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What to do with broken MacBook?

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MKowal

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Mar 1, 2010
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Hi,

My girlfreind bought a Macbook in 2009. It very similar in looks/specs to the following:

http://www.futureshop.ca/en-CA/product/apple-macbook-pro-13-3-intel-core-2-duo-2-26ghz-laptop-english/10125862.aspx?path=dc3a4c8dd97537f0f28a31edf89665bcen02

It got water damaged, and when she sent it in to be evaluated, they said it would cost $1000. Apparently the motherboard and dc jack are the only things that need to be replaced. Going off of there evalutation, everything else is functioning.

The computer is less than a year old and in perfect condition. I will try and get pictures when we have the computer back. However, in the mean time, can anyone give me some options I have in terms of selling the parts/unit? As I mentioned above, only the motherboard and dc jack need replacing. The screen, keyboard, ram, hard drive, cpu, etc should all be fine.

Thanks,

Micah
 
leave it to apple to charge 1000 dollars for that fix when you can go and buy that computer brand new for 1200....

as for what to do with the laptop. id throw it on craigslist/forums like your doing. im sure theres someone out their has the experience and can get a new MB and dc jack for it.

your most likely going to lose a lot of money on it though.

edit: i wonder if the motherboard from my white unibody macbook would work a mbp? if so id possibly consider buying it and making my mb and mbp haha. its the same processor etc so i dont see why it wouldnt use the same motherboard.
 
At this point, we have come to the conclusion that we will be loosing a good bit of money either way, so instead we are goign to buy a new macbook and try to salvage what we can for this current macbook.

Now I have to let you know that it is a MAcbook, not a Macbook pro. It was one of the metal cases ones that came out a while back that were still Macbooks before every metal case shifted to MAcbook pros only.
 
MKowal said:
At this point, we have come to the conclusion that we will be loosing a good bit of money either way, so instead we are goign to buy a new macbook and try to salvage what we can for this current macbook.

Now I have to let you know that it is a MAcbook, not a Macbook pro. It was one of the metal cases ones that came out a while back that were still Macbooks before every metal case shifted to MAcbook pros only.
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oh i was mislead by the mbp u posted as an example of specs.
 
Look into Apple flat rate repair. I just saw someone posted they paid $310 and got a motherboard, wifi card, superdrive, fans, and battery replaced.
 
Buy a refurbished MBP 13" and just swap out the HDDs/memory if you had more in your MB. Then you won't have to reinstall any of your apps/software and will have all your data intact.

This way you can get a new 1 year warranty too. They are $999 in the refurb store.
 
OrangeSVTguy said:
Buy a refurbished MBP 13" and just swap out the HDDs/memory if you had more in your MB. Then you won't have to reinstall any of your apps/software and will have all your data intact.

This way you can get a new 1 year warranty too. They are $999 in the refurb store.
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Hey Orange, do you have a link to the MBP 13" refurbished for 999? I don't see any in the apple store.

Thanks
 
Go to ebay and look for Macbook repairs. There are people who can replace the logic board for around $300. Alternatively you can many yours "as is - water damaged" on ebay. It is actually quite common, search for "broken Macbook Unibody" and check off "completed listings". This will give you another how much you'll get (I think is about $400).
 
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