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.
Cat-astrophic
03/20, 04:13pm reply
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.
jedi2187
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Joined: Nov 2001
moo factor
03/20, 04:25pm reply
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.
bhuot
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Joined: Nov 2003
Slightly relieved
03/20, 04:35pm reply
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.
Xiaopangzi
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Joined: Oct 2003
whistle
03/20, 06:01pm reply
mine has a whistle... i dont know if that is the "whine" people are talking about... but its annoying as all help....
onlykaria
Mac Enthusiast
Joined: Sep 2004
No problems here
03/20, 09:05pm reply
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.
ibnabouna
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Title says it all
03/21, 04:56am reply
"MacBook Pro owners isolating problems" Shouldn't Apple be doing something similar?
Snowdog
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CowDog Utterings
03/22, 09:30am reply
Could it be the resurection of the CowDog? It should be a "moof" sound.
ronjamin
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ree
01/22, 04:34am reply
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