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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."

6 of 410 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Reminds me of that sweet Powerbook 5200 by xwizbt · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Bollocks.

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  2. They changed the tab key? by xWeston · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I'm not sure what indentifiable is.

    Care to explain?

  3. Re:Don't they check their spelling and grammar? by pLnCrZy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I would be more inclined to think they meant "identifiable."

  4. Re:Don't they check their spelling and grammar? by gforce811 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    In response to my own parent. Nothing to see here, please move along.

  5. stick to Linux! by jpalit · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Buy a good quality laptop, and load linux on it. Lots of help on how to load Linux on any laptop is available. E.g.:

    http://www.linux-laptop.net/

    Point is that Apple mixes up software with hardware. On paper this may look good. In practice, this may result in compromise in either the software quality or hardware quality. Kind of like why SGI went down the tubes.

  6. Re:Recalls by Weedlekin · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    #12 bulging capacitor problem in rev. 1 iMac G5. Although to be fair to Apple, this particular problem hit a lot of other electronics manufacturers as well, and it wasn't due to saving a few dollars by buying cheap capacitors.

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