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Has your MacBook Pro been 100% perfect since purchase?
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Wow, Apple is expanding rapidly. So many people here haven't had Macs for very long 
Apple is probably the fastest growing technology company at the moment...
Apple is probably the fastest growing technology company at the moment...Yup, my 17" i7 AG is only a few days old but running flawlessly. CPU runs cool. No freezes and the screen is great. Which I must say comes as a huge relief after spending the past few weeks reading this forum
Yup, my 17" i7 AG is only a few days old but running flawlessly. CPU runs cool. No freezes and the screen is great. Which I must say comes as a huge relief after spending the past few weeks reading this forum
Congradz! Most of the machines don't have problems
Yup, my 17" i7 AG is only a few days old but running flawlessly. CPU runs cool. No freezes and the screen is great. Which I must say comes as a huge relief after spending the past few weeks reading this forum
Yup; the thing about this forum is that only people with problems ever post (usually...) so yea, most Macs don't have problems and work flawlessly, so their owners don't feel compelled to post. Same goes with product reviews, too, I guess.
I'm on my second, from February. 8GB 2.66GHz Core 2 Duo 15" glossy.
Perfect. Just perfect. Literally could not be more perfect.
My previous one was a 2006 first-edition model with the Core Duo processor and maxed out at 2GB RAM. Man, I hammered that thing daily in technical development and writing. It's the only laptop that I've ever used whose keyboard lasted more than 18 months in my usage. I keep my computers running 24/7 except when traveling; when I'm not at the keyboard then Time Machine is usually running. Multiple virtual machines, dozens of browser tabs open (sometimes with more than one browser running), MS Office, XCode, you name it. It never complained. Nor has my new one, which I pound even harder.
Ditto my wife's 15" G4 PowerBook, age 6, and my two teenage sons' machines, one a high-end MacBook Pro and the other a G4 PowerBook, also age 6 and due to be replaced this summer. Wife's machine developed a WiFi issue at age 5; Apple rebuilt the whole machine for $320. Son's PowerBook developed a video problem, also at age 5; same deal from Apple (with a new hard disk and battery included).
Now, I must also compare the issues due to software with my family's previous Windows machines. Typically, despite all precautions, I'd have to wipe my sons' Windows machines down to the bare metal every six weeks or so and reinstall all the software due to malware of various sorts. Even my wife's Win XP laptop would get infected from her office network-- never did figure out how, and again no combination of anti-virus/anti-malware and firewall utilities would keep the contagion out. Here at home we have a WinXP machine dedicated to our VOIP service. It sits most days with its screen off, doing nothing but serving VOIP. No browsing, no email; it has Avast anti-virus and two software firewalls and sits behind a hardware firewall that uses stateful packet inspection. So secure. And yet one fine day I was dusting and nudge the mouse, and the screen awoke, showing a warning pop-up telling me a virus had been found. I have no living clue how it could have happened.
Compare to the record of our Macs once I'd switched everyone over in disgust: after more than a teen-decade of use and abuse, not a single support incident. Not one.
I dropped mine (top left corner) a week ago since I first bought it in June 2009. It was a Tier 2 damage and replaced the unibody case and top display case. Just got it back from repair and noticed that when I close it, it is not aligned. I also noticed a small chip on the edge. Going back to apple store to have them fix it.
Just received my new i7 15" mbp, and the screen is gorgeous (panel type is LG 9CBB). It also seems to run very cool, with temps typically ~51 Celsius for the cpu after extensive video playback.
That's why we're more than pleased in paying that "premium" for our machines, but that point is not understood by everyone...
3rd times a charm i suppose. all within the first two weeks!
1st one had a logic board failure the last day of my 14 day return thing.
2nd one had some serious screen damage straight out of the box
3rd one had some weird scratches on the bottom but by that time i just didn't care so... yep.
1st one had a logic board failure the last day of my 14 day return thing.
2nd one had some serious screen damage straight out of the box
3rd one had some weird scratches on the bottom but by that time i just didn't care so... yep.
