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After $1500 repairs, my MacBook Pro is broken again!
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They're increasing dramatically lately. The GPU failures is an embarrassment since people paid a premium for what they thought was a premium product. Sadly the 2011 MBPs with GPU failures is not an isolated issue.
Apple has had to grapple with this issue on 2008, and 2010 models as well.
Being an owner of a 2012 rMBP, I share your concern and sentiment. I've said in the past and I still believe it. The 2012 rMBP that I purchased is the best laptop I've bought. Now however there is a little bit of concern about it longevity and will it fail in another year..
I just hope this issue doesn't follow later models...but I bought Apple Care for this model too.
Wow... that worked out nicely for you!
You should be able to easily sell that SSD on eBay or Amazon if you want.
Wow... that worked out nicely for you!
You should be able to easily sell that SSD on eBay or Amazon if you want.
Do either of you know if connecting an external display automatically triggers the dGPU in this model?
I assume it does, but I'm a little gun shy about using the dGPU exclusively and I know that the Iris Pro is more than capable than running a 1080p display in clamshell or dual mode.
That's a great result for you Traverse
It's unfortunate that you had to suffer so much first but at least you've now got a shiny new retina with upgrades!
Yes, an external screen fires up the dGPU.
It's unfortunate that you had to suffer so much first but at least you've now got a shiny new retina with upgrades!
Yes, an external screen fires up the dGPU.
This is why I buy used macs for a fraction of what you'd pay for a new one. You can get four used machines for the price you'd pay for one new one.
If one of the used machines dies, just toss it and fire up the next one. It's highly unlikely all four machines will die.
You can skip Mac repair hassles and worries entirely, and probably save a good bit of money too.
The combination of significant savings, peace of mind, and lack of hassle makes a quite appealing alternative to buying new from Apple.
You live with old technology though.
You also miss out on that feel of a brand new power adaptor cable (fetish) lol
Barney
This is of course true. How much it matters depends on what the user is doing with their Mac.
While old technology would indeed be a problem for some users, I'm guessing the majority of Mac users would be happy with five year old technology. In fact, that's probably what most of them are already using.
I find I can do 95% of what I want to do on a five year old used laptop. Is it worth it to pay another $1000 and have to worry about repair hassles to get that last 5%? For me, no.
It's great that Apple treated the original poster above fairly, though I doubt they compensated him for all his lost time. I've read just as many threads where the user got screwed. So it's a crap shoot, and there's no way to know ahead of time what will happen in any particular situation. I think it would be wise of Apple to introduce policies that reduced the level of uncertainty.
One area that might be addressed is the time buyers still under warranty have to invest in to the repair process. I see no legitimate reason a buyer still under warranty should bear that burden.
In one case I experienced, Apple sent somebody to my house to replace a broken part. My only time investment was maybe 20 minutes on the phone with Apple, which seemed reasonable.
Would this be expensive for Apple? I assume it would be. The solution to that expense is to stop shipping so many broken machines.
That cost would just get added to the price paid by ALL buyers, there is no magic money tree here, if you want additional benefits like some sort of open-ended compensation then it has to be paid for by revenues....
And at what rate would you compensate a lawyer? A housewife? A voluntary worker?
Way to complex, inherently unfair and expensive to administer (more cost to add to the product price).
No thanks.
Sounds like Apple did the right thing and took care of you.
If you have an extra SSD "in hand", get an external enclosure and use it for a backup (either TM backup or a CarbonCopyCloner "cloned backup". I'd suggest the latter). You might keep it "offsite" (even in a car) as insurance against theft, etc.
If you have an extra SSD "in hand", get an external enclosure and use it for a backup (either TM backup or a CarbonCopyCloner "cloned backup". I'd suggest the latter). You might keep it "offsite" (even in a car) as insurance against theft, etc.
[[ I already have a 1TB External Hard drive for backups. ]]
Do you keep "an offsite backup", as well?
Also -- it's always good to have an "external booter" handy. If you find yourself in an "I can't boot!" situation, it can become a lifesaver...
Do you keep "an offsite backup", as well?
Also -- it's always good to have an "external booter" handy. If you find yourself in an "I can't boot!" situation, it can become a lifesaver...