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ZDNet confirms our findings of revision D logic boards for Apple's new MacBook Pro

Apple's new Intel-based MacBook Pros are fantastic works of engineering and art. In fact, I have one myself. Many users however, are experiencing problems with the built in AirPort wireless hardware. Previously, if a PowerBook was put to sleep and woken up, AirPort would attempt to automatically reconnect to a preferred wireless network but this has been troublesome for many MacBook Pro users. Although not all users are experiencing this issue, many are, despite Apple's roll out of the OS X update 10.4.6 just the other day.

Upon browsing through Apple's own MacBook Pro discussion boards, it is clear that many users are also experiencing AirPort connection drops that occur at random intervals. I am currently on my third MacBook Pro replacement, which is a 2.16GHz model manufactured in week 12 (W8612 serial). So far, I have not been experiencing AirPort auto connect issues or drop issues. In fact I have not experienced any of the issues that originally affected my first MacBook Pro. Looking through the MacBook Pro forums, many attempts have been made to correct the AirPort behavior with mixed results. However, a MacBook Pro owner named Anthony Hin writes in to tell us that he has a method which solves AirPort issues for good. Anthony's method is as follows:

1. Go to Finder > Macintosh HD > Library > Preferences
2. Pull SystemConfiguration folder onto the desktop
3. Restart
4. Go System Preferences > Network
5. Select “New Location” under the Location drop down menu and give it a name
6. Select “Airport” under the show drop down menu
7. Go to By default, join: and you can leave it on automatic or with preferred networks and select or add your network
8. Click “Apply Now” and all should hopefully be golden
9. If all is good, trash the folder on your desktop

We recently published an article about Apple's release of what some of its employees call "revision D" logic boards. ZDNet editor Jason O'Grady yesterday confirmed our reports of revision D logic boards in relation to the serial numbers we published. Interestingly, several users of revision D MacBook Pros continue to have similar issues although some appear to have their problems solved.