Apple Accused of False Marketing and Fraud Over M1 MacBook Display Issues

[eltoslightfoot]

I don’t mind carrying both an iPad Pro and a Macbook, they complement each other, plus i can SideCar.

How much do you want for your M1? What are the specs?

It's the baseline model. It depends on if I am willing to transfer the Applecare with it... It'll be on Swappa later today...

 

[Mendota]

It's the baseline model. It depends on if I am willing to transfer the Applecare with it... It'll be on Swappa later today...

Maybe just in time before the screen breaks.

 

[mayga1]

Another PR black eye that will fade away mysteriously fast. Tim didn't visit the White House for nothing. Apple has convinced lawmakers they are too big to fail.

 

[cmaier]

Another PR black eye that will fade away mysteriously fast. Tim didn't visit the White House for nothing. Apple has convinced lawmakers they are too big to fail.

Yes, apple controls the media, so it can make bad PR fade away, right?

 

[asdex]

@asdex disagreeing ..does not change the fact.... oka?

Not okay. You stated your opinion and I disagree.
Besides, I‘m not the one getting personal. THAT‘s a fact.

 

[eltoslightfoot]

I suggest you find a machine that knows the difference between ‘losing’ and ‘loosing’.

Also, Windows is rubbish.

Also? No it isn't.

 

[mayga1]

Yes, apple controls the media, so it can make bad

Yes, apple controls the media, so it can make bad PR fade away, right?

If YKYK.

 

[Mendota]

I suggest you find a machine that knows the difference between ‘losing’ and ‘loosing’.

Also, Windows is rubbish.

It is always new people like you that turn up with these "Windows is rubbish" type comments. Do you honestly believe that trashing Windows is going to somehow make issues with Apple or MacOS better? I use Windows and no it is not rubbish. It does a lot of things that MacOS cannot do and runs many programs that Mac cannot run. In addition, Microsoft is not planning to implement spyware into it. MacOS is a nice system and for many it does the job. But it is not for everyone, but for those that do prefer it, it would be nice if Apple would provide an issue free machine. One that doesn't have cracks, and creaks and dodgy keyboards.

 

[Mendota]

In addition, this issue has been around for a while. There were numerous threads about it on the official Apple forum for years. And there were those that also publicly wrote about the problem. See:

Why I owned a Macbook Pro for a day — and what it says to me about the future of Apple | HackerNoon

<strong>On Saturday I bought a new Macbook Pro with touch bar. And on Sunday I returned it.</strong>

hackernoon.com

 

[haddy]

That might be an interesting scenario. Take Apple to small claims court. Would they send an attorney for a case that is only worth a few hundred dollars just to avoid some precedent being set.

Well in NZ attorneys (Lawyers) are not allowed to attend Small Claims Courts.

 

[Saiyan32]

Not okay. You stated your opinion and I disagree.
Besides, I‘m not the one getting personal. THAT‘s a fact.

except it is not a fact

 

[Amazing Iceman]

It's the baseline model. It depends on if I am willing to transfer the Applecare with it... It'll be on Swappa later today...

Thank you. I need it to have 16 GB RAM and at least 512 GB SSD.

 

[cmaier]

Well in NZ attorneys (Lawyers) are not allowed to attend Small Claims Courts.

Who represents a business entity? Surely the CEO doesn’t have to attend every small claims hearing on behalf of the company, and the company can send an in-house attorney.

 

[haddy]

Who represents a business entity? Surely the CEO doesn’t have to attend every small claims hearing on behalf of the company, and the company can send an in-house attorney.

The owner of the business against whom the claim is made. In a lot of cases they don't bother turning up and pay the claim. We also have this:

Consumer Guarantees Act | Consumer Protection

www.consumerprotection.govt.nz

Here for Small Claims:

Disputes Tribunal | Disputes Tribunal of New Zealand

You can use the Disputes Tribunal to settle small claims up to $30,000.

www.disputestribunal.govt.nz

 

[cmaier]

The owner of the business against whom the claim is made. In a lot of cases they don't bother turning up and pay the claim. Of course it is always a small claim!! We also have this:

Consumer Guarantees Act | Consumer Protection

www.consumerprotection.govt.nz

and this:

Disputes Tribunal | Disputes Tribunal of New Zealand

You can use the Disputes Tribunal to settle small claims up to $30,000.

www.disputestribunal.govt.nz

Who is “the owner” of a public company, though?

