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Hello,
I am new to the mac community and just got a brand new macbook pro last friday. My experience with it has been mediocre at the very best. The only satisfaction I have had so far has been with programs that my macbook pro came with, such as garage band, dashboard, photobooth, and basically anything that highlights the macbook pro's amazing graphics and RAM capabilities. Aside from this I have have been feeling extremely dissatisfied with various issues that include a horrible wireless connection and kernel panics.
With the wireless connection it has been causing me problems ever since day one (about 6 days ago). I can locate my network--which runs on a linksys wrt54g router--just fine, but I am only able to actually surf the internet for anywhere from 2 to 10 minutes. I'll know that my internet connection was lost because an untitled page will just keep loading until if finally goes to a page that says, "Safari can't open the page because the server stopped responding." Or it will say that I'm not connected to the internet and insist that i check Network Diagnostics...(which has never helped at all, another reason why my macbook pro has only been fueling my rage.) The most frusterating part about this whole thing is that my macbook has a connection with my router, which only makes me think that there must be some settings to switch on my routers home page, or there are airport drivers that need to be updated. I just can't stand the fact that I could potentially only be able to surf the internet for X amount of minutes. My old computer before this new macbook pro was an old Dell inspiron 4000 from the time where people were using windows millenium. I ran Linux (Ubuntu) on that dinosaur of a computer and was never have to leave my ability to connect to the internet to chance. I need to know that I have access to the internet all the time. And so far the machine which I spent almost $3,000 on has not met any of those standards.
The second problem that I have had is plain and simple: In the past 6 days that I've had this macbook pro I have had 4 kernel panics. Brand new macbook pro, having frequent kernel panics? I just don't know how to respond to that one. My only reaction is to get angrier. Is there any way that I can find out what's causing these kernel panics (panic.log files or any other .log files)???
Will the faith and respect I used to have in Steve Jobbs ever be restored?
Any help at all would be most appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
MC
I am new to the mac community and just got a brand new macbook pro last friday. My experience with it has been mediocre at the very best. The only satisfaction I have had so far has been with programs that my macbook pro came with, such as garage band, dashboard, photobooth, and basically anything that highlights the macbook pro's amazing graphics and RAM capabilities. Aside from this I have have been feeling extremely dissatisfied with various issues that include a horrible wireless connection and kernel panics.
With the wireless connection it has been causing me problems ever since day one (about 6 days ago). I can locate my network--which runs on a linksys wrt54g router--just fine, but I am only able to actually surf the internet for anywhere from 2 to 10 minutes. I'll know that my internet connection was lost because an untitled page will just keep loading until if finally goes to a page that says, "Safari can't open the page because the server stopped responding." Or it will say that I'm not connected to the internet and insist that i check Network Diagnostics...(which has never helped at all, another reason why my macbook pro has only been fueling my rage.) The most frusterating part about this whole thing is that my macbook has a connection with my router, which only makes me think that there must be some settings to switch on my routers home page, or there are airport drivers that need to be updated. I just can't stand the fact that I could potentially only be able to surf the internet for X amount of minutes. My old computer before this new macbook pro was an old Dell inspiron 4000 from the time where people were using windows millenium. I ran Linux (Ubuntu) on that dinosaur of a computer and was never have to leave my ability to connect to the internet to chance. I need to know that I have access to the internet all the time. And so far the machine which I spent almost $3,000 on has not met any of those standards.
The second problem that I have had is plain and simple: In the past 6 days that I've had this macbook pro I have had 4 kernel panics. Brand new macbook pro, having frequent kernel panics? I just don't know how to respond to that one. My only reaction is to get angrier. Is there any way that I can find out what's causing these kernel panics (panic.log files or any other .log files)???
Will the faith and respect I used to have in Steve Jobbs ever be restored?
Any help at all would be most appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
MC