{"id":429,"date":"2006-09-25T03:35:41","date_gmt":"2006-09-25T10:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.macnightowl.com\/2006\/09\/25\/newsletter-356-preview-the-mac-hardware-report-quality-control-problems-recede\/"},"modified":"2008-03-26T06:29:26","modified_gmt":"2008-03-26T13:29:26","slug":"newsletter-356-preview-the-mac-hardware-report-quality-control-problems-recede","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/blog\/2006\/09\/newsletter-356-preview-the-mac-hardware-report-quality-control-problems-recede\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter #356 Preview: The Mac Hardware Report: Quality Control Problems Recede"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You can definitely say that the spring and summer seasons weren\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2t particularly pleasant for Apple\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s technical support people. With persistent reports of ongoing defects with the MacBook and MacBook Pro, and a huge battery recall to contend with, you might wonder why some bother working such a pressure-laden and thankless job.<\/p>\n<p>True, the arrival of the Intel-based iMac seemed to go off without many troubles of note. The basic form factor and internal layout had already been perfected with PowerPC versions, so the transition was an afterthought. The same might be said for the Mac mini, which also seemed relatively trouble-free in the scheme of things.<\/p>\n<p>Although Apple\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s note-books look similar to previous models, the internal components were quite different, and things didn\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2t go as smoothly. At first, the MacBook Pro got a bad rap for running hot, although it did seem to me that PowerBooks weren\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2t so cool either. 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