Re: Trackpad bug, all recent year 2005 powerbooks (not iBooks)

Mark Conrad wrote:
>
> Hmm, for some reason this post did not show up in "portables" NG, I
> hope this does not result in a double posting of the same thread.
>
> Some time ago I erroneously reported a "workaround" in these forums,
> for a chronic hardware "bug" that afflicts all _recent_ year 2005
> powerbooks. (NOT iBooks)
>
> The workaround was originally reported in MacFixit, however the
> workaround does not work, at least for me.
>
> The Bug:
>
> At startup, when the option key is held down in order to get the
> volumes select screen, the bug becomes apparent.
>
> "stroking" the trackpad at normal finger speed, the cursor refuses to
> move at all.
>
> Bug only afflicts the trackpad, not any mouse.
>
> With rapid stroking of the trackpad, the cursor can be made to move a
> short distance.
>
> It takes anywhere from 10 to 15 rapid stroking movements to move the
> cursor to the desired icon on the screen, very frustrating.
>
> After a month of battling Apple about this bug, I have the impression
> that they do not intend to do anything about it, because it might
> involve a gigantic recall of many thousands of powerbooks.
>
> ...so we Mac users are screwed, and just have to put up with small
> annoyances like this, and other minor bugs which fall into the same
> general category.
>
> The main problem, as I see it, is that Apple just has too many irons in
> the pot. They can't clear up all the faults that afflict hardware and
> software, so they concentrate on major problems and completely ignore
> the minor problems.
>
> So be it, I can live with that. My Macs are _still_ a lot better
> than my PC alternative hardware, which I only use rarely, for
> specialized purposes like speech-to-text dictation, for example.
>
> Mark-

Any other way to select the disks, tab button? never tried it so I dont
know, but it's not something you do every day anyway, the majority of
powerbook users probably never see that screen.

I've just rebooted my 2004 powerbook into option key mode, and the tab
button and return key do allow you to select the boot disk. It seems
that pretty much makes it a non issue unless this has been disabled on
the later model.

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