So much for Apple making higher quality computers… I have had more hardware issues with my iBook G4 than any other laptop I’ve owned. Six months ago some piece of the internal power supply went bad so that the computer no longer charged its battery, just last month the airport card stopped working unless I could literally reach out and touch the access point from where I was sitting, then today, I’m browsing the internet, I hear a pop, and the backlight of the LCD screen completely turns off!? Luckily, these last two problems were fixable— my airport card is working again after taking it out and reseating it, and the screen came back to life after a hard reboot.
But, the damage has been done. I can no longer hold onto the fantasy that somehow Apple makes products with fewer problems then Dell, Sony, etc.
Now, Blake. As a man of science you should know that one cannot make general observations from such a limited dataset. Example, I’ve had two HPs. One was great and still works, a PII 450, another is a piece of crap, Athlon 900, and dies every other month. Besides, don’t you just love being different by using a Mac? I for one await our Intel overlords. I will be purchasing a new Intel Mac probably as soon as they come out.
Yes, Sammy, I have only one data point. So, I shouldn’t make any generalizations. But, I have had problems with every laptop I have ever owned. The problems invariably start as soon as the warranty expires. I guess I was hoping for a different experience with Apple and was disappointed. So, either I got unlucky (and maybe when looking at the statistics Apple laptops fail less often than Dells, HPs, etc… has anyone seen such statistics?) or laptops just inherrently have more problems than desktops.