 

[haddy]

Who is “the owner” of a public company, though?

Shareholders

 

[cmaier]

Shareholders

Yes I know. But New Zealand law cannot possibly require that the shareholder defend the company in small claims court.

 

[haddy]

Yes I know. But New Zealand law cannot possibly require that the shareholder defend the company in small claims court.

Read "who attends a hearing" in the link I gave.

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[cmaier]

Read "who attends a hearing" in the link I gave.

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Unless I missed it, I don’t think it answers my question.

 

[MacBH928]

Again, thank you beta testers!

I feel so sorry for people around the world who paid their hard money for this flawed product where there is no recall program for them or Apple Stores. People like in Tanzania , Sri Lanka, and Mongolia.

These people are just mad they didn’t pay for the super affordable AppleCarePlus for MacBook program and then could’ve just got the whole computer replaced

You are not supposed to pay extra for a product you paid for, It should be working as advertised. Thats included in the price of purchase.

 

[bgillander]

When you build yourself, or even buy, and you have a stable install. The best thing to do is turn off driver updates. You can do this in settings. There really is no need to update drivers that are working unless they address an issue you have. I get frequent inquiries from NVidia. I just ignore them. Everything is working, and that is all I need.

With this comment, didn’t you just validate saudor’s original comment with which you disagreed? Yes, Windows auto-updates do sometimes mess things up, usually with drivers, just as you both (dis)agreed.

 

[Mendota]

With this comment, didn’t you just validate saudor’s original comment with which you disagreed? Yes, Windows auto-updates do sometimes mess things up, usually with drivers, just as you both (dis)agreed.

The driver updates usually come from the manufacturers. These can be turned off and ignored. NVidia is always reaching for the next great thing in terms of speed, but they often break more than they fix.

 

[gvanvoor]

It’s not first gen anything, same case etc as the intels before it.

Unless there's an earlier generation of MacBook with an M1 processor this is a first gen.

 

[Marshall73]

Unless there's an earlier generation of MacBook with an M1 processor this is a first gen.

Case is no different from the intel model preceding it.

 

[PlayUltimate]

FYI, on a previous comment I said: "I hope Apple learns and starts to listen to their users..."

I have been a PC user since the original IBM PC came out, before clones existed.
And I despised Macs my whole live, went with Atari instead until I switched to PC. Got the first Tandy 1000 that came out (16 colors!)

And a Windows user since it was a Runtime for Aldus Pagemaker (before Adobe bought it).

Used Windows, OS/2, Linux, etc...

And around 1988 I build my first PC with an Intel 80386 and an Everex System Board, handpicked components (Videocard: Orchid ProDesigner).

And since then I always would build my own PC, always with better specs than what sold by the major vendors ( Compaq and Gateway, HP and IBM were usually behind; and there was no Dell).

My last PC ran Windows Vista. That's when all the issues of Vista and a good friend got me interested in Macs (2007), specially when Apple was switching to Intel Processors. That's when tired of Windows I bought a 17" MacBook Pro, with the condition that I would return it if I didn't like it.

The first week I was undecided, second week, I started to like it, and by the time the return time limit arrived I decided to keep it. A month passed and I turned off my PC (I never turned it off). Another month, and I put it in my closet. Four months later I gave it away to a friend who needed a PC for AutoCAD.

And since then I've used only Macs at home. And I’m still very involved with PCs due to my job (I usually joke saying I‘m a Mac user who lives from PC users).

So no thanks... for my personal use I’ll stay with the Mac.

Similar path but a little faster: first computer that my dad bought for us was a TI-99 with cassette tape storage. Got married to a teacher in '93 and she insisted on getting a Mac for the house. I think it was a Performa 550: 5MB RAM, 160MB HD. Have not bought anything else since. Didn't even use a PC until about 10 years ago when I had to use one for work.