http://niklasblog.com/?p=1018 Giddup-a! Geddondown-a! Wed, 25 Aug 2010 22:12:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://niklasblog.com/?p=1018&cpage=1#comment-16905 Niklas’ blog » Blog Archive » Farewell, MacBook - I hope Wed, 13 Sep 2006 10:12:50 +0000 http://niklasblog.com/?p=1018#comment-16905 [...] No disrespect to the nice person’s gut, but I’d rather fling myself at a pitchfork rather than wait for Apple to correct this. I cannot believe the arrogance they’re displaying about this matter; being silent is saying “we don’t give a toss about you”, foremost to the customer, but also to their own people, i.e. the front-line at AppleCare who cannot say more than “we don’t know” about the matter. Apple has to lose their air of secrecy if they wish to gain respect and not lose it. [...] [...] No disrespect to the nice person’s gut, but I’d rather fling myself at a pitchfork rather than wait for Apple to correct this. I cannot believe the arrogance they’re displaying about this matter; being silent is saying “we don’t give a toss about you”, foremost to the customer, but also to their own people, i.e. the front-line at AppleCare who cannot say more than “we don’t know” about the matter. Apple has to lose their air of secrecy if they wish to gain respect and not lose it. [...]

]]> http://niklasblog.com/?p=1018&cpage=1#comment-15468 Niklas’ blog » Blog Archive » MacBook problems continued: spontaneous shutdowns and boot issue Wed, 09 Aug 2006 20:46:14 +0000 http://niklasblog.com/?p=1018#comment-15468 [...] Or, to be correct, it’s not the operating system I’m having a feud with - it’s the MacBook. Apple still are extremely quiet and extremely tight-assed about both admitting there is a wide-spread problem with the MacBooks shutting down when they should not, and even though it’s only (…) happened to me eight times in the past three days, I’m freaked out when it happens. Even though I’m a person who saves often and backs up everything (when I remember to), I hate it. And, of course, every professional maker of computers should make damn sure it doesn’t happen. [...] [...] Or, to be correct, it’s not the operating system I’m having a feud with – it’s the MacBook. Apple still are extremely quiet and extremely tight-assed about both admitting there is a wide-spread problem with the MacBooks shutting down when they should not, and even though it’s only (…) happened to me eight times in the past three days, I’m freaked out when it happens. Even though I’m a person who saves often and backs up everything (when I remember to), I hate it. And, of course, every professional maker of computers should make damn sure it doesn’t happen. [...]

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