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Apple Launches Repair Program for Late 2013 Mac Pro Video Issues
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Great! All we need now is a proper Mac Pro refresh.
That won't help... it will just be another recall.
What's the connection? is Quality testing going down, not up ? Based on the increase of Apple repair programs over the past year, i think there is.....
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The same GPU must be in some PCs. Any reports of failures from that side?
Umm, they talked at length about the direction apple has gone with their software design, hiding or removing features, and valuing the 'sleek' appearance of the software over its usability. They all agreed apple's attempt at 'simplifying' has misfired in many instances.
So I dont know what YOU thought they said, but I understood them very well.
This Mac Pro will be an epithome of Tim's reign, an absolutely emotionless, boring black something that's somehow happened to be an Apple(!) computer. And that's after so many years of the most innovative and best computer design in the world.
I hope one day he will be able to finally realize something goes wrong, acknowledge his mistakes and I hope it won't be too late to change something for the good.
I hope one day he will be able to finally realize something goes wrong, acknowledge his mistakes and I hope it won't be too late to change something for the good.
I've had my nMP since it was released (with the basic GPU), and have had zero problems so far. The thing runs beautifully. The fan is noticeable on graphics-intensive tasks (like FCPX). But other than that, my external hard drive is louder. I had thought of upgrading to the 500 when I bought it; now I'm glad I didn't.
With Thunderbolt 3, if Apple decides to sell a dGPU dock, we'll at least have the option. Also, I wonder if Apple will just start paying more to source higher quality parts from AMD and Nvidia.
This Mac Pro will be an epitome of Tim's reign. Tim is done. I don't think he will ever get to move into the new mothership.
Haha, yep, that's exactly what happened with several new machines I ordered for our office. Good thing for serial #'s.
I was affected by this and the repair program came 1 year too late for me. In some cases people with dead macbooks had been waiting for almost 2 years.
In most cases the repair program didn't solve much since users affected by this **** product had already bought another computer long before. You couldn't even sell that thing at a reasonable price since nobody would buy a 2011 model unless it was very cheap.
What's more infuriating is that for a very long time Apple ignored the thousands of people affected by this, and the repair program was only announced after a class action lawsuit started.
This event completely changed my perspective on Apple. They have all this "expensive quality product" narrative which is false. If Apple stood behind the quality of it's products the 3 year AppleCare warranty would be included by default, but because they don't, your only option to secure your investment is to pay about 15% on top of an already expensive product.
Got it. You're out of gas not being able to address the points raised and instead need to post something juvenile.
The towers do take the stress very well from what I can see. In this case the problem is limited to to two different GPU boards for a very short time span. This indicate a high probability that a bad set of chips worked their way into production and failed in the field. Consider two different GPUs where impacted it might be a problem with RAM.
It really doesn't prove anything beyond the fact that some bad GPU cards got to customers Considering that cards manufactured outside the recall dates are fine, there is nothing to imply an issue with the Mac Pro itself.
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While I agree the move to lead free solder is a prime example of governmental stupidity, you can't blame this on the solder given what we know at the moment. It could be but it could also be lots of other things. Given the tight recall period I'm leaning towards a batch of flaky components possibly RAM or maybe capacitors.
Just curious...are continuing to support apple by buying their products? I'm just asking because I seen people who say something similar and still support them.
Does Apple test the components in their products before release or do they just take the word of the component manufacturer that it'll work for them? If a flawed component in Apple's spaceship facility's HVAC system renders the building uncomfortable, or even uninhabitable, would Apple be justified in seeking redress from the system manufacturer even though that manufacturer didn't actually make the faulty component?
Obviously you can't read for content so here we go again:From 2013?! I'm waiting on the refresh before I change to a trash can Mac Pro, but that's sad to see this is only just now getting addressed.
Apple has determined that graphics cards in some late 2013 Mac Pros, manufactured between February 8, 2015 and April 11, 2015, may cause distorted video, no video, system instability, freezing, restarts, shut downs, or may prevent system start up.
As an American, my pride is still intact. Although, I doubt the graphics card was made by Americans. Was the faulty card due to bad components or installation? I don't know, but I would bet on the components.
It seems like Apple has had GPU issues on many models. I wonder if this is a design issue on Apple's part. Maybe the extremely thin design is making them too hot.
I owned a car that had a recall, and I had sold it. I got several cars, and ended up going to the dealer and telling them about it. They chuckled, and told us that Toyota had to do last owner notification, and that was all. They took my name off the vehicle. Funny that I had bought another Toyota, and logged in to their buyer site, and they had the information on the next owners of that truck, and they contacted me?
Why me? They had the probable current owner in their buyer records, and the contacted me?
Yeah, they try hard...
My new Toyota had an option that mine never had. Toyota hounded me three times to get me to 'bring it in to be serviced'. I finally went to the dealer and told them. I got one more card, and they finally stopped.
The car recall system is rather far from being even moderately useful...
Heck, one car I owned, a Toyota again, had a recall, and I didn't find out about it until I went online, and happened on the news that some Toyotas were recalled, and saw my model in the list. I went to the dealer and they asked, and checked. Yep, Toyota had the right name and address, but I never got the notice.