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Information Technology News Apple issues MacBook shutdown fix but skeptics remain
Information Technology News Apple issues MacBook shutdown fix but skeptics remain | Apple issues MacBook shutdown fix but skeptics remain |
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| by Stan Beer | |
| Saturday, 28 October 2006 | |
  
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While Apple claims that the shutdown problem only affects a small percentage of MacBooks, the number of affected users has been large enough to cause some users in August to launch a website devoted to the issue called Macbookrandomshutdown.com. There have also been reports of some users trying organize a class action against Apple because of long waits after returning their machines to service the problem. The fix issued by Apple has been welcomed by some MacBook users but met with skepticism by others who claim that issue is hardware problem caused by internal overheating causing a short in the system. Users have reported repaired MacBooks being returned with new heat sinks and lgic boards. According to some techs, however, the hardware issues can be addressed by improved firmware monitoring of the processor to regulate overheating. A visit to the homepage of Macbookrandomshutdown.com will reveal that at least one affected user has found that Apple's firmware fix for the random shut down problem appears to work.{moscomment} |
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