True, at least the 2010 MacBook Pro with Nvidia graphics, if I remember correctly. But I think it was Nvidia's fault and also happened to other manufacturers' computers with the same chip.
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M1 iMac Owners Complain About Horizontal Lines Appearing on Screen
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Same problem here, also have a post in Apple Support Community and a feedback sent. But no luck so far
They are asking to be sent to Apple Service and it will cost around $700 USD since it's out of warranty.
If I was one case in a million, I could be ok, it could be part of a bad batch and bad luck, but when you look around, I think there's hundreds of cases with the same issue. Always iMac M1 24".
Hope that Apple can response to MacRumors at least on this topic.
They are asking to be sent to Apple Service and it will cost around $700 USD since it's out of warranty.
If I was one case in a million, I could be ok, it could be part of a bad batch and bad luck, but when you look around, I think there's hundreds of cases with the same issue. Always iMac M1 24".
Hope that Apple can response to MacRumors at least on this topic.
And …they have a history of bad screen cables and/or graphics cards on their all-in-one computers (especially if we include MacBooks as such all-in-ones as well)
I remember something similar with iMacs around 2007-2008. After a few years, they developed a cloudy look, especially at the bottom of the screen. I always wondered if the fan vacuumed debris into the screen.
One of the ram slots burned out on a bunch of PowerBook G4 laptops about 20 years ago and they were shady about it. Sadly, they’ve always looked at ppl without AppleCare as peasants - they act like buying an expensive extra warranty for an already expensive product is normal. And store employees are often rude about acting like the customer is responsible for any hardware problem, though during my last AppleCare claim, one of the two employees was nice. The AppleCare situation is one of my biggest gripes with them.
It indeed is. The days of Apple making things right are long gone from my experiences and others. I've had them repair a phone and other things and they were happy to do it. Within the last year and a half, I know of several friends and myself where Apple told people "too bad" if they were out of the warranty period EVEN IF IT WAS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT. The Airpod Max thing is all over the internet with them bricking just months outside of the 1 year warranty. Imagine paying $600 for headphones that fail in 14 months due to a manufactuering defect (ie, not getting wet or dropped) and Apple knows it's a big problem.. only for them to expect you to eat that $600 product. As far as a "fair price to repair", they offer repairs on the headphones for $300 which is ridiculous.
All I am trying to convey is my experiences with Apple have been very different in the last 18 months, and from what I am learning, others are experiencing the same. Do not expect Apple to have integrity with repairs/replacing items that fail, but expect them to coldly walk away from you.
No cost? How much did you shell out for an extended warranty?
No, this is likely to happen to anyone who puts the dock on the left side of the screen. 😄
I use it everyday for scientific/engineering/research/wasting time work.Also unusable.
Louder! About time this issue was picked up and made public. I've had this issue since late last year and have been reporting this to Apple Support since then, and they've acknowledged that it had indeed been an issue for some users like me. Apple Community, Reddit and other forums could attest to this, even reports showing that this issue happened mostly on the same time as mine which is weird. If Apple really cares about their customers, they shouldn't turn their backs on us. May it be a "small percentage" of users or not, it is still a problem and Apple is still liable for such quality issues.
Short term.
Apple might want to study how General Motors went from industry dominance to bankruptcy. Not saying Apple is Doomed!, but when you start having # like this not all of the previous buyers will be coming back.
I actually think it is time for AppleCare to die and be replaced with a universal warranty of 2-3 years.
I doubt it generates a lot of revenue for Apple, and the marketing benefit would be enormous. Plus, in quite a few countries the offical Apple one year warranty is ignored with a legislated two year statutory warranty anyway.
I doubt it generates a lot of revenue for Apple, and the marketing benefit would be enormous. Plus, in quite a few countries the offical Apple one year warranty is ignored with a legislated two year statutory warranty anyway.
Yes the old swelling IBM capacitor issue. I had a G5 iMac replaced for that.
a noisy beast, it did have the upside of being very easy for the ordinary punter to repair and upgrade components such as RAM and HDD, unlike successive Mac generations since. It even had internal diagnostic lights for the punter to see, and Jobs made the quip that the inside of the G5 iMac was prettier than the outside of most PCs. He was right of course.
Both singe and dual fans from the thread at Apple Forum. There is a detailed breakdown from one of the post there that’s causing this.
I have a 2019 MacBook pro. I’m facing an issue where there’s a single horizontal line on the screen. Now that line is most likely a software issue because it goes away, and when I hover the cursor on it, the cursor goes over it. And sometimes it magically disappears and doesn’t come back for days. It started doing this after a couple of years.
Man, that sucks. I’ve had my M1 iMac for about two years, and it’s still plenty speedy for my needs. I can honestly see myself having it another five or six years, as long as I didn’t get a faulty unit. So far so good.
I prefer Apple’s direction of Mac Studio and Mac Mini: fast, very power efficient, ultra-quiet, and a separate monitor. Get an OLED 42-inch TV, desk with some depth, and you’ll never ever go back to IPS, sub-40 inch monitors. You will experience the significant shortcomings of all-in-ones, versus a true pro setup with a big 120+hz OLED.
This is the way for a killer setup with stellar graphics. And it’s so much easier and cheaper to separately upgrade the monitor and the pc box, especially Studios and Minis. Unplug a few cables, slot the new one in, done.
This is the way for a killer setup with stellar graphics. And it’s so much easier and cheaper to separately upgrade the monitor and the pc box, especially Studios and Minis. Unplug a few cables, slot the new one in, done.
Sounds like: The M3 had been released less than a year ago and it will just take some time until it is widespread enough to announce it, because there are already complaints, but less than a "small percentage".
If this happens to mine or the 2023 16" MBP will only last as long as my crappy overpriced 2017 15", I'll never buy a Mac again. My 2011 iMac is still working fine and my 2011 17" MBP got the always feared GPU damage in early 2023.
There were even some older MacBooks in the Family that still work, but they are much too slow now.
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Disappointing to hear about this. My M1 iMac is slightly over two years old now. No problems. Hopefully there won't be any issues in the future.