The Apple fan nearly gives up
Published by steve j December 5th, 2007 in generalNow, I am an Apple fan - not one of the obsessives, but I’ve used their computers and software for a long time now. And I will never go to that slice of ugliness known as Windows. But I have a problem - the new hardware sucks. I’m now into my 4th day of sitting in this Apple Store waiting to see someone about this MacBook Pro which was clearly a faulty machine from the outset. New batteries, a broken logic board, replaced case top and bottom and now the screen - and they just won’t replace it. Replace every part, yes, but not the computer… which to me, a person who uses it for production work every day, is just ridiculous.
If you could run Mac OS on a powerful PC machine, I would do that. But you can’t yet, so I’m stuck with this good-looking but ultimately overpriced and underconstructed machine.
Whine over.
I think Apple are getting a bit slapdash. A friend recently with her old windows run laptop and got a Macbook for christmas but her first experience led to her driving all over the place because it stopped working and john lewis blamed it on a hardware problem. Fair enough, they did replace the whole laptop for free but not Microsoft office.
I’m definitely more of a mac person and would never use pc’s or anything windows - it drives me mad - but some things with leopard are not quite as good as they used to be and not so reliable. Hmmph.