After reading this forum..I'm SCARED!

[JMies419]

Mine should be in by the end of the week, my concerns are the heat and the dreaded DEAD PIXELS, man I hate those.

Heat I can handle, but dead pixels I can not especially if what I am hearing is true about Apple not counting less that 5 dead pixels as a problem. (Anyone know more info about that)

1 or 2 dead pixels? Is that even noticable? I dont think I have ever noticed a dead pixel in any notebook I have owned (All Sony Vaio up to this point).

 

[ColdFlame87]

I would buy inferior hardware just to use Mac OS X. It makes that much of a difference.

Not that most Mac hardware is bad. In fact I am someone who complains a lot about their support. But I still think their support is the best in the industry.

It's just the nature of the industry: computers are more compicated and delicate than most other things. And the demand is so high for them that they have to be sold at competitive prices even though they are really luxury items. I mean computers are amazing.

I'll tell you what's great about a Mac. If you get a Mac and have a problem, you call Apple. If you have a problem with iTunes, iMovie, Textedit, sending e-mail, anything you call Apple.

I also have an eMachines for work. When I have had problems I called eMachines, but because they don't make Windows, they won't answer Windows questions or help you with constant crashing etc. They tell you to call Microsoft. You call Microsoft and they will not give you support unless you pay them because the version of Windows you have is OEM (included with the computer). There is no support for the jumbled included software, like Microsoft Works (which does anything but).

I am probably one of the most complainingest people on this board.

I even had an altercation once that led me all the way to Steve Jobs' office. BUT, I would never consider going with any other company. Apple evokes such passion that people can have a love/hate relationship with them but know that they're going to be with Apple forever. Apple FIRED Steve Jobs and now he's back as the CEO. So you can see the love/hate thing is ubiquitous. But it's just that Mac users get a lot of advantages over PC users and start to demand more.

When you get your Mac you'll just know.

You spoke with Steve Jobs?!

 

[Shotgun Pete]

1 or 2 dead pixels? Is that even noticable? I dont think I have ever noticed a dead pixel in any notebook I have owned (All Sony Vaio up to this point).

maybe I'm just crazy, but even one just gets on my nerves, I can handle almost all minor defects, but something about dead pixels just drives me crazy, you probably just have never had a notebook with dead pixels.

 

[JMies419]

Are they that noticable though? I couldent even tell you what they look like? A black spec? What? No Idea..

 

[netdog]

I switched in January. I now have an iMac and a MacBook, all synced automatically so that no matter where I sit, my documents are current. My mail is all forwarded to and stashed at .Mac with IMAP access so both machines also have the current mail and all archives.

I just gave my PCs away. That's how great these Macs are.

 

[sunfast]

I really wouldn't worry. Sure - some computers fail. That's the same with all manufacturers. My MacBook (one of the first) is without fault and if it wasn't I'd take it back. Apple customer service is meant to be pretty good (I've never needed it) and AppleCare is available for that extra peace of mind. Relax, and get maccing.

 

[whooleytoo]

Let me put it to you this way, my MacBook Pro is hot, has spontaneously shut down on 2 occasions*, and occasionally refuses to shutdown when I want it to; and in spite of all that, I still love it! That should tell you something.

It's a gorgeous, feature-packed, fast Mac; good even for gaming. I have no hesitation in recommending it!

(* which I hope will be resolved when the free battery upgrade arrives from Apple).

 

[crazycat]

Remmber that most people who make threads dont do it because there is nothing wrong with there laptop. A lot of people are happy with there macs, they wont come and make a 2 page thread because they like there laptop

 

[flyers1]

The squeeky wheel gets the grease as they say....That is why you see more complaints than praise. I for one have not had a single issue with my MacBook. It is now the only computer in my house and my wife and I love it. Just buy it and enjoy.

 

[savar]

To tell you the truth, after reading through this forum and others, I am SCARED to buy a macbook or macbook pro! I really want one, I do. But it seems like all you read is negative negative negative. And yes, I understand that this is a forum and in forum's people come to talk about problems and try to get answers.

