MacBook Pro....Lemsip Anyone?

Since its release in February 2006, the MacBook Pro has been tarnished with complaint upon complaint from users - largely focussing on substandard manufacturing. Possibly the most common complaint has been the over-use of thermal paste on the MacBook Pro logic board. Several websites and blogs have been popular since this was first discovered due to the authors audacity in doing the unthinkable - voiding their warranty by opening up the MacBook Pro to re-apply the thermal paste in a more sparing manner. They have of course boasted success: much cooler running temperatures (50-65 degrees down to 30-45 degrees) and huge increases in system performance.

That said, I can't imagine Joe Notebook will go out and try this well-intentioned hack on their latest $4100NZD (up to $5900NZD) purchase.

The bottom line is the MacBook Pro is a lemon. An up-to-date list of known defects has been compiled and can be viewed by following this link. I really hope they get the next revision right. The MacBook Pro has been lauded as "the best notebook on the market". In theory this may be true (or perhaps was true in February), but in reality Apple have released a textbook case of why a huge chunk of the I.T. industry is devoted purely to hardware testing!

EDIT: In the interest of preserving the "two sides to every story" perspective, this link presents a rebuttal - of sorts - to the article I linked above. I have drawn my own conclusions after several months exposure to the issues surrounding the MacBook Pro. However for the uninitiated it would be unfair to present my own opinions as gospel.

Bottom line... I wouldn't buy one.