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Rev A Apple laptops

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Chic0

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Jan 16, 2008
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hey guys

my Powerbook G4 has been on its last legs ever since my cousin decided to pour coke onto it :-s I plan to buy new laptop anyway once these new potential redesigned macbook Pros come out.

I will be buying one of these new laptops, but what are peoples experiences with Rev A models? Is there a high risk something will go wrong with it or is it just 'luck of the draw'........bit like when you buy a car.?

With potential problems occuring, would you recommend me taking out Apple Care as well?

Any thoughts or info would be great.

thanks
 
I disagree completely. Revision A models of almost anything from cars to laptops are well KNOWN to be the most buggy of all releases. They are expected to have a teething period.

Some of the best Apple products are the final releases before a complete overhaul/revision ....ie the final black PowerBooks (was it Pismo?) before they went titanium. Also the final G5 machines before Intel are said to be great machines. The final PowerMac towers 9600/300 were amazing machines w/ the ultimum expandability. I had one & it never broke down....those things had a dozen RAM slots, came w/ a built in Zip drive & had room for a handful of other drives. From what I've seen is just about the end of a line Apple tends to get things right and have worked out all the kinks. If Apple can fix this Nvidia issue then that laptop will be the one to get!

Yes, still get AppleCare regardless.
 
MowingDevil said:
I disagree completely. Revision A models of almost anything from cars to laptops are well KNOWN to be the most buggy of all releases. They are expected to have a teething period.

Some of the best Apple products are the final releases before a complete overhaul/revision ....ie the final black PowerBooks (was it Pismo?) before they went titanium. Also the final G5 machines before Intel are said to be great machines. The final PowerMac towers 9600/300 were amazing machines w/ the ultimum expandability. I had one & it never broke down....those things had a dozen RAM slots, came w/ a built in Zip drive & had room for a handful of other drives. From what I've seen is just about the end of a line Apple tends to get things right and have worked out all the kinks. If Apple can fix this Nvidia issue then that laptop will be the one to get!

Yes, still get AppleCare regardless.
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Just like to point out that the final pre-G3s were the PM 9600/350 :D
 
thanks guys. general opinion is to get applecare so i probably will this time. Cant wait to get new mbp!
Saying that though, I have had powerbooks for about 4-5 years now and never had things go wrong with them.....well....until now that is. ;)
 
who says the next version is going to be a Rev A ?

do you consider Santa Rose or Penryn Rev A?

MB Air is Rev A

i wouldn't consider any new MBP a rev A product

unless it has some major new feature that no notebook before has had, such as all of the new tech in the Air
 
Chic0 said:
thanks guys. general opinion is to get applecare so i probably will this time. Cant wait to get new mbp!
Saying that though, I have had powerbooks for about 4-5 years now and never had things go wrong with them.....well....until now that is. ;)
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and the only reason something went wrong was because of the coke, and not the apple craftsmanship.

takes a lickin' and keeps on tickin'... ;)
 
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