This year Apple is offering $100 GC for back to school laptops (www.apple.ca)

+ Credit card connected to Paypal (credit card points)

+ Double the Aeroplan Points (http://www1.aeroplan.com/estore/) 

+ 5% cash back - Paying with Paypal   (www.paypal.com)

+ 2.0% cashback - buying through this site (http://www.ebates.com/stores/store.apple.ca.htm)

+ 1.5% cashback - buying through this site (www.greatcanadianrebates.ca)

 If a Teacher discount, if you are a teacher or buying one for him/her, can try in conjunction to the cashback ones too.

+  MBP 13" is $100 off

+  Aeroplan Points (not double the point) http://www1.aeroplan.com/estore/electronics-computers/desktops-laptops/apple-store-for-education/prodappleeducation.html?omni=is

if you have a whole bunch of tabs open and logged in (ebates, GCR, and aeroplan) connected to apple.ca site and pay with Paypal on the apple site, this might work ?!?

Let me know if this works...

I bought a Ribbon cable for the screen, which is NOT the ribbon cable I plan to modify. I was also thinking about replacing the screen entirely but, it was a bit too pricey for me, it would cost me between $90-130 with shipping and brokerage. So I just repair the damaged ribbon cable. (There are two ribbon cables that go into the screen, the one that you are repairing is not detachable from the screen.)  

So what did was follow these instructions to remove the display on the laptop:

http://www.insidemylaptop.com/replace-broken-screen-acer-aspire-3810t-laptop/

I got the repair idea from this blogger:

http://djcristi16.blogspot.ca/2011/07/acer-3810t-lcd-backlight-broken.html

to repair the ribbon cable that has a 90 degree bend that causes the traces to be broken and cause the screen to go blank.

Tools you need:

- X-acto knife, small phillips head screwdriver, solder, fine tipped soldering iron, 30 gauge hookup wire, tweezers (if you have big fingers.), teflon/electrical tape, and (if you want to test your connections) a multi-meter.

Without removing the clips:

After removing the clips, I put the display on the keyboard:

So there are basically there are two ribbon cables, the detachable ribbon cable is on the left in this picture held by tape. After removing that, you can detach the display. The ribbon cable on the right has a 90 degree bend in the cable from the screen to the connector on the circuit board. 

So here is a close up of the repair and taped up to securely fasten the repair. I made sure to tape around it  to ensure no shorts are present. This is very delicate because traces may be broken or shorted if you are not careful: either with removing the insulation, soldering or taping down.  

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/apple-samsung-smartphone-clash-heads-jury-180334854.html

or

http://modmyi.com/content/8635-verdict-samsung-violated-apple-patents-apple-awarded-1-05-billion-damages.html

Here's my $0.02,

You build a box, I build a box, and we both build a box.  Hey! your box is like mine, it's square in shape, it has six sides, made from card board.. See you in Court!!
Fight, Fight, Fight!!
2 great products, but different ( and yes I think most people can tell them apart!)

As a consumer, I prefer they fight! more competition = lower prices!

As a supporter of Technology, they should just do profit sharing for both brands, but greed ("making money" is more politically correct terminology) is the current bottom line and that includes preventing others from infringing on their market shares.   

As a citizen of this planet, I feel this is benefiting the lawyers involved and tying up the courts. I know... lawyers need to eat too.

So it's all perspective!

As I head back to a Metropolis city to work, I'll remember this great journey, that it is nice to appreciate the wilderness and companies like Suncor that try really hard to support sustainability, and safety of thier workers.  

Remember the more optimistic yet realistic you are... the happier you will be!

I don't want to hear that anyone got scammed by this guy that is why I'm posting this!

I didn't lose any money, but I'm 99% sure this is a SCAM!

Remember, Cash and Carry only! (meet in public place to be safe!)

Absolutely NO Western Union Money transfers!! 

How do I know this is a Scam?(see emails below)

1) Western Union Payment, when he stated Cash in the beginning. 

2) The product is not the latest model. despite posting on June 24, 2012.

