MacBook Pro 15" mid-2010 avoid?

[bjolester]

I am looking at a MacBook Pro "Core i5" 2.53 15-Inch (Mid-2010) that is for sale for a good price. When doing research on the MacBook Pro 6.2 I have read countless reports of problems with the logic board and the Nvida GPU. Are the problems with the MacBook Pro 6.2 so widespread that it is best to avoid purchasing it?

 

[Naimfan]

I am looking at a MacBook Pro "Core i5" 2.53 15-Inch (Mid-2010) that is for sale for a good price. When doing research on the MacBook Pro 6.2 I have read countless reports of problems with the logic board and the Nvida GPU. Are the problems with the MacBook Pro 6.2 so widespread that it is best to avoid purchasing it?

Yes.

 

[Falhófnir]

seconded, steer clear of any of the later unibody models with dGPU.

 

[bjolester]

Thank you both for your advice! I will for the future keep my eyes on the MacBook Pro 15” Retina models.

 

[haydn!]

Problems were common, but I have one. Had it almost 8 years and never had a problem with it. Except the plastic feet come off! It’s getting long in the tooth now but I’ve definitely had my money’s worth out of it.

 

[emir]

Well, I've been using mine for a full 8 years now without issues. Maybe I was just lucky. I use it daily for work and my personal time. At work I do heavy spreadsheet work, personal I do Final Cut Pro, Photoshop, blogging and browsing.

I just swapped the useless SuperDrive with SSD and Fusion Drive'd it on year 2. Two letters of the keyboard came out, plastic feet came off and battery only lasts ~1,5 hours even when just browsing but other than that it works fine. I wish they made a new Macbook Pro to justify renewing this one. I can feel its age, can't justify purchasing a new 15" one for all that money and won't switch to Windows.

 

[lambertjohn]

I am looking at a MacBook Pro "Core i5" 2.53 15-Inch (Mid-2010) that is for sale for a good price. When doing research on the MacBook Pro 6.2 I have read countless reports of problems with the logic board and the Nvida GPU. Are the problems with the MacBook Pro 6.2 so widespread that it is best to avoid purchasing it?

Had mine eight years now and it's still my favorite computer. Upgraded HD to SSD and maxed out RAM. Zero problems. Always been a workhorse for me.

 

[leman]

I am looking at a MacBook Pro "Core i5" 2.53 15-Inch (Mid-2010) that is for sale for a good price. When doing research on the MacBook Pro 6.2 I have read countless reports of problems with the logic board and the Nvida GPU. Are the problems with the MacBook Pro 6.2 so widespread that it is best to avoid purchasing it?

Its an 8 years old computer, which should be reason enough to avoid it. Unless you can get it for very cheap and are willing to gamble a bit.

 

[nnoble]

I am looking at a MacBook Pro "Core i5" 2.53 15-Inch (Mid-2010) that is for sale for a good price. When doing research on the MacBook Pro 6.2 I have read countless reports of problems with the logic board and the Nvida GPU. Are the problems with the MacBook Pro 6.2 so widespread that it is best to avoid purchasing it?

My experience reflect those in post No5 above, I only lost two rubber feet and I've replaced the battery some time back. I wouldn't buy one now because, my guess is, it will possibly not be included in the next OSX update and that for me signals a time to retire and replace.

 

[bjolester]

Thank you all for commenting!

Its an 8 years old computer, which should be reason enough to avoid it. Unless you can get it for very cheap and are willing to gamble a bit.

I am looking for yet another older Mac to run Snow Leopard and mainly some legacy film scanner software, that is why I am considering this 2010 MacBook Pro 15". Currently I am using a first generation Intel Mac Mini together with the film scanners, but I would like to acquire something a bit less ancient. So, a MacBook Pro from 2010 is fine, as long as it does not suffer a major breakdown as soon as I have purchased it...

 

[Audit13]

For the 2010 15", it was not necessarily a problem with the nVidia graphics chip but a problem with an logic board capacitor. Changing the capacitor permanently solved the problem for me.

I bought a cheap 2010 for $60 and paid $75 to have the capacitor replaced.

https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...macbook-pro-2010.2044304/page-3#post-25780635