Apple has acknowledged it has problems with the video software used in the latest shipment of MacBooks and MacBook Pros.
Early customers of the Penryn refresh of the Apple notebooks had complained of flickering images during a QuickTime video playback on MacBooks and MacBook Pros shipping with the latest version of Mac OS X Leopard, according to our colleagues over at MacFixIt.
Several discussion threads have sprung up over on Apple's user forums, and some customers report that Apple has now acknowledged the problem and is working on a fix.
MacFixIt reports that fix should come with Mac OS X 10.5.3, currently in the works. AppleInsider has reported that Apple has been a little more active than usual with the release of new builds of 10.5.3 to developers, suggesting that the next version might arrive sooner rather than later. Mac OS X 10.5.2 was shipped in February.
canberra_photographer
15/04/2008 05:29 PM
The number one rule when Apple releases new notebooks... wait. Every revision to the MB and MBP lines has always had problems with the first units off the line. None the less annoying and shows QC could and should be better.
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moldor
15/04/2008 08:47 PM
Sure - Apple acknowledge this fault because it affects their current money-earner. What about the 300+ (that we know of) users that have FAULTY 17" G4 Powerbooks ? ALL of them have faulty screens (vertical lines), ALL of them came from the same time period and out of the same factory (Shanghai), and ALL of them have W85 serial numbers. Apple doesn't consider that someone with a 2 year old machine, who maybe can't afford or justify their latest offering, is worth worrying about !!!
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