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Apple Begins Fixing MacBook Pro Issues

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the help-on-the-way dept.

Hack Jandy writes "For those of you who bought one of the first generation Macbook Pros, a new replacement may be in your future. Flickering LCDs, overheating and intermittent WiFi connections are all common place for many of these first generation machines, but apparently Apple is fixing the problem. The article claims 'According to Apple, it has begun replacing the mainboard inside its MacBook Pros with a new revision. It calls the updated product "revision D," which is identifiable by product serial number.' If you have a reservation at an Apple Store, they may even replace your MBP with a new one."

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  1. What if you don't have one? by Spytap · · Score: 4, Funny

    they may even replace your MBP with a new one.
    That's nice, what do I have to do to get them to replace my 3 year old iBook with a new Mac Book Pro? That's infinitely more interesting to me ;)

    1. Re:What if you don't have one? by Blastrogath · · Score: 4, Funny

      > That's nice, what do I have to do to get them to replace my 3 year old iBook with a new Mac Book Pro? That's infinitely more interesting to me ;)

      Do you still have 2 healthy kidneys?

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    2. Re:What if you don't have one? by Ohreally_factor · · Score: 4, Funny

      Do you still have 2 healthy kidneys?

      Won't work. Steve Jobs is a vegetarian.

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  2. The Big Question Is: by TubeSteak · · Score: 4, Funny

    How long will the repair take?

    I know some of the /bots are barely willing to part with their precious laptops while they sleep, much less for a week to get the mobo replaced.

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    1. Re:The Big Question Is: by adpowers · · Score: 2, Funny

      Or, if they are servicing your TiBook:

      1. Leave it at the Apple store.
      2. Wait 2 weeks with no information.
      3. Hurricane hits where the computer is stored.
      4. Finally get told that they can't repair it (now four weeks after #1).
      5. Get sent a new AlBook.

  3. There's the problem, by ScrewMaster · · Score: 5, Funny

    Flicking LCDs, overheating and intermitting WiFi connections are all common place

    If you people would stop flicking your LCD panels around they probably wouldn't break so often. They're quite delicate you know.

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  4. XP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    A stock copy of Windows XP won't install on my MacBook.

    I have contacted Apple numerous times without any response.. what the hell kind of support is that?

    I really hope they fix my issue or I am going to be a pissed off Apple customer.

  5. "Moo"ing scared the crap out of me.. by ModernGeek · · Score: 4, Funny

    ..I was in the libraries basement working on a project, and the macbook pro kept making the intermittent "moo" sound. It was about 11 at night, and no one else was around, so it scared the crap out of me, it sounded like a distant ghost. I felt like an idiot after searching the whole library trying to find out what the noise was when it was right in front of me! I guess I need to make an appointment with the closest apple store to get a replacement.

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    1. Re:"Moo"ing scared the crap out of me.. by Stormwatch · · Score: 4, Funny

      Aaahh! It's the ghost of Clarus the dogcow! o.O

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    2. Re:"Moo"ing scared the crap out of me.. by vistic · · Score: 4, Funny

      It's the ghost of the old Gateway laptop you got rid of when you got your brand new MacBook Pro.

  6. Re:But... but... but... QWZX by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    To be fair, the laptops only caught fire because they got too close to the light that shines out of Steve Jobs' asshole.

  7. Re:Nice! by ioErr · · Score: 3, Funny

    I've kept the icons on my desktop arranged by kind for months in Tiger. The only time the positioning acts up is when I have more icons than fit on the desktop. Which is a good sign it's time to start archiving stuff.

  8. Re:Nice! by balloot · · Score: 1, Funny

    Huh? I have a Powerbook that is almost 2 and a half years old and I haven't noticed much drop off on the battery charge time at all. It must be nice for Dell to have customers who expect key parts on their computers to fail after just a year's time. Can't disappoint those who start with ridiculously low expectations, huh?

  9. Ah, that explains it. by Durf · · Score: 3, Funny

    Their products are beautiful and wonderful, but they never can get over that hump that other big companies surmount to being able to mass-produce a product while maintaining its greatness.

    I was wondering why the iPod never really took off . . . That was a neat little music player. Such a shame.

  10. Re:Nice! by Mr.+Underbridge · · Score: 5, Funny
    I sure as hell know which company my $2500 is going to next time around...

    I like Dell too, but I don't know if I'd buy 4 of them.