I bought a new MacBook Air M3 three weeks sho. What recourse do I have? Can I return it for a full refund?
MacBook Air 15″, macOS 14.4
Bluecatdj wrote:
I bought a new MacBook Air M3 three weeks sho. What recourse do I have? Can I return it for a full refund?
No, you cannot return it for a refund after 14 days. The machine is not defective and the issue has very little real world implications for anyone. Researchers often find things like this that can only be exploited under very specific conditions, namely the evildoer has to have physical possession of your Mac and have the skill and knowhow to do it. You have no worries to be concerned with. Oh, and by the way, every platform on the planet has security issues.
Which means you can’t download ableton, league of legends, steam, node.js, visual studio code, and many more apps created by users outside of the apple family filter.
basically computer is possible of endless attacks even if you download a driver.
You clearly didn't look into any of this.
Yes, Ableton runs on an Apple Silicon Mac. And natively.
Yes, Steam runs on an Apple Silicon Mac. In this case, Steam is still Intel code only and must run through Apple's Rosetta 2. As the link notes, there may be some inconsistencies while playing a game that uses Steam. Send your complaints to Steam and ask them why they still don't have an Apple Silicon native version of their software. These chips have been around since November, 2020.
Yes, League of Legends runs on an Apple Silicon Mac. How can it not? It's on online game. All you need is a browser.
Look before making such baseless comments.
satcomer wrote:
Java is NOT compatible on Modern Mac (all silicon)!
You don't know what you're talking about.
Java is a programming language. One that's designed specifically to have very few implementation dependencies, meant to let programmers "write once, run anywhere." There's nothing saying that you cannot implement it on an Apple-Silicon-based Mac.
Oracle provides JDK 17, 21, and 22 implementations both for Intel (x64) Macs and for Apple Silicon (ARM64) ones. You just have to select the right implementation for your machine.
Bluecatdj wrote:
I bought a new MacBook Air M3 three weeks sho. What recourse do I have? Can I return it for a full refund?
Exactly what is the issue for which you think you should get a refund?
Like the security flaw in BSD Unix that was over 25 years old before it was discovered.
https://www.zdnet.com/article/25-year-old-bsd-bug-found-and-fixed/
But remember, only Apple gets attacked and questioned for stuff like this. <sarcasm>
Very true but the uninformed will take this and run with it, promoting FUD and disinformation.
Have they?
Hard to say since you haven't explained what you want me to clarify.
I was responding to this: "Microsoft provided a software fix that blocked access to the flaw from
within the OS. I would imagine Apple will come up with the same soft of
fix."
Have they?
Java is NOT compatible on Modern Mac (all silicon)! They need to make a Unreal or silicone version before you can complain!
Maybe now users will see that a lot of mis/dis information is spread on these forums by individuals who have no clue what they are talking about.
Thanks for the correct data, Servant of Cats!
Flawed M-series chips
