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Apple patches 'non-existent' MacBook flaw

Core blimey
Tuesday, 31 October 2006, 06:33
CUPERTINO COMPANY Apple has released a software fix to stop the MacBook and MacBook Pro from shutting down for no apparent reason.

Apple initially denied that "random shut-down syndrome" existed and even now says that the problem only effects a "a small percentage" of machines.

But, says the Sydney Morning Herald, that does not seem to be what the bogs are saying and it has been estimated that thousands of users have had to return their MacBook lappies.

More than 1,500 people have signed in to a small website called macbookrandomshutdown.com to tell their tales of woe. Macintouch.com surveyed 2,800 users and found that 19 per cent of some early MacBook Pro units suffer from the random shutdown problem.

It is a little strange that Apple thinks that it can solve the problem by throwing software at it. Most of the techies who have had problems with their laptops seem to think that the problem is down to a faulty heatsink or misplaced thermal sensor wires.

Perhaps Apple is afraid of being accused of having a a personal computer that is less reliable than an IBM PC clone?

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