Apple Faces Up to the MacBook Whining

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Thursday July 27, 2006 @02:47AM from the some-high-pitched-whining-all-right dept.

Whiney Mac Fanboy writes "The Register is reporting that Apple has finally admitted to the 'high pitched whining' problems with it's MacBook line — but only to tell customers to contact AppleCare. From the article: 'MacBook Pro users have complained about numerous noises emanating from their machines since the Intel-based notebooks began shipping in February this year. Audible irritations reported by machine owners include whining sounds coming from the screen, from the body of the notebook, and from the area below the screen hinge when the laptop's running on batteries and both cores of the Core Duo CPU are enabled.'"

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Macbook sounds like a real dud... by Hamster+Lover · 2006-07-27 03:09 · Score: -1, Flamebait

Between problems with the magnetic power connector not working properly, the discoloration of the case, to problems with the trackpad and now this noise issue the Macbook doesn't sound like a very well engineered machine.

Mac laptops always seem to have these fucked up problems. I have a friend who used to do third party Mac warranty fulfilment and said there were there numerous problems with the Firewire connectors and a fire issue with the power adaptors on the Powerbook that Apple refused to acknowledge or solve. He recommended that if you were ever bought a Mac laptop to ensure that your also bought a third party warranty to cover all the things that Apple does not.