Latest Release Week with Random Shut Down

Well, though I have been following this board and the random shut down issue, I went ahead and purchased my first mac. Got the White Macbook 2.0, with 2 Gigs of ram waiting to be installed. It's on its way from China as we speak and should arrive Friday. I was wondering what the most recent release week is that people are having the random shut down with. Has it stopped with later weeks or does it continue? Mine shipped Friday. Any idea what week mine will be?

Hi Andrew,
I've taken in two other MacBooks for the same reason. The first time I brought the laptop in, I couldn't make it shut down and the Genius sent me home. The second time I brought it in, I left it shutdown with the white light frozen on. The laptop was also very hot. They replaced it without asking any further questions. The second time I brought it in to the Genius Bar, I just told them the whole situation, explained that I was a long-time Mac user and really didn't want to ruin my mac experience by having to try to "proove" a problem that was already happening with my previous book. They took me at my word and replaced it without any further testing. (I mean, frankly, why would I be interested in randomly replacing a perfectly new MacBook if it wasn't acting up?)
Hope that helps. I have not called in the tech support line, but have always brought it into an Apple Store.

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