Build Quality... Pi**ed

[Christopher]

In rare cases, yes. It's a tiny percentage.

 

[Tom]

f**k anyone that says anything bad about apple.

End.

 

[LowLife.]

f**k anyone that says anything bad about apple.

End.

Close thread?

Lol I guess I'll still get one, although Dell seem to be doing some pretty good deals.....

 

[Tom]

You know the old saying;

Buy Dell; You are poor (Or Gary from accounts told you to)

 

[LowLife.]

You know the old saying;

Lol. My missus bought a Dell last year, the charger now bleeps at her, the speakers don't work and the CD drive no longer works. Great quality.

 

[Christopher]

You can tell it's a Dell.

Probably not the best tagline.

 

[LowLife.]

Lol, I might say that to her tonight!

 

[Mr Pants]

I got a Dell laptop from PC world earlier in the year. I was blidned by specs, i3, etc. As soon as I got it out of the box I disliked it. Few days later I had my refund and got the 13" MBP. Best decision I made.

 

[Rob]

Well I'm here, aparently Steve himself will be serving me so I'm just waiting for him to land his jet out in the carpark. A now frequent viewer of the CS boards, (after all those conversations with Tom, Dan and Cwissy) he was extremely concerned that I'd spread the word accross this place and he'd lose his most dedicated of online followers.

 

[Tom]

I knew it!

 

[Rob]

All fixed. Bit of a weird Genius this time, they're normally chatty/cool, the guy was very quiet, but seemed to know his s**t. Took it out back, took it apart, said a couple of screws had come out or something.

Not really what you expect from a 6 week old premium product, but at least it was fixed very quickly.

No free blowie, Steve did offer me an iPad 2, but I decided it wouldn't be fair to everyone else.

 

[Will.]

LOL the guy in the apple shop today told me that the mac book pros are very robust and very rarely break. Clearly talking out his ass. All I wanted to do was waste 15 minutes playing around with one.

 

[Tom]

Willdot.
Big deal.
Small ****.
Cliosport area rep.
c**t.

My list is endless tbh.

Yup.

 

[adamlstr]

My MY09 MBP is actually amazing in build quality.

A truck hit it the toolbox it was on top of, it hit the tarmac and hasn't a scratch.

This is the advert for getting a 'pro' - metal casing etc.

 

[Will.]

Wrong quote Tom?

 

[jenic]

I'm on my third iPod 80gig, my 2nd iPhone (this ones case has also cracked).

My 3gs case has got a crack on the back, from the charging point up. Is that where yours was? Did they just replace it?


Also, lol at the dell comment. Surely anyone in the market for a mbp priced laptop doesn't even have dell on their list? :S

 

[Nigel]

My 3gs case has got a crack on the back, from the charging point up. Is that where yours was? Did they just replace it?

Yeah same place. 1st one got replaced, it's now out of warranty and I don't think they'll change it. Loads of people have had the same fault.

 

[LowLife.]

My 3gs case has got a crack on the back, from the charging point up. Is that where yours was? Did they just replace it?


Also, lol at the dell comment. Surely anyone in the market for a mbp priced laptop doesn't even have dell on their list? :S

The Dell comment was a joke....sigh

 

[jenic]

Yeah same place. 1st one got replaced, it's now out of warranty and I don't think they'll change it. Loads of people have had the same fault.

Mines 2 months out also, might try next time i go though

 

[Munson]

I fell on my 13" so hard that it caved the lid in, and bent the entire body. It still works just like new. Yeah. They're s**t.

 

[Christopher]

I thought you just dented the lid?!

Pics of the bent Unibody?

 

[Munson]

Nah the unibody has a dent coming OUT underneath. It's bent.

 

[Christopher]

Ah sh*t. Does it not sit flat on a table then?

 

[Munson]

Yeah it sits on the table just fine, as it has four feet. You can see/feel a 'dent' coming out underneath. In the same area as the dent in the lid. In other words it took a massive hit that sent a dent straight through to the underside, yet it works perfectly and the screen isn't even cracked, or marked.

 

[cava83]

Re-install windows, that will fix the majority of the issues, don't load crap software! Choose a good AV that isn't bloated! Just as new after that !!!

Mmm, you pay the premium for the service and aftercare though. If it's faulty you'll get a new one without having to fart around.

I've got a toshiba laptop from about 3.5 years ago....I'm so close to smashing it up. It takes about 10 minutes to load up, still seems to be loading something even if you leave it for another half an hour. Can't run a single application (e.g. internet explorer) without struggling, and the battery (when 100% full) lasts about an hour!

I'm considering using student discount on a macbook pro!

 

[VeinAST]

My cheap Packard Bell's a winner. When it dies in a few years I'll get a MBP.