Poll: How Reliable is Your Apple So Far?  

I rated 5; specs in my sig.

Only had one problem so far, but it didn't affect operation at all. Something was wrong with the video card and the only time it ever showed up in Panther was when I watched a DVD, but on Tiger it was there constantly. They replaced the logic board and I have absolutely no problems at all now.

so wouldn't be more logical kakaze to rate it a 4 or a 3....because a mobo (err...video card) dying on you is some serious sh*t.

I was having some problems with Azureus, but since the new java update it has been running fine now.

Did I say it died on me, abf?

No, I didn't. It had a problem that did not affect the operation of the computer at all. Had it been something that did affect the operation of my computer I would've given it a lower score, otherwise it's just been a minor hiccup that was repaired quickly.

5...... no issues here 2 years after the fact. Great laptops IMO

5 all the way for me. no problems for 10 months now, even w/ my 7200rpm drive installed.

needless to say, it's interesting that we're not seeing any actual comments by people who gave low marks.

5 for my 12in powerbook, no problems that were not fixable so far

5 for me too So far so good ..... only 1' thick - THAT KICKS ASS

5 with me... still going strong in battery life and also the airport express. able to communicate well with my XP machines. Runs virtual PC without any single problem at all

5 for me even tho i only had it 4 1 month

i bet the "1" came from abf

lol, and maybe a few other trolls. i want to ask the admin if there's anyway for us mods to track the votes, in case of trolling.

Powerbook 15 inch Aluminum 1.25ghz G4, bought August 2003

Serviced October 2003 for known issue with the LCD. White pressure spots appeared on the LCD due to an assembly issue. Problem shown to local Apple reseller, next say they had a screen in stock and replaced it. Total time I was without the system, 20 minutes while they swapped the screen.

Serviced July 2005. Problem appeared to be a bad hard drive, as data was being corrupted and the system log reported DMA errors. Serviced at the same reseller, took them 15 minutes to swap the drive. Reloaded OS from my own backup, noticed DMA errors coming back after two days. Reseller then ran extensive diagnostics on it, could not find a fault. Was without the system overnight for that. Got the system back, discovered the World of Warcraft installer would trigger the DMA fault every time, showed reseller this, they then took the system in for repair again. 3 days later reseller had repaired the issue by replacing the logic board, verified good with my World of Warcraft CD. No cost to me due to Applecare coverage.


While the above may seem major, I appreciated overall how well things have been handled. The system has been through a lot, including being carried to work on a daily basis and always with me when traveling. It's probably been on and running 80% of the time, and compared to other systems under similar loads, has shown less problems.

It's now waiting to be replaced by a shiny new Powerbook sometime next year. It all depends on when my wallet burns a hole in my pants, and when the Intel based systems ship.

Oops. I thought the number was the number of problems you've had with Apple............

read the thread starter's commentsfor any poll,to be clear about the intention of the poll, before voting.

Sorry.