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New MacBook heatsinks exposed

by Scott McNulty (Oct 17th, 2006)

We all know about the MacBook's Random Shutdown Syndrome and how it has made many an Apple customer angry. But what is causing all this sadness? Well, a little birdy pointed me to this Flickrstream which contains a few very interesting, and well annotated, photos that expose the truth. As this photo ...

A tale of two random MacBook shutdown cases

by Scott McNulty (Oct 16th, 2006)

I bought myself a MacBook the week they came out, since a that point I didn't own an Intel Mac. I read about the Random Shutdown Syndrome (RSS) that some people were experiencing a little smugly. My MacBook didn't shutdown randomly! That is, until it started shutting down randomly. Dave Winer is ...

Disgruntled MacBook owners organising class action suit

by Alex Wollenschlaeger (Oct 12th, 2006)

AppleInsider has a story about a group of Mac users who have had enough of their faulty MacBooks, and they're not going to take it anymore. The group has set up a page at ClassAction.com and is looking for support to force Apple into a recall of the company's newest consumer notebook. AppleInsider ...

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