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MacBook Pro owners isolating problems

updated 03:00 pm EST, Mon March 20, 2006

MacBook Pro problems


Owners of Apple's new MacBook Pro are experiencing whine/sound problems with their notebooks -- some of which may be traced to early production versions of the laptop, although there is some conflicting evidence from posters on Apple's support forum. Numerous users are reporting a sound like that of a cow "mooing" in the distance, which seems to emanate from a fan that can't seem to start. Other users report noises when adjusting screen brightness, and some users believe that serial numbers may link the defective models to manufacturing dates. One user recently posted photos of his "torched" MacBook Pro power connector, which allegedly burned up. The photos were removed at Apple's request from Flikr on Thursday, according to Cult of Mac.


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  1. jedi2187

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    03/20, 04:13pm | report spam | Reply |

    Cat-astrophic

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/rheauchyr/sets/72057594082940769/comments/

    According to the commentary on Flickr, the guy's cat decided to mark the MacBook Pro adapter as his 'territory', thus causing the damage.

    hee-hee....cats.

  1. bhuot

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    03/20, 04:25pm | report spam | Reply |

    moo factor

    If they really do moo my stuffed toy cows would love it - I was thinking of getting a iMac for my next Mac, but if the Mac Book Pro moos, maybe I will get it instead.

  1. Xiaopangzi

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    03/20, 04:35pm | report spam | Reply |

    Slightly relieved

    This is the best news that I've read in a few weeks. Although the overall tone of this report is somewhat ominous, it sounds as though a bad production lot has been isolated, indicating that more recent manufacturing lots may have ironed out the problems. My MacBook Pro isn't due to ship until March 29, so maybe I'll get a nonproblematic one. Having gone through eight logic boards during the extended warranty for the faulty design of the iBook G3/300, without convincing Apple Tech on the phone to send a replacement iBook before my three years from purchase date finally expired a few weeks ago, I've been worried that I'll have to go through all that again, but I did buy AppleCare this time to make sure that I do get a replacement MacBook Pro if a problem recurs again. I don't think I got AppleCare for our 1.83 GHz iMac, which shockingly also required a logic board replacement after the first few months, so I'm still worried about a potential design flaw with that one. Poor production lots are less of a concern than the poor design of the iBook G3/300 that ensured repeated logic board melt-down. It's still too early to find out whether the MacBook Pro also has a design flaw that will require thousands of repeated replacements of its guts with no end until AppleCare runs out. I'm just crossing my fingers, but I have long since lost trust in the quality assurance of Apple's production lines, even though I would never consider purchasing a non-Mac.

  1. onlykaria

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    03/20, 06:01pm | report spam | Reply |

    whistle

    mine has a whistle... i dont know if that is the "whine" people are talking about... but its annoying as all help....

  1. ibnabouna

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    03/20, 09:05pm | report spam | Reply |

    No problems here

    My MacBook Pro 1.83 has absolutely none of these (or any other) problems.

    I feel for those with problems, though. Just as long as we don't get into the mindset that ALL MacBook Pros have problems.

  1. Snowdog

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    03/21, 04:56am | report spam | Reply |

    Title says it all

    "MacBook Pro owners isolating problems" Shouldn't Apple be doing something similar?

  1. ronjamin

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    03/22, 09:30am | report spam | Reply |

    CowDog Utterings

    Could it be the resurection of the CowDog? It should be a "moof" sound.

  1. eleman

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    01/22, 04:34am | report spam | Reply |

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