I have had 4 macs since the early 90's (Mac Classic, Quadra 610, Performa 6400, PowerMac G4), and I have never had any major problems with any of them. The worst that happened was the CPU fan failling on my G4. (The same fan also failed in my mom's identically configured G4 as well). I don't know if Apple QA is sliding downhill or not, but I'd like to think that their recent bad press is more a result of them having more exposure to the mainstream than they did 10 years ago.

You should see these forums as a positive indicator -- if you do have a problem or any size or kind, you have lots of free support available here. Honestly there are people on this site that know more about Macs than a lot the "Mac geniuses".

 

[freeny]

I have owned 4 macs in my life and all 4 were/are great. the only issue I have had is with my current G5 tower. It will at times freeze up if both mine and my wifes account are open at the same time wich is a minor nuisance.

one issue in over 10 years....not a bad track record.

Now the macs at work are a different story. It seems whenever there is an admin tech my computer runs like crap. I wish they'd keep their damn hands off.... go figure

 

[thejadedmonkey]

I've got a mac mini running OS X 10.3.9 that runs great hardware wise. software wise there's an annoying little bug with some software (realVNC maybe?) that I have installed that I think creates a slow memory leak..

I've also got a laptop running XP pro, and quite honestly I prefer the laptop because of it's mobility, although I must say the file system of OS X is far superior, and I wouldn't dream of keeping 31 gigs of music on the same partition as my OS on Windows.

Honestly, if you're looking at OS X, it's good. not 100% perfect, but a lot better than any competition (unless you can keep windows spyware free, then windows really isn't as bad either).

I think the one thread that you'll see on these forums, even among the whiners, is that apple care really does take care of you.

Honestly, my next laptop is going to be a mac. and i'll probably end up using Vista on it at least part of the time (I like the "feel" of windows better). To each their own, but yeah... even as someone who preferrs XP to X, mac software is 99% of the time much better written than the XP equivilent.

 

[Shotgun Pete]

Honestly, if you're looking at OS X, it's good. not 100% perfect, but a lot better than any competition (unless you can keep windows spyware free, then windows really isn't as bad either).

Windows isnt really that bad, the only problem is they lack innovation and they release versions too early. About two years after the release of a new windows OS, they are pretty pretty good. I have never had a virus/spyware problem on my windows machine (just a dash of norton internet security).

 

[Grokgod]

Windows isnt really that bad, the only problem is they lack innovation and they release versions too early. About two years after the release of a new windows OS, they are pretty pretty good. I have never had a virus/spyware problem on my windows machine (just a dash of norton internet security).

Is this a joke?

WinStink is the WORST, no really the WORST!

It does nothing right.

Wait... it takes your money and gives you a cheap $%^&*

 

[mini.boss]

I does nothing right.

You can say that again.

 

[Grokgod]

LOL man I hate those typing mistakes!

Makes me a idiot! or at least until someone gets enough of a thrill to make me into one.

thanks for pointing that out


Opps I edited that out,

Now bizarro is smarty again! yeah baby

 

[Zmmyt]

keep in mind, that anything you buy (car, mobile, Dell, etc.) can be faulty.

but it's good to know that, if you buy an Apple, you don't have to worry about the stuff besides the hardware and that means a lot if it comes to computers.

 

[ssteve]

Being new to Mac in all aspects, I thought it would be a good idea to find some Mac forums and do a little bit of reading from consumers on the products. To tell you the truth, after reading through this forum and others, I am SCARED to buy a macbook or macbook pro! I really want one, I do. But it seems like all you read is negative negative negative. And yes, I understand that this is a forum and in forum's people come to talk about problems and try to get answers. But WOW, it seems like for the most part, ALL I read is NEGATIVE. I have not had experiance with forums for other computer manufacturer's, so they may be the same, I dont know? When I bought my Sony Vaio notebook about a year ago, I did not look at one Sony forum whatsoever. Maybe I would see the same things I am seeing here? Not sure.. All I know is with all of the negative reaction to new apple products it is beggining to make me second guess even buying one? Should I think this way? I know not ALL macbooks and macbook pros are junk, but geez..a lot of people sure do make it sound that way..

Remember this: You are not really going to see a lot of posts from people that have no problems with their Macs. I am one of the great majority of people who have no problems.