm disgusted.

Hi everyone out there!
My girlfriend and I joined the VL club a few month ago...
Both powerbooks have a serial number beginning with W85 purchased in april 05.
We don't have an Apple care extension.
My girlfriend had her display replaced and I had to reclaim because it had not be done proprely even for the expensive cost!
I'm using now a second screen as I'm getting on my 20th vertical line which does hardly allow me to work.
As it is Christmas soon I'm expecting some white bearded red Apple to make a gift for all unfortunated VL club member!
Does anyone know if there is some move from above?
Happy Xmas!

The irony is that I have one PB17 that is about three years old and it does not have this problem. The three that are younger than that from 2005 do have this problem...

Keep hoping Adam, for my 3 years old PB 17 has just developped a thin pretty pink vertical line. Serial W84430...