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As far as first-gen issues are concerned, I don't think Apple has a bad track record compared to other companies. Which first gen products were bad?

by als0 6y ago

minimaxir 6y ago
The big ones in recent memory are the Apple Watch Series 0 (which got obsoleted unusually quickly) and the 2016 MacBook Pros w/ keyboard and screen flex issues (I keep mine almost-permanently plugged in so it hasn't been an issue for me, yet)
- valuearb 6y ago
  What issues did the first gen AppleWatch have? Mine was fine through last year.
  - minimaxir 6y ago
    As someone who had a S0 (in steel!), the battery died very quickly after a year or two and it was impossible to actually use any apps on it because loading them took forever. I eventually upgrade to a S3 and was very happy with it, although I don't think I am rushing to upgrade, yet.
    - valuearb 6y ago
      Yes, apps sucked in it for the most part. My battery held on for a long time, maybe because I ran it to zero a lot.
- reaperducer 6y ago
  I'll give you the keyboard thing. But the original Apple Watch seemed fine. I use one even today. All of the stock apps work, and many third party apps, too. The only disappointment I have is that the New York Times app stopped working last fall.
foobarbazetc 6y ago
The first MacBook Air was terrible. The trash can Mac Pro is terrible. I, unfortunately, own both.
- caycep 6y ago
  that being said, museum pieces! I'm not sure I'd want to own one, but the movement to put modern components inside an old Power PC Cube chassis is pretty fascinating to read about...
- valuearb 6y ago
  Wow, the trash can Mac Pro was awesome! It was just a dead end. The first MBA wasn't good, but it wasn't a dead end for Apple, just the beginning.
  - lostlogin 6y ago
    We have several at work and they seem prone to weird shit happening, depending on which config you get. I think there is something that happens with one of the GPU options and it makes the system unstable.

As far as first-gen issues are concerned, I don't think Apple has a bad track record compared to other companies. Which first gen products were bad?

by als0 6y ago

As far as first-gen issues are concerned, I don't think Apple has a bad track record compared to other companies. Which first gen products were bad?

minimaxir 6y ago

The big ones in recent memory are the Apple Watch Series 0 (which got obsoleted unusually quickly) and the 2016 MacBook Pros w/ keyboard and screen flex issues (I keep mine almost-permanently plugged in so it hasn't been an issue for me, yet)

valuearb 6y ago
What issues did the first gen AppleWatch have? Mine was fine through last year.
- minimaxir 6y ago
  As someone who had a S0 (in steel!), the battery died very quickly after a year or two and it was impossible to actually use any apps on it because loading them took forever. I eventually upgrade to a S3 and was very happy with it, although I don't think I am rushing to upgrade, yet.
  - valuearb 6y ago
    Yes, apps sucked in it for the most part. My battery held on for a long time, maybe because I ran it to zero a lot.
reaperducer 6y ago
I'll give you the keyboard thing. But the original Apple Watch seemed fine. I use one even today. All of the stock apps work, and many third party apps, too. The only disappointment I have is that the New York Times app stopped working last fall.

foobarbazetc 6y ago

The first MacBook Air was terrible. The trash can Mac Pro is terrible. I, unfortunately, own both.

caycep 6y ago
that being said, museum pieces! I'm not sure I'd want to own one, but the movement to put modern components inside an old Power PC Cube chassis is pretty fascinating to read about...
valuearb 6y ago
Wow, the trash can Mac Pro was awesome! It was just a dead end. The first MBA wasn't good, but it wasn't a dead end for Apple, just the beginning.
- lostlogin 6y ago
  We have several at work and they seem prone to weird shit happening, depending on which config you get. I think there is something that happens with one of the GPU options and it makes the system unstable.