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Originally Posted by Temporary_User
Apple wouldn't be where they are today if people would have taken your philosophy and applied it to Microsoft.
It's almost a case of a company growing too quick. Apple used to be able to make very good products when there wasn't much demand for them. As demand is increasing, quality seems to be going down.
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I heartily disagree with this one. Apple’s products have always been rife with quality control and engineering issues.
How far back do you want to go? Puffing batteries and poor thermal paste applications on Macbook Pro’s? Cracking cases and yellowing wrist rests on Macbooks? The near certainty that the power supply in your eMac will blow? G5’s leaking coolant all over the floor?
Even recently, how about all those machines with defective hard drives that literally detached their heads while in use. Video chips frying. Video chips frying again! Macbook Air rev1’s overheating looking at a YouTube vid. Magsafe connectors fraying and sparking. Yellow tint on top of the line iMac screens. Multiple video card issues on ATI equipped iMac’s. etc,etc,etc
The list is as endless for Apple as any other manufacturer out there. The only difference in my experience has been that Apple has better customer support to help when these kinds of issues do occur. Not many companies will identify these mistakes and engineering issues, and continue to repair and replace well outside their regular warranty period. Whether its an admission of guilt or not, I don’t know, but its definitely good for the consumer.