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I only started noticing it after the Mountain Lion upgrade, so I figured it was more likely something to do with their crazy new sleep mode, but hey, perhaps it's a combination of factors?
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I had the first generation MacBook Air, and if I was using it outside, it would shut down the instant sun peeked from behind the clouds. They later solved this in a firmware update, but still, first-generation Apple products are usually best to be avoided. There are exceptions, of course. For example, I've heard of no major defects in the 1st gen iPad.
More of a deliberate cost tradeoff than a defect, but the first iPad only included 256MB of RAM, which is woefully inadequate for the number of pixels it has to drive. As a result, it will not get new OS updates starting with iOS 6, and a lot of other software is unhappy on it. It's not bad , but the second version was considerably better.
I keep hearing things like this about the Retina MBPro. Dangit I WANT one, but my spidey sense keeps insisting that this is first round, early adopter technology and that I'll be MUCH happier if I hang onto my early 2008 17" MBPro for another few months or maybe a year until the next laptop line bump from Apple.
Why does the laptop power on when the lid is closed? That seems like the design flaw to me. And it could probably be fixed with a software update as well. Still, not very frontpage worthy IMO.
In this case it's a defect, but in general, people operate their Macbook Pros with the lid closed attached to an external monitor.
Open the lid, turn it on, closes the lid.
Should be fun to try to power an older MB with the lid closed to see what happens.
Interesting. In the past, an external mouse (BT or USB) was required in order for a MacBook to operate in "clamshell mode". If no such device were connected, you couldn't get the laptop to turn on. Period. This makes me wonder if there isn't a firmware bug? EDIT: An additional requirement (forgot): an external display must be attached. I'm doing some testing with my 2011 MacBook Air that is still running Lion. CORREC…
Interesting. In the past, an external mouse (BT or USB) was required in order for a MacBook to operate in "clamshell mode". If no such device were connected, you couldn't get the laptop to turn on. Period. This makes me wonder if there isn't a firmware bug? EDIT: An additional requirement (forgot): an external display must be attached. I'm doing some testing with my 2011 MacBook Air that is still running Lion. CORREC…
OMG! How did you manage to install Snow Leopard on Macbook Air 2012!? I'm very curious to know the method.
Interesting. In the past, an external mouse (BT or USB) was required in order for a MacBook to operate in "clamshell mode". If no such device were connected, you couldn't get the laptop to turn on. Period. This makes me wonder if there isn't a firmware bug? EDIT: An additional requirement (forgot): an external display must be attached. I'm doing some testing with my 2011 MacBook Air that is still running Lion. CORREC…
OMG! How did you manage to install Snow Leopard on Macbook Air 2012!? I'm very curious to know the method.
I keep hearing things like this about the Retina MBPro. Dangit I WANT one, but my spidey sense keeps insisting that this is first round, early adopter technology and that I'll be MUCH happier if I hang onto my early 2008 17" MBPro for another few months or maybe a year until the next laptop line bump from Apple.