According to reports from Apple employees and the assorted hordes of the internet, we’re not the only ones having trouble with the Wi-Fi on the new MacBook Air. So, are we just holding it wrong, or have Ives and Co made a little whoopsie?
A couple of thousand disenfranchised Apple customers seem to have descended on the Apple Support Forums, all with problems with their shiny new MacBook Airs. The problems they’re seeing sound eerily similar to those we’re experiencing with our machines: Wi-Fi will initially connect, but after a minute or two the connection will stop working, and a total reboot is needed to be able to connect again. The problem is made worse when the Air is on a desk, quite possibly something to do with the Wi-Fi antenna being (*we think*) in the black plastic strip along the bottom of the screen.
Given that people are having these problems with every creed and colour of Wi-Fi router (and that we’ve been seeing the same problem on a bunch of different Wi-Fi networks) it certainly seems like there’s a problem with the new Air’s Wi-Fi system. Whether it’s just a software bug, hardware problem or idiot users holding it wrong remains to be seen, however. Are you having trouble?
Fixed with a software update
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Many users reporting the issues are still there after the fix. I was just on the Mac support forums and I see a lot of "I just tried the fix and I still have the problem."
ReplyDeleteI guess that as long as any of the millions of customers still has a problem, there will be a hater to point it out. The real question is whether Apple is statistically any worse than its competition regarding these types of issues. I doubt it. Their high ranking in user satisfaction surveys year after year indicates that despite these publicized issues, overall Apple is doing relatively a good job.
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