08-24-2006, 09:06 PM
Which brings up a question I was going to ask last night after seeing kiva get torn a new one after an innocent "How do I know if I need this?" question in a similar thread.
I gave kiva the benefit of the doubt and just figured he had a MacBook and was just wondering if there are particular MacBooks to which the firmware update would apply or if they apply to all. The old 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it' mentality. Sometimes fixes are predicated on info like pertains only to MacBooks with serial # XX_____ through XX___.
More importantly, how does one even hear about these firmware updates? If I didn't happen to see that post and if we're not having any problems with our MacBook, how are we supposed to know that a firmware update even exists? We've received no email from Apple akin to a TSB. Should we have or are we supposed to wait until a problem arises that would have been addressed with a firmware update?
I gave kiva the benefit of the doubt and just figured he had a MacBook and was just wondering if there are particular MacBooks to which the firmware update would apply or if they apply to all. The old 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it' mentality. Sometimes fixes are predicated on info like pertains only to MacBooks with serial # XX_____ through XX___.
More importantly, how does one even hear about these firmware updates? If I didn't happen to see that post and if we're not having any problems with our MacBook, how are we supposed to know that a firmware update even exists? We've received no email from Apple akin to a TSB. Should we have or are we supposed to wait until a problem arises that would have been addressed with a firmware update?