I bought my 15" macbook pro mid 2010 (June to be exact) model pretty much the day it was released. I purchased it at the Navy Expo... and am no Noob when it comes to computers. I am very disappionted, because I simply don't feel that the value (even with it being tax free), is justified... and feel what Apple is doing is illegal by monopolizing it's products, even after purchase.
Don't get me wrong, I used to love it, but as time goes on, I am finding alot of problems that even though my Apple care has expired, should be covered by a recall, yet hasn't. First off, there was a malicious EFI update for this particular model (EFI 1.7) that was developed for "those few who complained about their perfectly capable MBP's not being able to read HDD speeds in access of 1.5 gb/s".
Well I had installed a SATA II HDD which was not reporting the 3.0GB/s, so I guess you could put me in that pool of complainers. I was happy to see this and downloaded and installed it immediately. Much to my surprise it locked up and siezed my computer.
After much research, since apple failed to deliver one, I found a EFI rollback that was developed by an outside source. Once installed my MBP worked perfect. After more research I found that it was a because HDD cable (assuming the one they installed only supported SATA I) and ordered a new one. Aftter I installed it, my MBP seemingly ran great (though I have yet to see major performance increases).
After all this, I have descovered my Win7 partition is having startup problems (says it's missing random DLL's (never the same one is listed) but isn't), and it is directly related to this 1.7 EFI update. When I roll back to the 1.6 it works fine, boots fine.
So basically I'm ticked because I feel apple purposely installed the HDD cable knowingly that it only supported SATA I speeds, then gives an update that supports SATAII to be used on an unsupported cable, To combat user modification to lure people who chose to swap HDDs themselves into buying the $50apple care.
This is unexceptable, yet we the consumer are stuck with the bill, in my case the cable i found online for $24 including shipping was still cheaper than the Apple Care, but I feel it should have been installed when it was in factory, meaning it should have been $24 I never should have spent. When restarting my computer multiple times until windows ignores the DLL error under the EFI 1.7 update, while practicing my flight sim (RealFlight 6.5) it's reporting frame rates as low as 8fps. This I feel is a total blow below the belt since the graphics ratings are Low, Medium, High, Very High... and I'm set on medium.
I for one would love to join a class action lawsuit against Apple, because I know I am not the only one who feels betrayed. For those fortunate to get a good series of MBP or Mac, I feel you were lucky ones, for as you can see there are other problems associated with other versions, that some are worse than the one I described. For the hefty price tag, one would expect apple care free of charge for at least 2 years but isn't. Convienent they release that update right past the 1 year mark which is the when the Origianl purchase warranty expires. But for now can someone tell me what to do to get my Sim running smoothly... like it should damn well already be. Impossible to do complex manuvuers with frame rates bogging that low.
I guess what I'm saying is anybody with a little brains can build a better Mac than apple themselves when spending this kind of cash. No wonder Hackitosh is growing rapidly in populatirity.
A few tech specs for those who think they can help
Intel Core Duo @ 2.53 GHz
8.0 GB DDR3 RAM
Seagate 500GB Momentus XT Hybrid Drive
OS X Snow Leopard (fastest and best performance, and love this version of finder the best)
Running Bootcamp 3.3 (latest version)
Don't get me wrong, I used to love it, but as time goes on, I am finding alot of problems that even though my Apple care has expired, should be covered by a recall, yet hasn't. First off, there was a malicious EFI update for this particular model (EFI 1.7) that was developed for "those few who complained about their perfectly capable MBP's not being able to read HDD speeds in access of 1.5 gb/s".
Well I had installed a SATA II HDD which was not reporting the 3.0GB/s, so I guess you could put me in that pool of complainers. I was happy to see this and downloaded and installed it immediately. Much to my surprise it locked up and siezed my computer.
After much research, since apple failed to deliver one, I found a EFI rollback that was developed by an outside source. Once installed my MBP worked perfect. After more research I found that it was a because HDD cable (assuming the one they installed only supported SATA I) and ordered a new one. Aftter I installed it, my MBP seemingly ran great (though I have yet to see major performance increases).
After all this, I have descovered my Win7 partition is having startup problems (says it's missing random DLL's (never the same one is listed) but isn't), and it is directly related to this 1.7 EFI update. When I roll back to the 1.6 it works fine, boots fine.
So basically I'm ticked because I feel apple purposely installed the HDD cable knowingly that it only supported SATA I speeds, then gives an update that supports SATAII to be used on an unsupported cable, To combat user modification to lure people who chose to swap HDDs themselves into buying the $50apple care.
This is unexceptable, yet we the consumer are stuck with the bill, in my case the cable i found online for $24 including shipping was still cheaper than the Apple Care, but I feel it should have been installed when it was in factory, meaning it should have been $24 I never should have spent. When restarting my computer multiple times until windows ignores the DLL error under the EFI 1.7 update, while practicing my flight sim (RealFlight 6.5) it's reporting frame rates as low as 8fps. This I feel is a total blow below the belt since the graphics ratings are Low, Medium, High, Very High... and I'm set on medium.
I for one would love to join a class action lawsuit against Apple, because I know I am not the only one who feels betrayed. For those fortunate to get a good series of MBP or Mac, I feel you were lucky ones, for as you can see there are other problems associated with other versions, that some are worse than the one I described. For the hefty price tag, one would expect apple care free of charge for at least 2 years but isn't. Convienent they release that update right past the 1 year mark which is the when the Origianl purchase warranty expires. But for now can someone tell me what to do to get my Sim running smoothly... like it should damn well already be. Impossible to do complex manuvuers with frame rates bogging that low.
I guess what I'm saying is anybody with a little brains can build a better Mac than apple themselves when spending this kind of cash. No wonder Hackitosh is growing rapidly in populatirity.
A few tech specs for those who think they can help
Intel Core Duo @ 2.53 GHz
8.0 GB DDR3 RAM
Seagate 500GB Momentus XT Hybrid Drive
OS X Snow Leopard (fastest and best performance, and love this version of finder the best)
Running Bootcamp 3.3 (latest version)
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