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| By Andy Tarnoff Publisher E-mail author | Author bio More articles by Andy Tarnoff |
| Published Oct. 29, 2007 at 11:44 a.m. |
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This summer, I blogged about my experiences with my (then) new MacBook and the tech support debacle that ensued when its wireless capabilities went kaplooey.
After hours upon hours of tech support with router manufactures and Apple, itself, eventually the Apple "Geniuses" installed a new wireless card that didn't change the situation at all. Ultimately, through my own research, I learned the problem was in the operating system, itself: OS X 10.4.10.
Two months later, I patiently waited for the much-heralded release of Apple's newest operating system, OS X 10.5 Leopard. And as soon as I installed it, the problem returned. Inconsistent wireless Internet, random drop outs ... the exact same problems I was having before. An otherwise beautiful and elegant interface is utterly useless to me if I can't get online.
And once again, I'm not alone. As of this morning, Googling "leopard airport problem macbook" brought up tons of results, including a discussion on Apple's own tech support forum with 107 posts (and counting). Lots and lots of people are encountering this, but Apple hasn't acknowledged the problem or offered a fix.
Saturday night, I threw in the towel and downgraded back to OS X 10.4.9, which alleviated the problem, but added more hours on to this saga. This morning, I sat on hold with Apple tech support for one hour and 11 minutes, and I finally hung up without speaking to a wireless specialist (note to Apple: please feel free to call me back, and I'd like a replacement laptop this time).
Personally and professionally, I've spent many thousands of dollars with Apple over the years. This purchase alone was alongside two other MacBooks and one Mac Mini for OnMilwaukee.com. I buy Apple because their products are "just supposed to work."
But they don't. A laptop that can't get wireless Internet to work is just a heavy paperweight, and Apple knows it.
Apple owes its loyal customers more.
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Posted by arks00 on Oct. 29, 2007 at 2:02 p.m. (report)
Welcome to the PC world =)
All kidding aside, I mainly work with PCs as a web standards developer, but I have no hard feelings about mac what so ever, the design of the machines is fabulous, I just grew up on windows and have not let it get the best of me, so there is no reason to switch from something I know which lets me get work done faster.
This is a bit off topic, but I'd like to mention it. I cant stand the people who are so Pro MAC or Pro PC that they think you cant do certain things on each others systems (mainly graphics, web design, video, etc..). It doesnt matter what kid of computer you have, the hardware and software are just tools. Its what knowledge resides in your head that matters when designing, editing, developing, etc.. that counts. If someone says, "Oh, your not a graphic designer because you use a PC", or "your not a video editor because you use a mac", just laugh at them.
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