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

You've been reassured — over and over. You are reassurance-proof.

I do not have the problem that "obviously exists," so I am not ignoring it. It obviously does NOT exist on my MBP. I use wifi connections at home and elsewhere every day, seven days a week, every week. My MBP has NEVER ONCE failed to connect and stay connected to any wifi network anywhere that I've asked it to connect to. It has never failed to connect *fully automatically* (without any action on my part) to an available open wifi network. In short, it has been 100% trouble-free as far as wifi is concerned. And I have no networking expertise whatsoever — I just follow instructions and expect it to work, and that's exactly what happens. So no, not all MBPs have "these wi-fi issues" that are obsessing you. But of course I might be the only person with one that works, so by all means go on agonizing. Don't pull the trigger — worrying is more fun.

never had any problems with wi-fi on an apple laptop. don't forget that millions of people own apple laptops. don't get discouraged because of hundreds posting their technical issues in these forums. they do it to get some help with this issue. doesn't mean everyone is having these problems. apple laptops for the most part are amazingly well built and reliable computers. just buy Apple Care with your macbook if your worried.

hey, no problem buddy. i'm glad i ran across your thread. good luck!!

I have owned my unibody MacBook Pro notebook since October 2008, and I have never once experienced any connectivity issues. Furthermore, I have traveled to many countries, with my MacBook Pro, and I have not experienced a single connection problem.

one more thing. computers can always have problems. they don't work perfectly. so if you buy one, don't be discouraged if it has problems. that's what Apple Care is for. Apple customers service and technical support is the best i have ever come across 🙂

Steel Dragon is absolutely right!

Take confidence in knowing that should a problem occur, you will be backed by the best support in the industry.

I have noted a link to just one of the many reviews that substantiate this claim.

http://www.macworld.com/article/140068/2009/04/satisfaction.html?sr=hotnews

While I tend to agree with eww, I will respond by saying if you go to the HP, Dell, etc. sites and read many of the threads here, just like the ones here, you will find that by far the majority of the problems are caused by router issues and interference, not by problems with any of the computers.

The problem is WiFi itself and whatever brands you look at people have problems with at as it tends not to be plug and play in far too many instances. The WiFi technology that Apple, HP, Dell, etc. are using is identical, Apple may call in Airport, Airport Extreme, etc., but it is still 802.11x and a standard.

That said I did have a problem with the wireless on a PowerBook G4 I once owned while on a road trip to Washington D.C. While in Nashville the connection strength became sporadic and was gone completely by the time I got to D.C. I went to the Apple Store in Bethesda and they spent 3 hours looking at the machine, doing an archive and install, etc. and we all came to the conclusion it was a hardware problem. I took it to the nearest Apple Store to me (Southlake, Texas), they did a hardware test on the DVD drive and it was faulty. Why the DVD? A shared circuity with the Airport card. They replaced the DVD and I never had any more problems with WiFi and the person I sold it to has had no problems. I've had not WiFi problems at all with my 15" MacBook Pro (February 2008), none with a PowerMac I owned and none with my Mac Pro.

Seems like you did some research before you posted your question, which is a bit disingenuous. Are you a troll?

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I've got two iMacs, one MPB, a PB, and a mini.
No wifi problems in any of them.

I too always run Apple machines with a combination of Apple and other (mostly in my case LinkSys) networking hardware. I have never had a connection problem that was from poor Apple stuff. And I have a couple posts in among those thousands you talk about too. They are from some particular setup +understanding problem+ or unknown setting, etc. Not caused by Apple. I have taken my laptops everywhere; from home to school, to work, to Europe & Canada, to east and west coasts of the US, walked and drove around town, to Starbucks, to Hogan Tire while my tires were balanced, to parents in another state, to the park in a nearby town that has community wide WiFi, to my local gas station that has WiFi for the waiting area, and home again - just to name a few.

I bet if you counted up all the problems out there about +xyz's router & abc's laptop+ you would get thousands too. Your issue is you are looking at the places where the people who have problems go to post. Look at the reviews, they are more balanced. Or, look at an Apple TV ad, all true-dat, imho.

Hi,

The number of hits on a website does not reflect the number of people experiencing issues, merely the number of people who have looked at that web site (for whatever reason).

I have used Mac exclusively for over 6 years, my original 12" Powerbook G4, 15" MacBook Pro, 17" MacBook Pro, MacBook Air and now my newest 15" Unibody MacBook Pro have had absolutely no issues connecting to any Wi-Fi network I've tried.

Buy it from an Apple Store (online or physical store) and try it out for yourself. You have a 14 day grace period when bought from Apple online (I think the same stands in their stores). If you're not happy arrange for it to go back. Simple really

3 Macbooks and 9 Macbook Pros, 3 unibodies, 2 plastic the rest are early 2008 MB pros and none of them have WiFi issues.

You get a year warranty for the computer in the event that anything goes wrong. Apple is real quick about getting stuff turned around and back in your hands.