What premium? My last MBP was about the same age as my Lenovo ThinkPad Win XP laptop. Same class CPU, same just about everything. The ThinkPad cost a little more than the MBP. And, nearly four years later, the ThinkPad had had its motherboard replaced three times, and the plastic case is cracked in several places, and I recently had to reinstall Windows and every single damned app because of assorted oddities and misbehaviors and an increasing number of hangs, plus it would not sleep or hibernate anymore (now, with everything reloaded, it still won't sleep but it will hibernate-- maddening!). Meanwhile the MBP still looked and ran like new when I finally traded it in for the February 2010 MBP I'm typing on. And that old MBP absolutely whipped my top-of-the-line ThinkPad in performance, especially when running virtual machines-- MBP fluid and responsive; ThinkPad hesitant and overburdened, and needing rebooting every day or it would get worse and worse until it froze.
Both were "workstation-class" machines. And that's where the perception of an "Apple premium" comes in. Apple declines to make the sort of cheesy, crapware-infested low-end stuff you see at Wal-Mart. They leave that loser's game to others. Saying "Apple premium" is like saying "BMW premium" or at least "Volvo premium". Sure, there's a premium-- it's a higher-end machine. It's silly to compare a Mercedes Benz with a Chevy Aveo, why do it with a Mac vs. the chintzy PCs at Costco? (And what's with the glossy mirrored cases on the laptops at Costco? Is styling PCs like a Vegas whorehouse supposed to class 'em up or something? "I'm a PC, and I like 'em oiled up with spangled pasties"?)
Welcome to 2010.
I just purchased two brand new laptops, as identically configured as possible. A 15" ThinkPad T510 & 15" MacBook Pro.
Both are: Core i7 2.66GHz / 8GB / 500GB @ 7200 rpm HD / hi-res matte display. And that's where the similarities end.
What the ThinkPad has... that the MBP lacks is 3G using _any_ of the major carriers via Gobi 2000 with GPS. Fingerprint Reader, Express card slot and 5 in 1 flash card reader.
I purchased these two computers online, on the same day and the ThinkPad was a full $900.00 less than the lesser equipped MacBook Pro... so there's an example of "Apple Tax".
Apple? You want it? You pay for it! ...
Cheers
A lot can happen in the next two years seven...keep in mind that without the extended warranty (ApleCare) even a slight hardware malfunction could cost you hundreds of dollars to repair...laptops are funny that way...paying $125 per year to ensure you have no problems with your rather expensive investment would be a wise decision (and IIRC, AppleCare also extends "tech phone support" which can also come in very handy)...Once that window closes you cannot get AppleCare...
Be smart, get the AppleCare...
My 13" mbp (late 2009 model) died on me after 1ish month, so that Applecare came in handy (bought both -legally- tax-free in the US, used it in Europe).
When I turned it on, bang logic board died, thank god the harddisk with OS X + bootcamp installation (win 7, apps, ...) was fine (which reminds me, I defo need to get some back-up system in place)
anyhoo, my 2006 macbook is still going strong without problems but yes: **** happens so you better be prepared for the worst.
When I turned it on, bang logic board died, thank god the harddisk with OS X + bootcamp installation (win 7, apps, ...) was fine (which reminds me, I defo need to get some back-up system in place
)anyhoo, my 2006 macbook is still going strong without problems but yes: **** happens so you better be prepared for the worst.
I got my first ever mac six weeks ago, a 15 inch 2.54 MBP.
The past six weeks have been a constant delight!
The hardware is perfect, and unlike any windows machine I have ever owned I haven't even had a single piece of software fall over. I haven't had to force quit a program once!
Not only that but I have only had to reset it a handful of times, it has been 8 days since my last reset or power down. I only reset it when playing with 64 and 32 bit kernels or to complete some software installation.
My MBP is the closest thing to computing perfection I have ever owned.
The past six weeks have been a constant delight!
The hardware is perfect, and unlike any windows machine I have ever owned I haven't even had a single piece of software fall over. I haven't had to force quit a program once!
Not only that but I have only had to reset it a handful of times, it has been 8 days since my last reset or power down. I only reset it when playing with 64 and 32 bit kernels or to complete some software installation.
My MBP is the closest thing to computing perfection I have ever owned.