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15" MBP TB Recall
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The OP said the notice came up as the employee scanned it. Not that they just happened to hear about it.
It would be interesting to see if others can buy it from Apple, or if it's off the market.
Although I know when Bose had their recall on some wireless headphones recently, they seemed to remove stock by region over a few days. And then only if people had the "defective units" (although they all likely were..) and brought them in, would they get the new pair.
Maybe Apple is doing something similar.
You can still purchase this model online and in stores. I'm sorry but this seems like a gross misunderstanding.
I doubt that this is a recall in the truest sense of the term. Very often, Apple will try to capture returned items and devices that are experiencing very specific types of problems.
They'll take them as a return, and ship them back to Apple as is for evaluation. My guess is that's what they did with this "recalled" device.
A true recall is what Samsung just did with the Galaxy 7 Note. Requesting (or requiring) everyone device, or certain lot or serial numbers, to be returned.
They'll take them as a return, and ship them back to Apple as is for evaluation. My guess is that's what they did with this "recalled" device.
A true recall is what Samsung just did with the Galaxy 7 Note. Requesting (or requiring) everyone device, or certain lot or serial numbers, to be returned.
Anecdotes and rumours are not evidence. For all you know you could have just witnessed someone trolling. Please be weary of that in this day and age.
When I get a email or its posted from a reputable site than Ill pay attention. Im running a 2.9 , 1tb, 16gb,460 with a 27 inch NEC wide gamut monitor a Samsung T1 external, A pegasus 4r running Raid O, a 4TB western digital USB 3 drive all at the same time and no glitches, hiccups or any issues at all. Obviously fingers crossed but the complaints in my mind are bad computer technique in loading a clean system on migration, some software and hardware glitches are a given but far to many whiners and others to listen too. No doubt there are some issues with some machines , i don't doubt that for a minute but the Apple sucked , take Tims job away are coming all from 5 year old attitudes and its pretty sickening who good folks ar spending close to 4 k on there machines knowing they spent a lot of money and just want to get the best out of it. Bottom line act like a grownup here. I own a photography forum and moderate it too. I would have already banned a load of whiners. Their are some really nice folks here with a lot of great knowledge and would like to learn from them than listen to stupidity .
Just had to be said. If you want to be useful than try to help others get through the issues. Be that hero for someone
Just had to be said. If you want to be useful than try to help others get through the issues. Be that hero for someone
Great question: the NEC is display port but it would never work on direct connect to my old MBP so I connect into my Pegasus Drive which has 2 TB ports so I take from Pegasus to computer and with this unit I added the TB2 to TB 3 apple connection and working well
- USB-C is literally a $9 adaptor away from being USB-A. Get over it.
- Magsafe? Again, get over it.
- Comparing hardware (MBP) to software (W11) isn't at all appropriate and if you're considering MS hardware in that statement... well a day ago Best Buy was practically giving the Surface Pro away.
Dude, you don't like the new MBP and thats ok. Just allow yourself to not like things in life and you'll live a happier one.
Once more with feeling - there is no recall. Go to the Apple Store and look for yourselves. It's a sign of the times that a fleeting sighting of a few words on a screen alluding to a 'recall' of one particular mac is taken to mean a model-wide recall is in place. I'm genuinely starting to believe some of the trolling on here is financially backed by Apple rivals because I cannot believe people can be this gullible.
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If there was an official recall of the new 2016 MBP, you can be assured it would be "plastered" all over the internet instantaneously, and that you can be assured of...
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i said it before, there is NO recall. they do this for quality control. happens every time. the employee is clueless, as usual.
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This is how internet works now: http://gizmodo.com/theres-little-evidence-to-back-up-reports-that-cnn-broa-1789366420
This kind of "news" escalated after they found how powerful it is in social media (Trump fake news on Facebook)
"News" are to either:
- influence your choice (tweaking public opinion to gain tangible results) - what you buy, who do you vote on etc.
- make you click link (simple - you add traffic and increase Ads revenue)
I observed simple tricks so far - take part in quiz, click shocking image to see more, click to get magic method to make you slim, young and beautiful etc. Now it is more engineered and coordinated.
