Comments on: PK’s Apple MacBook Pro Review – not happy

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[...] As I have often said to my Mac-attack friends, I am a big Mac fan, but I am an honest one. I have ripped on my Mac online, so I don’t only say the positive – it’s just that there just is so much more positive [...]

By: Jarl

Jarl — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 03:29:07 +0000

Hi there…I am right there with you. I love my Mac but my Macbook Pro has had all the same little problems as yours but even worse my wife was using it yesturday and it crashed…not the nice little “please restart…” crash but the could not even get it to firewire anything over to another computer so I could save all my stuff of the computer crash. My wife had to bring it in the shop for me and I will try to give you the update. This thing runs really hot and I can only imagine what it is doing to all the wires inside running that hot. All the best and it’s funny because I had an old powerbook g3 500 before I got my Macbook Pro and I could not really notice a difference in speed…crazy I know but in the end…I still like macs better. I may feel different when or if I get my computer back??? I hope not. Cheers!

By: Christiaan

Christiaan — Wed, 12 Apr 2006 18:52:52 +0000

I was having similar problems as you with DVD drive, now it won’t let me eject a DVD

Check this out:
MacBook Pro CD/DVD ejecting problem
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=2092900

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 02:01:38 +0000

Hello,

I bought a MacBook Pro 2 days ago, spent a few weeks researching which hardware to go for - either a PC with XP/Linux dual boot, or a Mac with the best of both worlds.

First impressions were good, beautiful hardware, nice OS, shiny eye-candy. The truth? It crashed twice on the day I bought it (graphics go all fuzzy, gotta press and hold power button), and again on the next day.

Today... I was playing World of Warcraft on it (fast, beautiful resolution!), it crashed all of a sudden. Now when I reboot it, it starts loading the OS but stops at an all blue screen... nothing I can do solves that problem. Tried disk repair, nothing.

I terribly miss Linux.

.Mischa

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 02 Apr 2006 08:06:27 +0000

Hi there,
Like yourself I am a Mac addict. Like yourself I was using a g4, a powerhouse 17″ powerbook. I bought the new macbook pro. All kinds of problems. The main one? The video, screen would scramble. I purchased the unit at CompUSA. Solution? I had 21 days to try it, I returned it to compusa and purchased a brand new Powerbook g4 17″ upgraded to 1.5 gB of ram and all is well. I think Apple will eventually get it right, but overall, I’d wait until the second or third revision.
Best regards,
Mitch
msantell@mac.com
http://moviecapital.typepad.com/

By: Sahas Katta

Sahas Katta — Sat, 01 Apr 2006 03:45:37 +0000

i just wrote up a review as well, i wasn't to happy about it either.
take a look: www.skattertech.com/2006/03/macbook-pro-problems/

By: Karl Bastian

Karl Bastian — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 06:18:42 +0000

UP-DATE: I was so mad yesterday! The story was, I had to re-install my OS. I refused. I didn't switch to Mac to waste my time reinstalling the OS, when any moron knows that won't fix my issues. The tech was patient and polite with me, but I could tell I would get nowhere. I gave up and said good bye,

I called again today and was on the phone over an hour (while painting!) and talked to six different reps/techs/etc. I was polite but firm and in no hurry, I wasn't getting off the phone until they a) gave me my money back b) gave me a new MacBook or c) solved my issues.

They wouldn't let me return it, but did offer me a $75 credit for my troubles, or an accessory. (I got something free for my wife for Easter for her iMac)

They won't give me a new one. Duh.

It MIGHT be resolved. A tech finally took me through some steps that might have resolved it. I didn't work on it enough today to tell, as I'm painting all day. (see post 3-30-06) But I will report here.

What a PAIN!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 00:43:31 +0000

I am in the process of returning two new intel mac minis for the exact same problems you’re describing. I’ve also seen a MacBook Pro throw a politically correct crashing fit for no apparent reason. v1.0 of IntelMac is not good.

Funny thing is that windows XP ran great on one of the minis!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 28 Mar 2006 21:47:48 +0000

Have you taken a look at this thread?

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=379417&tstart=30

By: Karl Bastian

Karl Bastian — Tue, 28 Mar 2006 15:05:12 +0000

I am shipping it back again. I am asking for a new laptop or my money back.

It still:

a) wont come out of sleep
b) CD tries to eject at random
c) THE WORST: has a painful high pitched sound that makes working on the laptop almost unbearable.

I’d rather go back to my problem free G4 than put up with this. It’s like having a PC all over again.

By: Karl Bastian

Karl Bastian — Sun, 26 Mar 2006 06:20:27 +0000

UPDATE: Not good. I got the MacBook back. It has done the ‘wont come out of sleep twice.’ It still tries to eject a CD when there is no CD in the drive. (3 times so far) and the high pitched whine is still there. I will be calling and sending it back. I want a new one or my money back. The G4 worked better. grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr not happy. I’m really REALLY wanting to love this thing, but it is letting me down. I love the sofware side still, but the hardware is disappointing. GRRRRRRRRRRRR

By: Dennis D

Dennis D — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 03:11:06 +0000

I was dreaming to buy a Mac Book Pro but I guess I’ll wait a bit.

Dennis

By: Tannerman

Tannerman — Sun, 19 Mar 2006 23:14:03 +0000

My 5 year old desktop PC is doing just fine, thank you very much.

By: Allison

Allison — Sun, 19 Mar 2006 22:40:15 +0000

I’m sorry to hear of your computer trobles. This morning 30 mins before Kid’s Church my PC locked up (which also locked up mY iPod!). I hope you end up with a working MacBook pro!!!

Oh you’ll be happy that I am planning on getting a Mac desktop this fall for my video editing. My PC can’t hack it.

By: Karl Bastian

Karl Bastian — Sat, 18 Mar 2006 17:50:38 +0000

UPDATE: Apple is requesting my MacBook Pro be returned to ‘the Depot’ (new term for me) for study. Good thing I still have my PowerBook G4, seems I will be switching back to it for at least a week. Backing up all my data now.

You know, I really didn’t have time for this. This was why I left the PC world… i guess in the end, it is still a machine. I’m eager to love the MacBook pro, but at this point I am still a huge fan of the software/OS, but I’ve struck out big time on hardware this time around.

I’ll update here what happens, I REALLY HOPE they give me a new machine!! PRAY!!

By: Daniel

Daniel — Sat, 18 Mar 2006 09:02:54 +0000

Ahhhhh, sorry there, buddy!

Mac not worky = Much Unhappy Time! Unfortunately, it sounds like you got a bad Mac though. Rick recently got his ordered MacBook Pro (I still happy with my 17" PowerBook, until Apple releases a 17" MacBook Pro and Adobe comes out with a Universal version of Photoshop, so that the machine won't have to translate the code on the fly)... but unlike you, he hasn't had any of these problems yet!

I can't boot with it from a Firewire drive, unfortunately, but aside from that, no problems whatsoever to report. I have had that "multiculturally polite screen of death" before on another Mac (though probably due to my own crazy tinkering – but that's another story), but otherwise, a very solid computing experience from Apple over here. Seriously, mate, I'd call them up and explain the problems – it seems like it's just a bad machine, if there's problems with crashing, sleep mode, the CD drive, and especially that hum.

Woe upon us for such horrible Mac problems; God must be punishing us for the greater sins of overly depending on Intel Inside instead of Christ Inside for our computing, coveting thy neighbor's computer, and offering up ourselves in worship to the minor deity named Steve Jobs.

Dagfuey.