In 2009, I started experiencing kernel panics on my 2009 Mac Pro with dual video cards (to drive two monitors). Still in 2007, I started having kernel panics with my 2006 Mac Pro that required a logic board swap. In 2007, I ended up purchasing a 17″ MacBook Pro instead, and it worked OK for a while, and then the machine started developing a problem with a bulging battery. Meanwhile, in 2006, I also purchased a new black MacBook for my wife and, for the first time ever, I had to send the machine back and ask for a refund, because it had unacceptable noise issues that were treated by Apple as “normal” or “working as expected”. Apple was never able to fix the problem, and eventually offered to replace it with a Mac Pro. That G4 MDD was replaced by a Power Mac G5 in 2005, and that machine worked well for a while, but then after less than a year I started experiencing all kinds of random freezes. The problem was so bad that an online petition was started, and eventually Apple had to offer a replacement program for those affected. Then, in 2003, I had a Power Mac G4 MDD that was affected by a major noise problem with its power supply unit. (While this was never officially acknowledged, the titanium shell of the laptop effectively acted as some kind of Faraday cage and had a significantly detrimental effect on wifi reception on the laptop, which, as you can imagine, was a massive disappointment.) The first significant one that I can remember is the problem with wifi reception on the original Titanium PowerBook G4 back in 2001. No, I am talking about hardware issues that were due either to clear design flaws or to defective parts. I am not talking about more or less predictable failures here, like conventional hard drives failing after a few years, or power adapter cords becoming frayed (although I’ve certainly had my share of those as well, of course). I don’t know it is bad luck or something else, but I have certainly experienced my share of hardware flaws and failures with Apple products over the years.
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