Macbook Air reliability
My wife bought a macbook air 13" 128SSD at the end of november last year. It kernel panicked on a regular basis (ie, daily), so after trying a few things, took it back to the applestore just after christmas (26th in fact), it got replaced.
This one kernel panicked a few times a week. after 3 weeks, went back to the apple store, they advised a clean install and not to put too much software on it. Went back, tried that, it kernel panicked just after a clean install from the USB stick. Went back, the week after and it was replaced for another one.
This still kernel panics, although less than the previous two (times in the last 3 weeks).
Given it is a 100 mile round trip to the nearest applestore, and shipping would mean a loss of the machine for a week, what would people recommend I did, especially as I am not overly confident that taking it back would replace it.
Do all of them do this or are we just fantastically unlucky? My macbook pro and my wifes previous macbook have never done this.
She still loves the machine, but it has certainly taken the shine off it.
This one kernel panicked a few times a week. after 3 weeks, went back to the apple store, they advised a clean install and not to put too much software on it. Went back, tried that, it kernel panicked just after a clean install from the USB stick. Went back, the week after and it was replaced for another one.
This still kernel panics, although less than the previous two (times in the last 3 weeks).
Given it is a 100 mile round trip to the nearest applestore, and shipping would mean a loss of the machine for a week, what would people recommend I did, especially as I am not overly confident that taking it back would replace it.
Do all of them do this or are we just fantastically unlucky? My macbook pro and my wifes previous macbook have never done this.
She still loves the machine, but it has certainly taken the shine off it.
Mabook air 13" SSD 2010, Mac OS X (10.6.6)