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MacBook Woes?

Post by Frodo »

http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/10/20 ... /index.php

This may be one person's experience, but somehow there is a class action lawsuit about this very issue....

http://www.appledefects.com/?p=129

Is it me, or have there been a noticeable increase in defective Mac products? Recently one of the newer iPods shipped with a Microsoft virus!!

http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/10/18 ... /index.php

Aw, it could happen to anyone, I suppose-- but ooo, the growing pains...
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Post by Jim »

http://www.appledefects.com/wiki/index. ... acBook_Pro

I will never buy a first generation Apple product. That's just asking for trouble.

And most of their pro software, OS and Quicktime... as history illustrates, best to stay away until x.4.
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Post by Dwetmaster »

I will never buy a first generation Apple product. That's just asking for trouble.
But the G5 weren't first gen and I believe they still had freezing issues, power supply, logic board & cpu issues...

Yes Frodo I find that Apple's reputation as being ROCK-SOLID & Bullet proof is a bit going down. Would bad Q.A. be the price to pay for Growing in business???
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Post by Spikey Horse »

Apparently it's called 'RSS' or Random Shutdown Syndrome. I am happy as it puts me off buying a macbook for a while which I can't afford anyway.

Also I heard the next generation of MB's and MBP's are due out by Xmas (or possibly just after for the MB).

But isn't it kind of a symptom of the rate of advancement of technology these days? - I mean there just isn't enough time between product 'generations' to really test real world things like heat sinks properly ....

I had 3 defective iPods replaced by apple before I finally got one that worked - I felt a bit like part of the product development team but it meant I effectively got an free upgrade from a big chunky 'music only' iPod to super slim video iPod. :D

OK so computers are slightly different - I wasn't using my iPod to make a living ....
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