I've owned 4 MacBook Pros dating back to the 2006(glossy) model. That's the only one that had an issue and it was due to the way I was handling it. AppleCare replaced the A/C adapter under warranty. Additionally, my family has 3 different Mac portables dating back to an original white MacBook, and none of their MagSafe adapters have failed.
I'm going to venture a guess that the vast majority doesn't have any problems with these.
Well, on the UK Apple store for the charger I have had to purchase to replace the previous piece of crap charger, the average rating was given as 1.5 stars out of 5. The actual ratings were
5 stars: 24
4 stars: 5
3 stars: 7
2 stars: 26
1 star (the lowest): 221
In the US the figures are (again, 1.5 star average):
5 stars: 135
4 stars: 64
3 stars: 56
2 stars: 188
1 star (the lowest): '1k+' (more than a thousand)
So, yeah, it must be my imagination. Funny how my imagination seems to be catching. I note that the median and mode of both the UK and US distributions is 1 star, the lowest rating possible. Having a few people submit ratings of 5 stars pulls up the average so that the average is a poor measure of central tendency.
Using the star rating system at Apple is a poor measure of actual problems. You realize that it doesn't actually represent the number of issues out there? It isn't even a valid sample.
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cleaned real good, some wd-40 and it was working like a charm again.
I think you mean 'representative' rather than 'valid' sample. In any case, when the majority of people who bother to write a review give a product the worst score possible, there is an issue. Moreover, if one actually reads the written comments, the stories are the same: multiple instances of the cable strain relief failing. Compare the rating of the MagSafe power supplies with other Apple accessories and you'll see that the chargers have atypically low ratings and an atypically high proportion of scathing written comments.
Well, on the UK Apple store for the charger I have had to purchase to replace the previous piece of crap charger, the average rating was given as 1.5 stars out of 5....
Since the introduction in 2006, I have had already 10 apple chargers!
They just break, at the cable, a the connector or fry somewhere else.
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They don't even lats 18 months! And they are completely overpriced!
The cable should be a removable part, so when the cable dies (it will eventually) you could just exchange this part, and not the whole transformer.
I can understand a possible suspicion that he's over exaggerating, but to be fair, there are at least half Apple users who report issues with chargers.They should hire you as an extreme use product tester! I've personally had 5 mag-safe chargers over the past 7 years, and have supported dozens of business users with mag-safe adapters, and have never seen a single one fail!
Regardless of how happy people are with their chargers, Apple does in fact have a big problem on their hands.
Hmmm, ignoring the logical fallacy self-evident in that statement - just because you say so? What is the evidence of a "big problem"? Are Apple sales falling as a result? Are there press stories about the scandal? In fact other than the "evidence" of 221 reviews what evidence is there that the failure rate is "unacceptable" and who is it unacceptable to?
Anecdotal evidence even from this thread is that some users have zero problems and other users have a string of issues. Logic say the environment and user are key factors...
You must have reading comprehension issues. "Just because you say so" is exactly the point I was making. So you can take your logical fallacy contradiction and shove it up you ass, smart guy.
Seems like you couldn't comprehend your own post. You basically just reiterated my post, which is kind of funny.
Nice try though, princess.
Ah - so you don't have an argument and it is "just because you say so". Keep saying it, you obviously believe yourself.
Two of my mag safe chargers have failed. Each time it's the power brick not wires. Apple has replaced each of them.
why not serious?? that's fact.