~10% of MacBooks (13″) have Random Shutdown
The folks over at MacInTouch have carried out a survey on the new MacBooks. 2800 notebooks were logged, along with thousands of comments. This includes both MacBooks and MacBook Pros.
More after the jump.
I quote below their findings in regards to the random shutdowns:
19% of the 2.0 GHz 15″ MacBook Pros released in March are prone to sudden, unexpected shutdown. This is a staggeringly high problem level for such a serious defect, but it fell to just half this level with the May hardware updates.
The 13″ MacBooks are also affected, at 7.5% to 12%. Some survey participants speculate the problem may be related to improperly seated RAM, noting that it is very difficult to get some non-Apple RAM to seat in the expansion slots. Others point the finger at defective memory, Mac OS X software updates, or firmware issues. We just don’t have enough solid information to know what the cause is.
This is clear proof that the Random Shutdown problems affect a large number of MacBooks.
The special report from MacInTouch is freely available here.
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