This is just another reason (on a very long list) of why my 2014 MacBook Pro will be my last. Apple doesn’t care about the Mac anymore and their new “we love the Mac” marketing rhetoric only proves the point that they don’t care about it anymore.
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'Flexgate': 2016 and Newer MacBook Pro Users Report Display Issues Due to Fragile Flex Cables
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I mostly like my 15" 2018 MBP. Still don't care for the keyboard though. Whenever I get back to my Surface Book 2, I find myself missing the tactile keyboard experience. The MPB feels fragile. So it hardly gets used as a mobile computer. I really hate how much I spent on it.
Also, macOS has not been as stable as it has in the past. Win10 has caught up rather rapidly. I find myself missing it at times.
Also, macOS has not been as stable as it has in the past. Win10 has caught up rather rapidly. I find myself missing it at times.
dumastudetto
macrumors 603
Of course Apple still cares about the Mac, but everyone knows the future of Mac is iPad.
MacBooks are still the very best laptops money can buy in terms of build quality, precision engineering and software experience. But macOS is not long for this world as we're all transitioning to an iOS only world.
MrGimper
macrumors G3
I agree. Not sure I can warrant the continual rising prices and limited repairability options without AC+
I'll stick with my 2014 until it dies and then may consider a Windows laptop.
What a shame.
The 2015 model was pretty damn thin already for what it was. Were people screaming for thinner?
The 2015 model was pretty damn thin already for what it was. Were people screaming for thinner?
MrGimper
macrumors G3
But the gap is shrinking fast, and at some point I think many will reconsider if they are worth the premium.
CmdrLaForge
macrumors 601
dumastudetto
macrumors 603
The people don't know what they want until Apple gives it to them. Once you've used a current generation MacBook Pro, you can never go back to the thicker and bulkier older models.
It seems like this generation of MacBook Pros is turning out to be a bit of a lame duck. To anyone in the UK, remember that the Consumer Rights Act entitles you to a repair or replacement of a product if it's not of "satisfactory quality or fit for purpose" up to 6 years after purchase. The flex cable is obviously not of satisfactory quality.
Tim saved 50 cents per MacBook with this.
dumastudetto
macrumors 603
The keyboard issue was overdone and now they've fixed it in the current models.
keysofanxiety
macrumors G3
dumastudetto
macrumors 603
It wasn't about saving money. They couldn't use such a bulky cable in the thinner profile model. Space is at a premium.
sos47
macrumors 6502a
the battery of my mbp 2017 was dead after one year and 10 days. the whole repair process (me->dealer->apple->dealer->me) was 87 days.
with my old but good mbp 2011 i changed a new battery after 7 years within 3 days by myself and it costs 30 Eur.
with my old but good mbp 2011 i changed a new battery after 7 years within 3 days by myself and it costs 30 Eur.
scrapesleon
macrumors 68000
Tim Cook in a nutshell
Sales > Apple quality
Sales > Apple quality
dumastudetto
macrumors 603
Better than average Windows laptops command a premium too. HP and Dell prices have been skyrocketing in recent years and they are nowhere close to Apple when it comes to build quality. You then also have to deal with Window$ 10.
No issues with my 2016 13" MBP with TB. I use it every day, initially for college and now for work. It's in and out of my bag constantly as I work on the go, but I do open it carefully.
macintoshmac
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So, they are taking a perfectly working computer design (years 2015 and a couple prior) and innovating it in a way that is causing more issues in the longer run, issues that remained so far unheard of in the older designs.
Westside guy
macrumors 604
Greymacuser
macrumors 6502
More little Timmy Kook quality.
Dear lord the standards at Apple have really gone down.
Remember when they used to make solid computers? I do. Back in the 90's and early 2000's.
Dear lord the standards at Apple have really gone down.
Remember when they used to make solid computers? I do. Back in the 90's and early 2000's.
falainber
macrumors 68040
Better yet: never buy products that always require extended warranty.
My goodness Apple. I had just about talked myself into a new Macbook too. I didn't buy AppleCare for my last Macbook b/c the one before that was so reliable. My 2013 Macbook Air is not worth much on trade and has been extremely reliable and still works fine and is enough for most of what I do. I guess I'll just keep it. :-/ Hopefully Apple will do what they done in the past with issues like this and offer some sort of replacement program with or without AppleCare.
Then make it thicker?
macintoshmac
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I think Apple's stance is more like Let's PERSUADE them to buy the extended warranty, with unreliable nature of our hardware innovation lately.