Wanted to use MBP. No more Apple in my life!

I decided to buy an MBP.
I waited for the whole month to get my hardware. I paid big time money for it.
All i got was a massive frustration and a huge quantity of time lost in order to get more and more broken and faulty MBPs. I had 8 of them. Every single one was c..p
So long Apple. It was (not)nice meeting you.

If You say that:
1. Loud whining (in every model I saw)
2. Drastic overheating.
3. Hang ups.
4. Shut downs.
5. Faulty speakers.
6. Problems with airport.
7. etc
is a thing that requires "learnig curve" to handle..
No more to say
I bought lots of PC`s in my life. I`ve NEVER experienced something like this. Such a low quality and so much ignorance.
I will quote myself from the other post. I think it is very true and should be kept in mind at all times.
Beeing a picky customer is a MUST in this case. I
realy don`t understand the people who are trying to
protect this company no matter what happens. You HAVE
to remember that it is not a privilage for you that
you own Mac. It is a privilage FOR Apple that you
decided to spend big time money on their products. It
is your DUTY to be picky and strict. Apple is not a
religion, it is a product company, just like Durex or
next street bakery.
Apple hit the bottom with MBP. Hopefully it is
momentarly situation, but softening it up will not do
much good. Beeing strict and suspicious will not harm
anyone.

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