I WANT to buy one, but I'm AFRAID to!!!

HuH? I've had numerous Apple laptops over the years (G3's, G4's and now Intel) and never had any major issue with Airport - not at home, in hotels, at work, anywhere. And I know lots of folks who can claim the same. My new MacBook Pro happily goes back and forth from my WPA2 network at home to a TLS-certificate based secure network at work with no issues at all.

This web site is for people experiencing problems to come and seek solutions. By it's very nature, it is a highly biased sample of Apple hardware experiences. To extrapolate from posts here to the conclusion that Apple building machines with inherent design flaws or massively crummy QC is absurd.

Do some machines have problems? Sure, and any laptop brand will too. But most people do not have any major problems with their machines. Airport works just great, for, literally, millions of Apple users.

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Hi HalfATechie: I have two Macs, and have had absolutely Zero issues with wireless or anything else for that matter. Have you checked out the troubleshooting forums on the Dell/Sony/Hp/Toshiba/ web sites? I think you will find similar issues elsewhere.

Stedman

I am not associated with Apple computer in anyway. But I've been buying and using Apple hardware for over 20 years now. I am on my 6th Apple laptop now, and I have never had any major issues with wireless connectivity. And I know dozens of other Apple hardware owners and users who can claim the same thing.

Not only would I not hesitate to buy an Apple laptop, but I didn't - recently bought a new MacBook Pro to replace an aging powerbook G4. I did not think of it as a crap shoot at all. The opposite in fact, as I have had very few problems with my Apple machines, and the ones I have had were promptly and expertly taken care of (I've had a trackpad on a TiBook go funky, a HD stop dead, but each issue was repaired under AppleCare without complications).

One thing about internet reports is that you cannot discount user effect. I'm not saying that all the posters were the root cause of their reported problem, but as someone who works in IT support, I can absolutely assure that some of those were!

Right. Because, as we all know, the Internet knows all, and is never wrong.

Try the following:

Google search the following: "transmission problems <the make/model of car you own>". You'll find hundreds of thousands or even millions of hits. Do you have transmission problems (and if you do, wow, did I pick a bad example!).

These issues are not as widespread as you fear.

HalfATechie: You are clearly determined to be scared. We can't do anything about that. The overwhelming majority of MBP users experience no wifi problems at all, but you needn't pay any attention to that if you don't want to. If playing it safe is what feels right to you, keep right on. Nobody has to buy a MBP.

If you read the forums and do google searches, it's very disappointing to see the amount of problems with Apple's wifi.

If you read the forums and do Google searches, you will find only the users who are having problems. Nothing we can say will convince you that they are a tiny minority of the user base, though in fact that is true. You are at the mercy of an irrational fear.

Just another 2¢ worth, but I've never had any problem with my MBP connecting to the internet wirelessly. And from my observation, often if there is a problem, it's a configuration problem rather than an intrinsic MBP problem. I was surprised to find my MBP could connect to a router across the street in Lubbock--I didn't expect it to have quite so much of a range. As has been said before, the people having problems post about them, and you never hear from all the people who never have a problem.

I second that.. When it comes to networking wirelessly it's definitely a configuration issue. Especially when dealing with Linksys etc.. :PC based routers. However, when they work, they work perfectly with no problems. I have experienced this myself recently though. I was in the Bahamas, loyal MAC person with his MBP could not even see why everyone else around him with PC laptops could see a free wifi signal and he couldn't. I felt bad for him because he couldn't work. What was interesting was I yanked out my Iphone and the WIFI in the phone didn't see it either. Can anyone explain to me why that is, and what in the world could have possibly caused this?

Regards,

Be sure to also Google "Dell laptop WiFi issues", "HP laptop WiFi issues", "Toshiba laptop WiFi issues", etc. You'll find about the same number of hits.

Which would then lead you to the logical conclusion that WiFi does not work and you should not buy anything that uses it.

This is what Google and the Internet was designed for. It will also show you that you should not buy a car, motorcycle, bicycle, refrigerator, etc.

Think of the money you are going to save.

HalfATechie: Please don't buy a Mac. You will never be satisfied with it no matter how it performs, and we have enough trolls on these boards already.