This kind of "news" escalated after they found how powerful it is in social media (Trump fake news on Facebook)
"News" are to either:
- influence your choice (tweaking public opinion to gain tangible results) - what you buy, who do you vote on etc.
- make you click link (simple - you add traffic and increase Ads revenue)
I observed simple tricks so far - take part in quiz, click shocking image to see more, click to get magic method to make you slim, young and beautiful etc. Now it is more engineered and coordinated.
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And take away egregious spying, ramrod approach to updates/patches, and hostile driver/hardware support mechanism. Those will be necessary before I can bring myself back to PC/Windows.
No, it's not. Many people buy it. Probably for you the price is too high. So in a general sense it is not true. Apple has always been unaffordable for many people. But they offer a stunning customer support, that's also why their devices cost more.
My screen and and external SSD will be happy to plug into the Mac by USB-C. Worthless? Hell no!
So did any new thing at the beginning that relied on the work of other developers. It's new, it needs a time of adaption. This will be great.
Tons?
So are most of your posts.
Yeah, that was a bad sacrifice. I don't like that either. But at least with USB-C we charge now via third party devices like a screen. That is pretty cool.
There is no recall. You are making this up based on a post of a user.
Haha hahaha. That was a good one. I give that to you. hahaha. Oh man.
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Just FYI my maxed out 2013 like what I just bought below was 3300.00 given some inflation and such pretty fair. Maybe 200 too much but who's to say. For a lot of us this is about the needs and that comes at a cost. I'm a working Pro photographer I face these really high costs for gear. I don't like it and I'm not a millionaire either but this stuff just cost a lot. We spend a lot of time on these things and nice to have some value and some luxury in that too
This is a lot of replies considering the straight up fact that he may not be lying, but his info is clearly wrong whether he likes it or not. A recall is not a silent operation where only the Apple employees know what is happening. which is what op is suggesting. I guarantee there was no exact word "recall" and he didn't actually see the message on an EMPLOYEEs phone, and this is all hearsay.
You said yourself your guessing and the only thing that coulda came up was the employee putting that it needed to be REPAIRED OR ANY OTHER NUMBER OF THINGS
You said yourself your guessing and the only thing that coulda came up was the employee putting that it needed to be REPAIRED OR ANY OTHER NUMBER OF THINGS
Let's not get carried away with the apocalypse based on what some guy on the internet apparently saw on someone's phone... Why was the OP reading the employees phone?
What I'm assuming here, is the OP has arranged to take the laptop back to Apple, they scanned it in, and the system went "Yep, that's the one we're expecting, here you go".
For a start it's way too soon for a recall, they've only been in people's hands for about a week!
What I'm assuming here, is the OP has arranged to take the laptop back to Apple, they scanned it in, and the system went "Yep, that's the one we're expecting, here you go".
For a start it's way too soon for a recall, they've only been in people's hands for about a week!
Apple will never openly refer to anything as a recall....best you will get is a repair program.
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If something like this were to happen, would only be cause the industry is scared of another Samsung note 7 scenario . If you were to identify the manafacturing fault, recall the effected units before it becomes a PR nightmare.
Though I very much doubt there is an issue here . Don't trust everything you need on someone's phone .....
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If something like this were to happen, would only be cause the industry is scared of another Samsung note 7 scenario . If you were to identify the manafacturing fault, recall the effected units before it becomes a PR nightmare.
Though I very much doubt there is an issue here . Don't trust everything you need on someone's phone .....
The sequence actually went:
Scanned the barcode for a return
Barcode acknowledged
Message on phone appeared
Employee said 'This model is part of a recall. Did you get an email about that?'
I said 'no.'
We continued with the return process.
That`s exactly what think; random recall due to customer return, maybe you misunderstood my meaning...
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I think the thread title should be amended, so as to not get readers and new MBP owners more worked up than they may already be from reading the forums.
"Apple took my MBP return and singled it out for further study."
"Apple took my MBP return and singled it out for further study."