Depending on what sort of headphones you’ve got going into your MacBook, you may have encountered some trouble keeping the things plugged in. It seems that unibody MacBooks are a bit picky on just how far in the headphone jack has to be.
Users claim solid performance with the latest iPhone-compatible headphones with the built-in mic, but older headphones (including Apple ones) tend to disconnect with the slightest jar. Sounds to me like the headphone jack gripper (below) at the very end isn’t in the correct position. It’s possible, I guess, that if it isn’t secured well that it might be knocked out of place or loosened by rough usage.
Well, that picture really is quite big.
Anyhow, that wouldn’t really explain why some headphones work and some don’t. Either way, it seems some people have success with an adapter like this iFrogz one, at least if you don’t need the microphone functionality.
Yes, those plugs suck. But the real disaster are the new displays on the MacBook Pro. Did they hire the car designer that got fired from Volvo (the one Guy Kawasaki mentions in almost all his talks) to make the decision to equip their pro machines with mirror like displays?
Yes, they are very nice for my wife when she’s doing her makeup but have you ever tried to evaluate color, contrast and tonality of an image when you see more of your own face then the image?
Not so pro anymore. Apple, please get the old display guy back.
Score +1 for Dell?
Just 92389 points to go. The E6400s look pretty damn how though. ;)
After owning the MacBook for 2 months I’ve had my first encounter with an ill fitting headphone adapter. I was worried that I had caused something to happen even though I’ve taken very good care of the laptop.
After reading this article I was relieved to find that I wasn’t the only one with this problem. I pulled out an adapter similar to the iFrogz that I had already purchased for my iPhone and connected the headphones to it. Voila!
Thank you for taking the time to address this issue, it was a big help.