![]() ![]() While our house sits at a 100% optical drive failure, real-world results are more favourable. However, the vast majority of non-pirated software is still installed from optical disks. Optical media is being superseded on a daily basis, of course - giving way to digital downloads, flash media, and wireless transfer. My wifes 2006 original white MacBook wont mount, read or write any optical media, and the other MacBook in our home is even worse - it simply spits disks out. Blank media of any sort could not be read, nor could it be written, and sometimes, regular optical media wouldnt even mount. While my laptop was fixed under warranty, I was without a computer for a week, an option which many cannot afford.Īs hinted at above, my two year old MacBook Pro suffered in inexplicable and sudden optical drive break down. Sadly, Apple have so far ignored the widespread breakdown of its laptop optical drives - a problem which afflicts both new and old MacBooks.Īpples Discussions forums has a 14-page long thread which is dedicated to the problem. But, whereas a LITTLE extra heat wont kill a laptop nor a companys image, the mass breakdown of optical drives certainly will. One is air circulation MacBooks are prone to run hot. However, they fall prey to several engineering failures. They can be praised for solid construction, excellent industrial design, ease of use, and (now), the retention of a decent array of connections. ![]() In general, MacBooks are engineering marvels. ![]()
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