Bungaree.Chubbins
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Given a big enough number, even a minuscule percentage is still a large number.
There are a LOT of Apple devices out there.
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Multiple Apple devices failing ~2 years in (light use) — bad luck or pattern?
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There are a LOT of Apple devices out there.
throAU
macrumors G4
People keep Macs around a lot longer than they do generic trash tier machines.
Nobody is really paying a repair shop to fix a 5 year old trash tier PC (which is the majority of what is sold). They put it in the bin (or replace internal storage/ram) and move on.
Not saying apple hardware is perfect - far from it, they've made some real stinkers of a machine. But so has everyone else.
I have PCs that are 12 years old and do the job just as well as new ones. It’s usually people who don’t know much about hardware who replace them with new ones.
These days, replacing a drive or RAM is considered a repair. It may well be a repair, but you can do it yourself without paying a penny. But with a new Mac, there’s not much you can do yourself.
If you’ve got the right knowledge, you’ll manage. If you don’t, you go to the Apple Store.
One great advantage of buying a Mac &/or iPhone &/or iPad is that it there is a worldwide network of Apple Stores where you can get repair & support.
kschendel
macrumors 65816
Another voice here for zero unprovoked failures. Currently, 2 ipads, 2 iphones, a 2020 iMac and an m2 MB Air, along with PC's running linux (two on all the time, 6 more spun up as needed). I've had Mac hardware around since about 1997 (a Performa 6100), and the 1999 Powerbook (Lombard) actually still boots and runs an early Mac OS X, although the screen backlight is just about dead. The only failures were my fault; the predecessor to the m2 Air was a 2013 rMBP and I was going for 10 years on it, except it met with a fatal accident on the Deutsche Bahn in late 2022; and the precedessor to that one was a 2009 MBP that got a glassful of red wine dumped into it (and it even survived after a deionized water rinse and week-long dry, although the DVD drive was toast).
One thought I had right away: what's your AC power like? Try plugging your computers and chargers into a good surge suppressor, and replace it/them every 3-4 years. This level of breakage suggests either some serious static electricity problems, probably strong enough to be painful; or garbage power possibly making it through the charger adapters.
One thought I had right away: what's your AC power like? Try plugging your computers and chargers into a good surge suppressor, and replace it/them every 3-4 years. This level of breakage suggests either some serious static electricity problems, probably strong enough to be painful; or garbage power possibly making it through the charger adapters.
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kschendel
macrumors 65816
Another thought: if you haven't already, go back to the (Apple?) store that wanted to change the logic board, and report what you did to make it work. The employees involved just might be teachable and just might appreciate the input. (and if not, you tried.)
Bad luck sometimes just happen.
I remember that around 2015 we had 2 failed MBP 13’s aprox 2 years old (2013 model).
Excepting the 2015 incident I never had any issues with Apple products, neither before nor after.
I remember that around 2015 we had 2 failed MBP 13’s aprox 2 years old (2013 model).
Excepting the 2015 incident I never had any issues with Apple products, neither before nor after.