Beyond relieved that my 2017 MacBook Pro isn’t included in this. I’m a college student and can’t do without my computer and I’m glad I don’t need to worry about losing my files and pictures.
It is just greenwashing.I new Apple was trying to boost its TV offering but I have to tell them this is the wrong kind of program
Seems to be every week a new program, screen here, ssd there, keyboard here,batteries there...
Must be a bitch for Apple to have to replace the whole motherboard just to change an SSD. What a waste. Apple touts its green credentials yet look at this debacle.
And little bit of background:...I bet putting Ssd management on the T2 chip had something to do with not being satisfied with the third party SSDs out there...
Well, considering the SSD is soldered, I would highly recommend literally nuking (i.e., 7-pass security erase) your SSD before handing it over to Apple. Unless, of course, you don't mind the Geniuses or something else making a backup of your SSD beforehand.... (Sorry, I just don't trust "repair" services, whether from Apple or anyone else.)
Well, considering the SSD is soldered, I would highly recommend literally nuking (i.e., 7-pass security erase) your SSD before handing it over to Apple.
The direction that Apple takes is one of cash return. It doesn't matter to Apple that a customer has to pay over a $1000 to have a motherboard replaced when a $100 replacement will do.Maybe, but I bet the overall failure rates are extremely low in spite of all the negative press, why else would they go in that direction?
And/or have many degrees of physical backups. Internal RAID, external rolling backup, local-network backup (possibly in a fire proof safe), cloud clone of absolutely irreplicable data, an off-site physical copy swapped weekly or sooner on a major break through.They get the darwin award instead
In all seriousness, anyone doing research will have the data stored on a backed up network drive. Your measly SSD won't hold much research data.
Well, Apple could, but the Apple Genius' read the comments in the MacRumors Forums and have decided that allowing users to perform a firmware update would be far too risky.The non tb-MBP has a removable SSD module. Interesting that Apple can't just send out the firmware update for the drive though...
Apple makes a lot of things easier, but that doesn't negate that Apple makes a lot of things more difficult. Especially when that thing is related to repair. I guess Apple isn't very good at design.And/or have many degrees of physical backups. Internal RAID, external rolling backup, local-network backup (possibly in a fire proof safe), cloud clone of absolutely irreplicable data, an off-site physical copy swapped weekly or sooner on a major break through.
Too bad Apple makes the first difficulty.
Imagine if you had the cure for aids or some other disease on your computer and it was gone. Bye bye Nobel prize.
You should always be worried about losing data and backup regularly. An SSD or HDD can fail at any time.Beyond relieved that my 2017 MacBook Pro isn’t included in this. I’m a college student and can’t do without my computer and I’m glad I don’t need to worry about losing my files and pictures.
This is probably another reason to stay away from the cheap entry level versions of Apple products; Apple never seems to put their heart and soul into it.