]> http://www.applefritter.com/blog/828 en http://www.applefritter.com/node/10829 Nov. 23, 2008 [B]MacBook Pro Defects[/B] Glad I decided to not get one! http://www.appledefects.com/wiki/index.php?title=MacBook_Pro#Mooing_Fans [B]appledefects Dot Com[/B] A very depressing website for us fellow Mac Addicts! http://www.appledefects.com April 24, 2008 [B]iPhone a flop in Europe...a very interesting read.[/B] Read all the comments as well. http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/90286 May 22, 2007 [B]MacBook Pro false advertising, no millions of colors[/B] http://colorblindmac.com/ October 26, 2006; [B]Apple releases update to fix ailing iPod shuffles[/B] iLounge Article: http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/news/comments/apple-releases-update-to-fix-ailing-ipod-shuffles/8877 and Apple's update: http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/ipodshuffleresetutility10formac.html June 29th, 2006; [B]It looks like the "repair extension program" is in effect for the MacBooks[/B]: http://gadgets.elliottback.com/2006/06/28/apple-replacing-stained-macbooks/ June 27th, 2006; [B]Another Apple Hardware Problem - White MacBook Yellowing[/B] Check out this article: http://www.smh.com.au/news/laptops--desktops/apple-glitch-stains-the-reputation/2006/06/27/1151174185296.html It seems like they were just released a month ago and bam, problems arise. Will there ever be an Apple product that is released without a "repair extension program" or worse yet Apple ignoring it like the heat issues of their laptops and now the yellowing issues with the MacBooks? I started to make a website that listed Apple R.E.P.'s (see above) and ignored issues but it has become such a large list it went on the back burner for the time being. As much as I love Apple products I would advise against a family member or close friend to buy a new Apple product. My family and I both wait until the products we are interested in are so old they are completly affordable and when they die or produce a problem it can be trashed and another purchased. May 23rd, 2006; [B]SanDisk's New Campaign[/B] Check out SanDisk's new campaign against iPod. http://www.idont.com/ Click on the Materials link for posters etc. Click on the propaganda link for other iPod bashing sites. Interesting to say the least. One link I found interesting (and dated as of now) is http://www.ipodsdirtysecret.com/ February 21st, 2006; [B]Why would anyone buy an iPod? I want one but am afraid...very afraid.[/B] Today I read another [url=http://playlistmag.com/weblogs/ipodblog/2006/02/shiftyshuffle/index.php?lsrc=rsswidget]story[/url] about another problem with an iPod. I have been reading these stories for some time. It must be a form of self mutilation (for lack of a better term). You see I want an iPod bad...really bad. I have wanted one since I saw them introduced at the Macworld Expo years back. But month after month, year after year I read stories or issues about them. First it was batteries and than about them dying for no reason or about how easily the screens scratched. It just doesn't seem Apple fully finishes their R&D before they wow the masses with their new product. I honestly feel that Apple uses our hard earned money to refine the new product. We are their guinea pigs...guinea pigs with fat wallets. I think Apple relishes in the fact that we Apple zealots are just plain nuts for their products. We will buy and complain but we will buy again and again. But this iPod issue is really getting me annoyed and I haven't even had one of the problems that have plagued them for years. I am glad I returned my Christmas gift...a 20gb iPod Video the NEXT day without ever opening it. I can see it now if I didn't. I'm sure I would have a discussion in the new Kiwi forums about it and how it doesn't work. --- This evening I came across a [url=http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=1782335]discussion[/url] on Apple's site. It has 275 replies. If you are an Apple discussion area user you would know that 275 posts to one topic is something to take notice. My question is why doesn't Apple take notice? Or have they? Sun, 23 Nov 2008 17:52:35 -0800