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New MacBook Air Owners Complaining of Wi-Fi Issues
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This is what I said:
Note the language I used, specifically pointing out my OWN experience rather than making a definitive statement that could be interpreted as me stating a fact. Read people's posts and actually focus on the words and tone of what is being used rather than making assumptions based on nothing but your own axe to grind with the original poster.
I won't deny the 5300 had problems (I have one), but the battery issue was corrected before any real damage happened:
Apple woes continue - CNET Newsl
Hey, hey. Are you knocking Microsoft on that? Because they did the right thing, you know, copying Sony and all that.
While I understood what they were trying to do, the world isn't ready for the ideas they had. Especially for those of us in the military, and in my case, in the Navy. Not that I get a whole lot of time to play games underway, it still would have sucked to not be able to play the Xbox One on the ship all just because it wouldn't have been able to access the internet. That was a slap in the face to all military (everywhere, not just US) Microsoft didn't consider.
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Hey, hey. Are you knocking Microsoft on that? Because they did the right thing, you know, copying Sony and all that.
I think you misunderstood. I'm not knocking Microsoft for their reversal (in fact, I'm fully in favour of it). It was simply an example that Apple are not the only ones who make news and are criticised for the state of their products.
Newer Is Not Always Better...
This is just another example, which incidentally is not unique to Apple, that newer is not always better.
Meaning all of these people that post about how they "can't wait" for the upcoming model, as though they are living in excruciating pain with a migraine that wouldn't stop till they got what they wanted, may have overlooked the fact that early adopters are subject to problems.
And as such there are bugs, annoyances, etc that may crop up and not be fixed by a software patch or update for weeks or months.
This is why I tend to wait until a new model is out, and in the hands of real world users before I evaluate whether I am going to buy one. Once you see the reports here, then you generally have a good idea of what to expect.
Other times I buy upon release because I am eager to try the new model. In addition, I always have other new Macs to use if the new one is a dud, therefore it's not as though my workflow is impacted. It's an "extra" laptop so to speak. Once it's proven itself in my environment then it gets promoted to a primary computer.
This is just another example, which incidentally is not unique to Apple, that newer is not always better.
Meaning all of these people that post about how they "can't wait" for the upcoming model, as though they are living in excruciating pain with a migraine that wouldn't stop till they got what they wanted, may have overlooked the fact that early adopters are subject to problems.
And as such there are bugs, annoyances, etc that may crop up and not be fixed by a software patch or update for weeks or months.
This is why I tend to wait until a new model is out, and in the hands of real world users before I evaluate whether I am going to buy one. Once you see the reports here, then you generally have a good idea of what to expect.
Other times I buy upon release because I am eager to try the new model. In addition, I always have other new Macs to use if the new one is a dud, therefore it's not as though my workflow is impacted. It's an "extra" laptop so to speak. Once it's proven itself in my environment then it gets promoted to a primary computer.
You used the word "following" to refer to items in a preceding post. That's what seemed odd.
Sometimes it takes the calmness of a buddhist monk to do that. Most of us spec whores don't have that. Strange thing, indeed. Mostly men in this game. My wife couldn't care less about a new notebook.
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There's a more fundamental problem with the Air though. Apple has had these Wi-Fi problems in every version of the air. I bought the last model six months after release and it had this problem.
I just think that Apple has a flawed design in the case that prevents it from doing Wi-Fi reliably.
I'm glad you are not a denier. My point, and only point, is that some early models burst into flames. That is an accurate description, and how it was reported in the popular and computer press at the time. So I'm hard pressed to understand why anyone would take exception with that description.
No, this is the original post: https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/17461253/
Where is the word 'following' ever used in the above quotation? Btw, why is this even an issue for you given that I'm replying to malexandria - he/she was the one who raised the issue not you. The conversation is between him/her and me regarding her/his inability to read and comprehend the difference between an opinion based on experience vs. a person posting something as an objective fact of which I did the former rather than the later. malexandria quoted the following:
Any other post I made is irrelevant given that it was malexandria who chose to reply to that specific piece of text by quoting it in the post reply made to me. Unless of course you're claiming that you're malexandria.
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It's almost certainly a firmware issue. Apple is using a relatively new 802.11ac part. They undoubtedly want to eliminate the firmware bugs before releasing the MacBook Pro, iPhone 5S, and iPad Retina with the same part (or part series).
Last year, Apple caught a lot of flack for poor Wifi performance on the iPhone 5. That too was a firmware issue associated with a new Broadcom part, and Apple does not want a repeat of that fiasco.
Bull-****ing-**** it works just fine. Right out of the box, my 2013 MBA had connectivity issues while all my other devices, including my 7 year old Windows laptop, continued to work. I'm reading more and more that it's just not working with non-Apple routers, which is unacceptable. This was my second attempt at buying an Apple product, and the second one that was defective.
Be careful what you read. The media can make some non-issues sound like they are really bad. And I if you have a supposedly defective notebook take it back to Apple. And let them deal with it.
Yes a very very small number have wi-fi issues. But a large widespread issue? Wi-Fi gate I think.
"Supposedly"? Nice snark you got there. I'm in IT, I know what I'm doing. There are many people reporting WiFi issues, and it's not nice of you to talk down to those experiencing problems. The problem lies with Apple.
And it's not nice of you to overstate an issue. People have the issue yes. Lots of people? No. Lets just agree to disagree on this point and call it a day ok?
Sure. Let's agree to disagree. You are speaking down to a person, I am "being mean" to a company you're clearly a blind fanboy for. If you can't see the difference, perhaps we should stop talking now.