New MBP replacement from Apple?

[n8236]

Ok, so I've had my first generation MBP since April of 2006. And my history of repairs on this thing is insane. I will list them later.

Just last week, I brought it in for intermittent brightness/dimming and it came back worse than before with the machine turning off by itself after 6 seconds of booting. So it's back in repair. The genius says, if the same thing keeps happening, they'll have to give me a new mbp.

Which mbp do you think they'll give me (if they can't fix it)? The same one I have, the previous c2d or the latest one?

Here's a list of the problems I've had since I had my MBP:

Problem 1: Logic board, inverter, battery (due to recall) replaced
Problem 2: Top keyboard assembly replaced
Problem 3: Release latch assembly replaced
Problem 4: Logic board, fan assembly and something else replaced
Problem 5: Keyboard assembly replaced due to dancing backlight
Problem 6: Battery replaced having only 100ish battery cycles
(Current) Problem 7: Display inverter board, logic board, inverter/camera cable replaced

Seriously, I do IT consulting and w/o my main machine, it has simply been a pain in the @ss with a secondary one.

 

[Duff-Man]

Duff-Man says....I've got a first generation MBP and have had no issues at all since day one and I use this thing a lot! If you've you've had that many problems and it has been documented though Applecare then with a little pushing/prompting you may get a replacement. It's very unlikely it'd be with the same model you have, more likely to be the current one though I wouldn't rule out the previous one...oh yeah!

 

[n8236]

Seriously, my machine has gone thru everything from dancing keyboard back lighting to a speaker fan making the noise of a lawnmower. My repair history is 8 pages long! And these things aren't picky items either, they're serious repairs

 

[Duff-Man]

Duff-Man says..yes, well in your case the computer has definitely been a *lot* more problematic than usual (to say the least!). When dealing with Applecare you will probably want to ask to be escalated to a second-level product specialist...keep your cool, be very polite and outline all the problems you've been through...be firm but not obnoxious or too pushy...chances are they'll look after you well...oh yeah!

 

[n8236]

Well, who would have thought some screen flickering could turn to be such a disastrous account

I went into the Apple store again today to plea my case for a replacement and gave them my 8 page repair history. But they still insisted on repairing it once more (4th mobo replacement). This time they said I will receive a new mbp if it doesn't work. Grr, I gotta wait another 3-4 days. I'm so behind in my work!!!!!

 

[eVolcre]

So what happened? Did you get a replacement and which one was it?

 

[n8236]

After the initial repair for the flickering, they made it worse. The machine would die after 5 seconds upon booting. So they made another attempt and it got even worse. The screen wouldn't even come up. So they reluctantly gave me a base version UMBP. I paid the difference for the high-end version. It was one Hell of a Christmas!