Once again I spoke too soon.
My 17" MacBook has failed just over two years since purchasing it.
The battery failed in July, just under two years since purchase. Replaced FOC by the Apple Store at the Genius Bar.
Now the screen has failed completely - a situation described on the internet as the 'black screen of death'! Apparently either a failure of the NVIDIA card or motherboard. Cost to repair the latter in the order of £1000.00 (including labour).
The 'innards' work and I have transferred my infomation to another Mac via firewire and using my MacBook Pro as an external hard drive.
So the story is:
MacBook Pro 17" bought for my wife. Failed completely and was replaced within a week of purchase.
Replacement MacBook Pro 17" battery failed within two years. Replaced FOC.
Replacement MacBook Pro 17" failed completely and sold for scrap.
My MacBook Pro 17" purchased and battery failed in just under two years.
My Macbook Pro 17" has now had a screen failure in just over two years.
MacBook 13" purchased for our daughter. CD-ROM drive failed in under two years and TWO batteries replaced.
When I was first converted to Apple Macs about 15 years ago I was told the hardware rarely failed, but in those days there were software issues.
Over the past 15 years the Macintosh OS has been developed into, in my opinion, a system far in advance of Windows in most respects.
The Apple Computers have, unfortunately, lost that build quality and are now some of the most unreliable computers around - in my experience. The use of third party components, no doubt in an effort to contain costs, has reduced the product to one inferior to the average PC (in my experience).
They have been outlasted by several years by Acer and Dell computers used in connection with my business.
It is a shame it is not possible to run the Macintosh OS on PCs as the Apple product is only a shadow of its former self.
I miss the OS system, but would happily dispatch the heap of scrap metal through the nearest window!
Looks aren't everything.
FOK
