If you sit at home all the time you could get a cheap LCD monitor and external peripherals and just use your MacBook like a desktop.
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If you sit at home all the time you could get a cheap LCD monitor and external peripherals and just use your MacBook like a desktop.
Ouch! If it were me, I would live with it until the machine dies altogether. Maybe this is an early sign of Radeongate.
No it's a faulty LCD. Had it been Radeongate, it would've been the same on an external display.
OP Go to PC World. Time to invoke the sale of goods act.
Well if all 2011 MacBook Pros are doomed to fail sooner or later... Is it really worth it to replace the display?
My best advice is don't invest on this macbook pro to fix the problem. My last mac was early 2011 15inch macbook pro. Apple repair it six times till I was offer brand new macbook pro retina (mid-2014).
What version of the 2011 Macbook Pro did you have and what kind of Retina Macbook Pro did they give you ? I'm going through the same issues with my 2011. I just had my second logic board replaced and it just started acting up again at random times. Were all of your repairs regarding the same issue ?
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My previous macbook pro was 2011 15inch 2.0 ghz, amd 6490 and 500 gb HD, and my current mac is Macbook pro retina (mid-2014) 15inch "base". All of my repairs was dgpu issue. I only paid flat rate($310) once so all of the six repairs was under warranty. If your under 90 warranty send it again or tell them the same problem is gonna return then they will give you brand new macbook pro if the repair is more than 3 or five I think.
All these threads though... I'm woozy now thinking about how long this little guy is going to last. Just came out of the 90 day repair warranty for its first GPU failure. Already had my pants scared off of me a few weeks ago but thank goodness that ended up just being a bad ram stick.
These 2011 machines just seem to be bad all around!
Yeah... pretty much.
Selling mine would be a bad value proposition for me though since the hardware is powerful enough and considering the amount I actually paid for it was pretty darn low I can still eat two more logic board replacements before I'd actually be selling it at a loss on eBay. If I happen across one of those elusive 2012 cMBPs (where I could still use this RAM and 850 Pro) in immaculate condition with warranty then I'd consider upgrading. As it stands, this machine will probably remain in my hands for a few more years luck permitting.
These 2011 machines just seem to be bad all around!
I think it's all macbook pro with dgpu have issues. I heard some reports of macbook pro retina with dgpu do get issues but that's minor compare to radeongate cases. Currently I am happy with intel iris pro and I don't want to deal with dgpu anymore.
Yeah, no doubt they are powerful enough. Unfortunately, not reliable enough. I had to let mine go for the reason I needed reliability.Yeah... pretty much.
Selling mine would be a bad value proposition for me though since the hardware is powerful enough and considering the amount I actually paid for it was pretty darn low I can still eat two more logic board replacements before I'd actually be selling it at a loss on eBay. If I happen across one of those elusive 2012 cMBPs (where I could still use this RAM and 850 Pro) in immaculate condition with warranty then I'd consider upgrading. As it stands, this machine will probably remain in my hands for a few more years luck permitting.
Did they mention anything about the EU consumer rights or Sale of Goods Act? I've had a Thunderbolt Display and two iPhones replaced free of charge even though they were out of AppleCare covered by that.
Although I think you have to go to the retailer you first bought it from - not sure how helpful PC World/Currys would be. I know Apple have a dedicated section on the Genius' iPads for claims under EU consumer laws.
Sorry about your MBP - we have 2 early 2011 ones in our household, and one has succumbed to Radeongate, though haven't had a chance to take it to Apple yet. Mine, touch wood, is OK, though unfortunately I think it's just a matter of time before it fails
Awesome, I have the 2011 Macbook Pro with the AMD 6750. I just dropped off my Macbook pro at the Apple store for the third time. If my Macbook Pro fails again hopefully they will replace my unit with the Mid 2014 Macbook Pro Retina with the NVIDIA 750M. The manager said something about it has to be three hardware failures in order to talk about another solution besides sending the unit for repair.
Took it today and apparently there's nothing they can do under consumer law or the sales of goods act. They were going to charge me £50 for a "service charge" which would identify how much a new display would cost from their suppliers whether I wanted to go ahead with it or not. The guy behind the desk said it was a screen fault straight away; dont understand how he could identify that from just looking. Decided just to leave it the way it is and if it gets any worse i'll get an external LCD monitor. They also said a new screen would cost between £75-£150 yet Apple gave me a quote of £388. Sounds like Apple are overcharging or Curries have no clue what so ever.