Macbook Pro Issue Update (batteries, heat, whine)...
Symptoms of battery failure include battery cutting off power to the system at very early stages, sporadic ampere hour reporting (coconutBattery), and the battery failing to respond when pressing the charging status button (after being charged and only slightly drained).
Early Macbook Pros have been plagued with numerous issues (flickering, whining, heat). Recently, users at SomethingAwful.com posted a link to an Apple Service Manual that showed that Apple was instructing its service technicians to incorrectly apply thermal grease on heatsinks. Indeed, the user reported that opening up the Macbook and re-applying the proper amount of thermal grease resulted in a dramatic drop in operating temperature. Webmasters at the site were subsequently met with a cease and desist order for linking to the service manual.
Some users fed up with their whining Macbook Pro's are massing to all call Apple's support numbers on Saturday, May 20th.
In related news, summer 2004 1.25 Ghz eMac's also seem to be having significant hardware issues.
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Guess I'm anal...
[admin edit: it was a different edit]
Recently, users at SomethingAwful.com posted a link to an Apple Service Manual that showed that Apple was instructing its service technicians to misapply thermal grease on heatsinks. Indeed, the user reported that opening up the Macbook and re-applying the proper amount of thermal grease resulted in a dramatic drop in operating temperature. Webmasters at the site were subsequently met with a cease and desist order for linking to the service manual.
This is such @!#$%!. Apple really needs to get their head out of their a$$ on this one, suing for a link?? And who cares if they (the owners of the MBPs) are opening up their machines? Maybe Apple should actually fix the heat problem with the MBP instead of having joe shmoe sue some random person on a forum.
I want a MacBook Pro, but can stomach the wait while I watch the beta testers have a good ol' time. :)
Why does the RSS feed say "generously replacing" but the news post doesn't? :confused:
Guess I'm anal...
you hit it the story at the precise time when the moon and earth aligned with the sun and jupiter to create a cosmic rift...
seriously... they just weren't synced up (the story had just been slightly edited). Should be fine now.
I think this is just another notch in the "I don't think I'll buy the first version of any hi-level technology product from anybody including Apple" belt.
I want a MacBook Pro, but can stomach the wait while I watch the beta testers have a good ol' time. :)
Yep, this the number one reason why I'm considering an ibook/powerbook before a MBP, and why waiting for a MacBook is out of the question.
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