Comments on: MacBook Pro Complaints

By: Beckism.com .:. The mysterious whining MacBook Pro

Beckism.com .:. The mysterious whining MacBook Pro — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 16:32:03 +0000

[...] MacBook Pros, but it all had to do with the computer itself whining. Fortunately, Daniel Jalkut had quite a lot to say about CPU whining in MacBook Pros. I tried his QuietMBP program, and surprisingly, it fixed the [...]

By: Red Sweater Blog - Three Cheers For Apple’s Employees

Red Sweater Blog - Three Cheers For Apple’s Employees — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 22:12:03 +0000

[...] issues like these. I went on for months when I felt like Apple was misbehaving with regard to its defective laptop computers. What is this chip on my shoulder, anyway? Is it because I no longer work there, that I seem to [...]

By: Parting is such sweet sorrow

Parting is such sweet sorrow — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 04:30:04 +0000

[...] I’m about to put my MacBook Pro in a box. I’m mailing it off to AppleCare in the hopes that it will come back with no display whine or CPU whine. Hopefully I’ll have more luck than this poor guy. [...]

By: » Ruido molesto en el Macbook y Macbook Pro (principalmente) MAcOs_LuCas BLOG

Fri, 31 Aug 2007 15:44:32 +0000

[...] primera opción es descargarte el programa "Quiet MBP" creado por un usuario molesto por dicho zumbido, que se encarga de proporcionarle tareas [...]

By: Macbook / Pro에서 고주파음 없애는 프로그램

Macbook / Pro에서 고주파음 없애는 프로그램 — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 15:57:52 +0000

[...] QuietMBP [...]

By: Teddy Hwang » Blog Archive » To Get Your Mac Replaced

Teddy Hwang » Blog Archive » To Get Your Mac Replaced — Tue, 22 May 2007 20:24:49 +0000

[...] me give a quick summary. As soon as I purchased my MacBook Pro, I noticed the CPU whine noise that Daniel Jalknut had extensively reviewed and even found a temporary solution to. It was an annoying problem but I [...]

By: Parting is such sweet sorrow | aidje.surrendered.org

Parting is such sweet sorrow | aidje.surrendered.org — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 02:52:40 +0000

By: My experience with Apple service - ClunkClunk -

My experience with Apple service - ClunkClunk - — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 04:12:56 +0000

[...] 1/15/07 - Called Apple I called Applecare directly at 6:15pm. Spent about 12 minutes on hold waiting for a technician. I spoke to, ironically enough, Adam. He took down my required personal information, purchase date and my machine’s serial number. Since I am out of the 90 day complementary technical support period, he advised me to purchase Applecare, and gave me the pricing on it, and also politely mentioned that student pricing was available on it. I declined, and the conversation moved on. Adam informed me that without Applecare there was a $49 diagnostic fee, which he would need a credit card for, but would be marked as “non-billable” if it turned out to not be a software related problem. He was very personable, and friendly. I gave him the various problems on my machine. First was that I have the infamous processor whine, and I referenced the Apple support article that lists it. Adam looked it up, and chuckled saying that there was little information on my side of the document, but much more available to him. Good to know, as it was very light on details. I also informed him that my Superdrive was not reading and burning blank or burned DVDs, which work fine on my Mac Mini. He also noted this. The final issue is that the fans in the machine seem to have bad bearings, as intermittently they make an extreme amount of rattling noise. He smoothly mentioned that intermittent problems can be difficult to diagnose, but he would note it on the repair order. After my descriptions, he mentioned that this repair would likely fall under the category of non-billable, and he would mark it so. A box would be sent to me in a few days to send the machine in, and I would receive and email with my dispatch number. The entire call took 15 minutes perhaps. [...]

By: hoschistyle » Blog Archive » MacBook Pro - Geräusche

hoschistyle » Blog Archive » MacBook Pro - Geräusche — Sun, 10 Dec 2006 06:20:20 +0000

[...] Auch bei meinem MacBook Pro tritt das “Whine-Geräuch” - ein leichtes hochfrequentes zirpen auf. Auf der Seite von Red-Sweater findet sich eine Sammlung nützlicher Infos und Workarounds zu dem Problem. [...]

By: TBT Blog » Blog Archive » To Get Your Mac Replaced

TBT Blog » Blog Archive » To Get Your Mac Replaced — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 01:29:28 +0000

[...] Let me give a break down of what happened. As soon as I purchased my MacBook Pro, I noticed the CPU whine noise that Daniel Jalknut had extensively reviewed and even found a temporary solution to. It was an annoying problem but I didn’t want to invest as much time as Daniel did to complain against Apple. Since Apple hadn’t even recognized the problem back then, I knew it would be very difficult to get any kind of support. Nevertheless, Daniel’s work eventually paid off and Apple agreed to send him a brand new machine. It inspired me to start complaining. Just hours after I wrote my first post about the noise complaint, Apple coincidently acknowledged the problem and their support site recommended me to visit the nearest Apple technician for repairs. I did just that but the Apple tech scared me. He told me that he would order the parts and do the repair but warned me that it was possible that the noise could get louder and if that was the case, I’d be stuck with it since they wouldn’t do the work of putting my old logic board back. I was bewildered and so I got a hold of customer relations from Apple Canada. They told me that they would contact the tech that I went to and call me back. They failed to do so and I decided to just wait. [...]