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Dec 3, 2010 5:39 PM in response to First Magusby krbusby,Maxell, memorex, Verbatim and others who's names escape.
Mostly DVD's as data backups. I average about 1 burn for every 5 failures.
This is not my first experience with these drives and a quick google search brings up a lot of problems. I wish Apple would stop pulling a Microsoft and admit that the drives are terrible.
It's just one of those things and if I don't word myself carefully my posts get deleted.
Yawn, will have a new drive installed next week. -
Dec 3, 2010 6:05 PM in response to krbusbyby Templeton Peck,Apple optical drives are certainly crap.
Apple doesn't make the optical drives. They use devices from third party makers just like every other computer company. Blame hem instead -
Dec 4, 2010 5:05 PM in response to Templeton Peckby krbusby,I never said they made them.
MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-867
matshita drives are crap. Apple should know better.
You guys need to lighten up, someone says something not so friendly but on point about something Apple can and SHOULD improve on and it's like someone spit in your God's face.
Or the post simply goes away. And the poster is banned etc.
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Dec 4, 2010 4:45 AM in response to krbusbyby Templeton Peck,i've never had any problems with Matshita drives.
Technology's not perfect. Malfunctions happen all the time. Sh*t happens. Get over it. -
Dec 4, 2010 9:21 AM in response to Templeton Peckby krbusby,That's great! And in all honesty I'm happy for you. <=== Note: No sarcasm
There's two point here. The first is that any Google search will prove that any thinking person that these drives have a higher than normal malfunction issue. Maybe 80% of the drives are fine, but that number should be higher.
The second point is the interesting one; The absolute inability of certain persons to believe that Apple can do something wrong. Steve Jobs and Apple are people. They make mistakes, they deny there's been mistakes made, usually folding only after class actions have been filed.
Apple still has a way to go before they're almost perfect but as long as the Apple Gestapo are there with their "I've never had that problem", "That's not Apple's fault", "I don't know what you're talking about", (With fingers in ears) "I can't hear you!".
Not to mention the ever popular move of deleting posts and banning users.
Apple is so fricking close to being the best thing out there. They're so far ahead of Microsoft already. But the attitude has cost them a lot of customers. Their lack of interest in listening to the consumer.
They're great at predicting what the consumer will want, I'll give them that, but that doesn't mean they LISTEN.
I'll end it here. I'm under Apple Care so it's no sweat for me but I had to say something, as everyone should.
iBook G4 sound balance issue... never resolved.
MacBook White stains easily... Apple says we all have dirty hands
MacBook White casing cracks... Apple says we don't know how to open and close our laptops
Keyboard letters wearing off... Apple says we have unusual, natural body oils
Defective main-boards... Apple says plenty, none of it productive until finally a recall was issued
iPhones, poor reception... Apple says we're holding them wrong
And for every such statement their are people here standing with Apple saying we're all stupid. Maybe we're not cattle and like to think for ourselves. But as long as you guys keep collecting those shiny, blue 'Top User' (lol) Apple Points you'll stand by your man.
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Dec 4, 2010 10:27 AM in response to Templeton Peckby krbusby,This is funny... I just this minute found a new crack in my MacBook. I'm looking at the front of the thing every day and I can tell you it's a brand new crack on a MacBook that hasn't moved in days and I live alone so no one else could have touched it. So it just appeared. Now to Apple's way of thinking this happens because I looked at it too hard OR my astrological planet is in the wrong phase, but certainly not their fault. Oh, wait... they retracted that one and admitted blame.
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Dec 4, 2010 12:55 PM in response to First Magusby krbusby,Disk Utilities and yes, I've tried every kind of disc I can find under the sun and burn speeds etc. The only thing I can't confirm is CDR's because I never use them nor do I have any.
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Dec 4, 2010 1:03 PM in response to krbusbyby a brody,Don't think of a Google search as really that revealing in these issues. Many people use Matshita drives without any issue. Many people have no cracks in MacBooks. If you read my user tip here you'll find that no matter how you really survey the net, you have only seen the tip of the iceberg:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1496670
Where I say:
"Polls asking for a feature to be added/removed are generally frowned upon, as well as polls about various apparent defects and their propensity. You are only addressing less than 1% of the Apple using population here.
Such polls would not be very scientific even if they are carried out for long periods of time. Long threads may appear to act as polls, and may violate terms of use. If you see such a thread and wonder why it hasn't been locked or deleted, you are welcome to ask that in Discussions Feedback, or click on "Report This Post" at the bottom right corner if available."
So instead of trying to guess if you have a systemic failure, try to see if you can fix the issue that you have present.
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/17/apple-tops-pc-customer-service-rankings /
And you don't get to be most valuable PC company by market cap by producing a shabby product:
http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2010/09/23/apples-market-cap-hits-262-88-billion/
So something is very strange here. Let's try to solve your problem, and stop trying to pin the blame on Apple.
CD issues are industry wide, because there are a lot of really bad media out there, as well as drives that easily break down. See my FAQ as to the possible causes for failure*:
http://www.macmaps.com/cdrfailure.html
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Dec 4, 2010 1:21 PM in response to a brodyby a brody,P.S. I am not a fanboy by any means. I just want people see the reality of attacking what is not understood from a company level is really not fruitful. -
Dec 4, 2010 8:58 PM in response to a brodyby krbusby,Thanks man, some useful information there. But we're way past what's wrong with my drive. I'll let Apple fix it.
I know and said that Apple is a great company, I think I even said they can be almost perfect with a little more effort. Nothing anyone can say will change the fact that Apple has acted very poorly in some cases, which I've noted, and the optical drives, based on my own and my friends and acquaintances and users posting issues at "The Mac Geek Guides", are of poorer than Apple's usual standard of quality.
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Dec 5, 2010 3:17 PM in response to krbusbyby a brody,Has Apple acted really poorly? Or are users asking Apple to fix that which is beyond Apple's control? Are users using substandard media, or adding stickies to their discs, which are known to cause issues for optical drives? Or are users burning at maximum speed, hoping such discs will be readable in every drive? It is best to understand the limits of the medium. Whatever "geek" guides you are posting from, they may just be from some disgruntled users. Let's get to the heart of the problem and find out what is wrong with your drive.

