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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. Reminds me of that sweet Powerbook 5200 by jimmyhat3939 · · Score: 0, Troll
    Now that was a cool machine. Mine caught fire in the middle of a class. Pretty embarrassing to try and explain to the professor why there's black smoke curling up from your laptop.

    My global opinion of Apple is that they're extremely innovative, but repeatedly when the rubber hits the road they start to have problems. Same thing happened back in the late 1980s, again in the late 1990s, and I predict it's coming once again. 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.

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

      Your fanboyness is seriously clouding your judgement. Do some research and you will find that they have problems with almost every product they produce. This isn't unique to them. It's common. The point I'm making is that they are no more perfect than anyone else so get over it. Overall they make good quality stuff but so do many other companies. What of it? Is this guy not alowed to have a problem with his iBook without some fanboy flaming him? Oh yeah, I forgot...clearly he must be a troll...

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  2. Story == BS by hkb · · Score: 1, Troll

    This story is bullshit. Most week 12 machines still have the problem. It is NOT fixed yet.

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  3. Re:Nice! by jargoone · · Score: 1, Troll

    No, most other companies would have done enough testing to get the glaring bugs worked out before a gigantic release such as this. I'm not saying Apple doesn't have good service, but let's tell it like it is.

  4. Business strategy by protobion · · Score: 0, Troll

    They did a similar thing with the iPod screens getting sctratched. So let me get this, rolling out defective a product and then doing excellent service to fix it, is a good business strategy ? No wonder Apple could never make gross profits.

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  5. Re:First... by heinousjay · · Score: 0, Troll

    That's pretty funny. Sorry you got modded down, although it was inevitable.

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