I have a love-hate relationship with my Apple laptops. Sometimes they are beautiful. Sometimes they drive me absolutely crazy.

My last laptop was a 1st gen MacBook (black) and I had it in to the shop three times for a full week each while I owned it. It drove me absolutely up the wall. Then I bought a 2nd gen MacBook Pro (15″) and it was great for about 9 months then it gracefully but quickly stopped recognizing the physical trackpad and keyboard properly. Luckily I had a week-long backpacking trip planned to take my current laptop in over the summer but that time is not often available.

There was an issue with Leopard that gave all sorts of users problems where things would stop responding for a few seconds to a few minutes which they claim to have fixed in the latest software update (of 2007-12-18). There are other issues that I see online that Apple has not fixed yet, though. I’ve been losing sensitivity off and on the last week or so again. I sure hope that it’s fixable through software and that they fix it before it becomes a serious issue. I cannot lose the use of this machine — it is my primary and my only work and home computer.

I really wish Apple would put a little more care into fixing these things before releasing their products. I’m sure they do put a lot of care, but I can’t help but feel like they could do a lot better.