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https://www.google.com/#safe=off&q=mac+os+x+update+breaks+wifi https://www.google.com/#safe=off&q=mac+os+x+update+breaks+wi... Super irritating how often updat
by itbeho 11y ago
https://www.google.com/#safe=off&q=mac+os+x+update+breaks+wifi https://www.google.com/#safe=off&q=mac+os+x+update+breaks+wi...
Super irritating how often updates have broken wireless on Mac. You'd think someone at Apple could focus on that since it happens so frequently.
- javierbyte 11y agoI'm not defending Apple, but ... https://www.google.com.mx/?gfe_rd=cr&ei=JaBFVd6SBoKO8QfbqoHQCg#safe=off&q=windows+update+breaks+wifi https://www.google.com.mx/?gfe_rd=cr&ei=JaBFVd6SBoKO8QfbqoHQ... https://www.google.com.mx/?gfe_rd=cr&ei=JaBFVd6SBoKO8QfbqoHQCg#safe=off&q=android+update+breaks+wifi https://www.google.com.mx/?gfe_rd=cr&ei=JaBFVd6SBoKO8QfbqoHQ...
- pkaye 11y agoAs Apple has full control over their hardware and the selection is limited, I expect better QA from them. I dealt with spotty WiFi driver issues with them in the past and it took months to get a fix.
- Zhenya 11y agoCome on - this is on their own hardware. Everyone else has {large_int} amount of hardware combinations to test
- Grazester 11y agoif you were trying to it wouldn't be a very strong argument since Windows has to support hardware from a million different vendors and deals with a lot more third party drivers.
- aceperry 11y ago"I'm not defending Apple, but ..." You're trying to shift attention away from Apple by attacking another vendor. Unless Microsoft Windows updates have some affect on Apple's updates, your links have no relevance to the problems with Apple's wifi bugs.
- wvenable 11y agoIs the Wifi hardware in Macs from Intel? Intel's drivers on Windows are pretty terrible, it wouldn't surprise me if they came from the same source.
- mrsteveman1 11y agoI don't recall ever seeing Apple use an Intel solution for wifi, only Broadcom and Atheros. These are the only plugin kexts I see inside IO80211Family.kext: AirPortBrcm4360.kext AirPortBrcm4331.kext AppleAirPortBrcm43224.kext AirPortAtheros40.kext They each support multiple chipsets so the kext names that appear so specific are a little misleading, but it's still just those 2 companies apparently.
- Archio 11y agoTo be fair, you can do this with Windows 8.1 too and get the same results: https://www.google.com/#safe=off&q=windows+8.1+update+breaks+wifi https://www.google.com/#safe=off&q=windows+8.1+update+breaks...
- engi_nerd 11y agoYosemite has not done well in the wifi connectivity arena in my house. My wife's Macbook will drop its wifi while sitting next to a Surface Pro that happily maintains connection. The wifi issues have meant that we both are moving away from Apple products and are purchasing alternatives.
- wlesieutre 11y agoSurface Pro 3 had awful wifi reliability at launch, but it's only gotten better since then. Unlike OS X's wifi.
- radley 11y agoI think they finally had it fixed in 10.10.2 but something got reverted in 10.10.3. That's been my experience.