MBP bitches!

[H_TeXMeX_H]

Or there's allways Boot Camp/Windows XP!

1 word : M$ shill

[WMD]

That's two words, dummy.

[worker201]

lol! All part of that Apple(R) Experience(tm), right?

I recognize the irony of this situation, and I'd be laughing along with you if I wasn't so upset.  Based on all my research over the last couple days, and a call to Apple Support, I have come to the conclusion that Apple has been shipping out MacBookPros that have defective Airport Express cards in them for a couple weeks.  The computer works absolutely fantastic as long as the Airport card is turned off.  Unfortunately, this means that I cannot use the internet.  I normally take my computer to the pub a couple nights a week for beers and downloads, but I can't use their network for more than about 10 minutes before a kernel panic.

Over the phone, Apple support suggested I take the computer to my local Apple shop for fault diagnosis.  Which I am going to do as soon as my car is out of the shop (another sweet irony - it's a Volkswagen).

As for installing Windows on my Mac, fuck right off.  I don't even allow Windows Media Player or MS Office on my computer.  Linux, maybe, if things ever got really bad.  Never Windows.  But as I said, it's a hardware issue, not OSX's fault.

[toadlife]

1 word : M$ shill

More than one word: Linux fanatic with no sense of humor.

[H_TeXMeX_H]

M$hill

[Jack2000]

I think that in order to survive we must destroy the core of M$'s evil
...Bill...
and maby his aprantice Ballmer...

//
afther that i think the Corp will not be so bad ..
and might even turn to be ok

[H_TeXMeX_H]

Women = property

Just got a negative rep on this (not like I care too much ... but enough to clarify)

This was just something a teacher once told me ... people refer to inanimate objects (boats, cars, planes, computers, etc.) as she ... he said it was because "Women = property"

Now whether you chose to believe that or not is up to you ... me, I think there's a decent chance it might mean something (as long as there are no other explanations)

P.S. No offense worker201 ... I wasn't targeting you

and again I have nothing against women

[worker201]

Shit on fire.

It wasn't the Airport Card.  It was the socket on the logic board that the Airport Card connects to.  I took the computer into the shop 2last Thursday (08Jun), and they were able to diagnose the problem over the weekend.  Then they had to convince Apple that they were right.  Finally, last Friday (16Jun), the logic board replacement was authorized.  It is expected to arrive at the shop this Wednesday.  So hopefully my MBP will be back home by next weekend.

Apple may make really good computers, and a nice OS to go with it.  But when they fuck up, they fuck up good.  And they're nice and slow at getting the problem resolved.  If it was my company, I would have handed me a brand new MBP and said "No hard feelings, we value you as a customer".  Fix the busted computer later, while the customer is telling his friends how awesome Apple support is.  Unfortunately for their PR, this is not how they handled it.  I still love Macs, but I am kinda unimpressed by the way this issue has been handled so far.  I've had the computer for almost a month, and it has only been useable for like a week!

[adiment]

When are PC losers gonna catch on?

...it's about time mac users caught on, it is an x86 Intel CPU after all. , and Surprise! you can even run Windows!