MBP Revisions

[Kaiser Phoenix]

So basically the latest MBPs are not as hot and probably not likely to have the whining issue. Is that what it means?

PS thanks for the replies everyone

 

[Bunsen Burner]

Where is this information regarding mainboard revisions coming from? Certainly not the wholly unsubstantiated piece at Daily Tech?

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[nylon]

Where is this information regarding mainboard revisions coming from? Certainly not the wholly unsubstantiated piece at Daily Tech?

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There are no revisions. I think its a lot of wishful thinking by people combined with false statements made by employees at the Apple Store. It only makes their life easier if they can say, 'Yeah the latest MBP's have revised motherboards'.

The Dailytech article was based on hearsay by some employees at the Apple store. Additionally people who have access to the internal Apple technical database used for repairs indicate that there are no technical notes regarding motherboard revisions.

 

[twoodcc]

There are no revisions. I think its a lot of wishful thinking by people combined with false statements made by employees at the Apple Store. It only makes there life easier if they can say, 'Yeah the latest MBP's have revised motherboards'.

The Dailytech article was based on hearsay by some employees at the Apple store. Additionally people who have access to the internal Apple technical database used for repairs indicate that there are no technical notes regarding motherboard revisions.

i think it's from the serial numbers

 

[nylon]

i think it's from the serial numbers

The serial #'s indicate nothing more than

W8 = Shanghai Factory
6= Year of Manufacture
14 etc. etc. = Week of Production

W8614*****

They do not indicate a motherboard revision.

 

[eVolcre]

Bad advice. Many of the things like the noise and heat aren't considered valid issues. You may be unhappy with the box, but they still won't take it back without a restocking fee.

Not to mention that if you go through the store and get a replacment, you actually get one that is produced new. Now, I don't know if the Rev C Rev D stuff is bull or not, but logically, Apple by this time realises that there's an issue. Probably in manufacturing. And while I wouldn't go public with it for publicity reasons, I might quietly be working on small fixes while producing the new models.

Or, it could just be wishful thinking since my 8614 ( a new model) is being sent back for replacement.

 

[milo]

I agree.

It seems like maybe it's possible that more of the newer ones don't have these problems, but people have reported issues with even the newest machines.

Sounds like it's still a crapshoot at this point, hopefully we'll see a day when they have this ironed out.

 

[Bunsen Burner]

There are no revisions. I think its a lot of wishful thinking by people combined with false statements made by employees at the Apple Store. It only makes their life easier if they can say, 'Yeah the latest MBP's have revised motherboards'.

The Dailytech article was based on hearsay by some employees at the Apple store. Additionally people who have access to the internal Apple technical database used for repairs indicate that there are no technical notes regarding motherboard revisions.

Such were my suspicions. And the total lack from anyone here (or on other Mac centric board) to present any information/evidence to support these so called mainboard revisions other than "He said, she said" further convinces me it's all crapola of the first degree and only helps to obfuscate the problems and Apple's actual response.

This does not mean, though, that Apple doesn't have manufacturing problems to overcome. Look at this horribly sloppy application of thermal compound, for instance.

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