3) He said the Macbook Pro was a gift from his company. but the stock computer comes in 4 Gigs of RAM, but he has 8 Gigs instead. What company would upgrade a gift?

The DETAILS of this person are: (maybe this is fake as well)

 Name: Cole Burton
Address: 181 Granville Road
City/State: London
Country: United Kingdom
Zip code: NW2 2LH
Email: colew99col@gmail.com

Hello,

The shipment is started.

Please check carefully all folders of your email address. (including junk/bulk folder)
The shipment confirmation from ups should be in your email by now.
Please read it carefully because there you'll find all the instructions regarding payment and delivery.
Note that when you'll send the money through Western Union, there will be a money transfer fee. You can deduct it from the amount and send me the rest.
So, if you send the money Monday morning, you'll get the macbook on Wednesday.

Let me know when the money transfer is done and give me the information.

Thanks

]]> Wed, 04 May 2011 06:10:56 GMT it seems I have configured the signing for tablet applications successfully, but unable to sign the .bar file for a Blackberry WebWorks application for some reason, I get the following error message. (see attachment)

[ERROR] Failed to load DOM from bbwp.properties

[ERROR] Error while locating in the bbwp.properties

PROBLEM:

when I enter the bbwp command, I even tried to run these different commands (which worked before) with and without the signing Neither of these line worked:

bbwp "c:\temp\myApp.zip" (This one worked before)

bbwp "c:\temp\myApp.zip" -gcsk -gp12 -buildId 10 -o "c:\temp"

These command lines are instructed as per the following webpage: http://docs.blackberry.com/en/developers/deliverables/23977/Si gn_t he_cod_file_for_a_BB_Widget_application_836008_11.jsp

I checked the in web development solution and found this link but, it does not resolve my problem. http://supportforums.blackberry.com/t5/Web-Development/Failed- to- load-DOM-from-bbwp-properties/m-p/730473/highlight/true#M8495

Assuming that it is related to using Window 7, I have turned off the UAC (User Account Control) and ran the command prompt as an administrator, yet I still get the same error message.

SOLUTION THAT WORKED FOR ME:

I overcame this problem by NOT using Win 7. I re-installed on Win XP. Apparently there are Win 7 problems when signing. Before you do fresh setup to Win XP, make sure you try signing as an administrator first.

SOLUTION FROM BLACKBERRY (3 week wait time):

The error message that you have described is a result of one of two scenarios.

SCENARIO 1

The first scenario that may be causing this issue is your Java configuration. Please be sure to have the 1.6 version of the JDK installed while also ensuring that your have set the JAVA_HOME environment variable. Insturctions on doing so are as follows:

1. Go to www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html .

2. Click Download JDK.

3. From the Platform drop-down list, select the platform you are developing on.

4. After reviewing the license agreement, select the license checkbox. Click Continue.

5. Click the filename and save the file to a location on your computer.

6. Double-click the exe file and proceed with the installation.

7. Update the PATH environment variable to point to the newly installed JDK by completing the following steps:

a. From the Control Panel, select System.

b. On the Advanced tab, click Environment Variables.

c. Under System variables, select the Path variable and click Edit.

d. At the beginning of the Variable value field, type the path of the JDK followed by a semicolon ; For example, C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_21\bin;

d. Click OK to save and close the Environment Variables window.

SCENARIO 2

The second scenario that may be causing this error would be related to administrative privileges/permissions. Please be sure that you are running all development operations as an administrator (not just logged in as the administrator) and that the UAC is turned off.]]> Sat, 16 Apr 2011 08:22:00 GMT To change the setting, click Start | Run, type GPEDIT.MSC, click OK. Drill down to Computer Configuration | Windows Settings | Security Settings | Local Policies | Security Options. In the right pane, find “Shutdown: Clear virtual memory pagefile.” Click on "Properties" then change to "Enabled." NOTE: Since someone actually has to have set this policy. Thanks Graeme J.W. Smith]]> Fri, 15 Apr 2011 07:38:23 GMT