What's an Amex warrranty?
I can't afford to buy a $1500 laptop every two years.
I cycle my Apple devices every 2-3 years.
Usually sell them for about half what I paid. TCO - total cost of ownership is how I think of it.
I work with developers - almost all using MacBooks. Never seen a problem - guess we have been lucky.
One guy dumped a coffee on his keyboard - that did fry it.
Only time I hear of MacBook problems is when I look at MacRumors.
Buy the Retina
This is an interesting point. I'm in the market for a new MBP Retina 15 when I leave my current job, the one I have now is the discrete GPU, no issues, but when spending my own money, maybe the non-discrete GPU is the way to go. Anyone know if you can do a 4K monitor with both versions?The Retina MBP's WITHOUT discrete GPU's (no AMD or Nvidia in them) have been very reliable. AFAIK, none of the iGPU equipped MacBooks since 2011 have had issues. It's only the discrete GPU's that fail due to poor solder/overheating.
This is an interesting point. I'm in the market for a new MBP Retina 15 when I leave my current job, the one I have now is the discrete GPU, no issues, but when spending my own money, maybe the non-discrete GPU is the way to go. Anyone know if you can do a 4K monitor with both versions?
Spreading FUD again?If anyone had enough money to burn through, I would have easily suggested getting a rMBP for sure.
But after reading about staingate.org and
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6068947?start=570&tstart=0
I am not sure about this anymore. This seems to happen to all retina models onwards from 2012 until present. It might happen to my new 13' rMBP 2015 as well. And I am honestly thinking about returning it. Came across numerous posts in all kinds of forums, only a fraction of customers got a free-of-charge repair. And if you are out of your defects liability period (2 years in Germany), you are basically screwed.
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I did a google search for "common macbook problems"
Then get Apple Care in the end of the first year, so you'll have a fully covered Mac for almost 4 year. Otherwise, sell it every two years for a bit less (let's say $1000?) and get a new one... So you'll have new Mac every two years for $500, and you don't let pass enough time to see problems appearing.
It's easy to get the results you want when you cherry pick the search terms. I could show you common HP laptop problems, or common Dell laptop problems. Or issues with Sony Vaio laptops. Lenovo? Yup, them too.
End result? All manufacturers, regardless of price range or model, have a small percentage of laptops with problems. That's just what happens when millions are made and demand for them is high.
But by contrast, you're clearly making a mountain out of a molehill here. And you can call me a fanboy and that's fine. I'll call you what you are: Someone who opened up an expensive laptop instead of letting Apple handle whatever problem you had, without a clue what you were doing. And now you're trying to assign blame on anyone else you can for issues you created through your own actions.
It's a lot like taking apart the engine in your car and putting it back together, and then blaming Audi because the engine misfires and rods keep getting bent.
Incorrect. Apple designed a computer with flaws in it just use google you'll find many, many people with trouble.
OP, let us know your decision. You've heard both sides of the argument.
I feel like I've given the most balanced and fair response.
One that isn't biased TOWARDS Apple but instead says the positives AND negatives
I.e creaking and bad hardware BUT *flawless* software (Mavericks)
Btw, I was able to fix the creaking, no thanks to Apple. I had to figure it out myself via info from this forum.
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Incorrect. Apple designed a computer with flaws in it just use google you'll find many, many people with trouble.
I feel like I've given the most balanced and fair response.
I.e creaking and bad hardware BUT *flawless* software (Mavericks)
Btw, I was able to fix the creaking, no thanks to Apple.
Incorrect. Apple designed a computer with flaws in it just use google you'll find many, many people with trouble.
OP, let us know your decision. You've heard both sides of the argument.
I feel like I've given the most balanced and fair response.
One that isn't biased TOWARDS Apple but instead says the positives AND negatives
I.e creaking and bad hardware BUT *flawless* software (Mavericks)
Btw, I was able to fix the creaking, no thanks to Apple. I had to figure it out myself via info from this forum.
But I was able to fix the creaking, no thanks to Apple. I had to do my OWN research and found a solution thanks to this forum. I had to fix their ludicrous problem. Anyway, I'm here to stay.
I just Posted for the OP on here a minute ago. I will like to add that he or she should just order a PC and Mac and do a side by side. Then they'll be unbiased.
Make sure to get equivalent specs as well. Don't just buy and spend without doing research. You don't want to regret it later. Just bc a million people say buy something, doesn't mean you should.
Think for yourself...
Look around you, everybody is telling you the same thing. Stop sticking your head in the sand and realise you're the problem.
Not at all. If Apple makes defective hardware it's Apple's problem...just look online for "creaking Macbook" and you'll see what the problem is
Not at all. If Apple makes defective hardware it's Apple's problem...just look online for "creaking Macbook" and you'll see what the problem is
SO??? Google creaking "anything" and you will get results. Sub in dell, HP, ibm, back, neck......whatever and you will get s ton of results. I haven't googled creaking macbook but I'm sure if I did you would pop up.