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Apple's Good Reliability?
Tuesday, November 07, 2006
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Hi All, recently Consumer Reports did their annual computer reliability survey. As always, Apple did quite well (1st in desktops, 2nd in laptops). I pat them on the back. However, one event has prompted me to make this post; my iMac G5 death. Sure, having a computer fail is nothing new, but I've had my MacBook in the shop for about 6 weeks since I bought it and now my iMac has bit the dust. To mark this occasion I've decided to list all the Apple computers I've owned (and sold) and the failures related to them. To add insult to injury - all failures were out of warranty except the MacBook. Just think of this post as my way to vent. :) - Performa 6360 (no problems) - iMac Bondie Blue G3 233 Mhz (no problems) - Dual Processor G4 450 Mhz (two power supply failures) - iBook G4 800 Mhz (three motherboard failures...are you kidding me! One was covered by an Apple recall.) - Powerbook 12" G4 867 Mhz (two motherboard failures within 10 months, battery failure) - iMac 20" G5 1.8 Ghz (hard drive failure, motherboard/power supply failure ?) - MacBook 13" Core Duo 2.0 Ghz (two heatsink replacements - random shutdowns, display problem, palm rest replacement) As you can see, two things stick out. First, these are mainly Rev. A products. Second, I have not had good luck with Apple computers. Sigh. cheers, will comments posted at 10:59 AM Comments:Post a Comment |
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