I realize that this is probably a blast from the past for many but i recently took my MBP back to Apple after failing on various issues.
It's a 15" SR MBP right at the end of its AppleCare plan so i counted myself lucky that my 8600M GT decided to perish within this period. I equally had another couple of issues with the machine; the super-drive was dead and the LCD had begun develop mura (semi-transparent spots that let through more light) small, but annoying enough to warrant a replacement.
I had the graphics card, display and superdrive replaced (i was curious that they didn't just give me a new machine given the graphics card is soldered to the logic board and the only remaining hardware would be the chassis, battery, RAM/HDD).
It has since come back (after a longer wait than first quoted) but the display is nowhere near as good as my old one and appears to have a yellow tint that runs down the left-hand side of the screen, the colours are washed out and the black response is poor, with information becoming lost easily..
what do i do here? i'm a web developer/graphic designer and this stuff really is important to me but i equally *need* this machine for work.. i nearly lost clients over Apple having kept it for longer than the quoted period and had to commute miles every day to use a spare machine.. it was a nightmare and i was so happy to have it back but the display is nowhere near as good as my old one..
Has anyone else suffered any issues like these? have any advice? i really don't want to give it back for another fortnight but equally hate this new display...
It's a 15" SR MBP right at the end of its AppleCare plan so i counted myself lucky that my 8600M GT decided to perish within this period. I equally had another couple of issues with the machine; the super-drive was dead and the LCD had begun develop mura (semi-transparent spots that let through more light) small, but annoying enough to warrant a replacement.
I had the graphics card, display and superdrive replaced (i was curious that they didn't just give me a new machine given the graphics card is soldered to the logic board and the only remaining hardware would be the chassis, battery, RAM/HDD).
It has since come back (after a longer wait than first quoted) but the display is nowhere near as good as my old one and appears to have a yellow tint that runs down the left-hand side of the screen, the colours are washed out and the black response is poor, with information becoming lost easily..
what do i do here? i'm a web developer/graphic designer and this stuff really is important to me but i equally *need* this machine for work.. i nearly lost clients over Apple having kept it for longer than the quoted period and had to commute miles every day to use a spare machine.. it was a nightmare and i was so happy to have it back but the display is nowhere near as good as my old one..
Has anyone else suffered any issues like these? have any advice? i really don't want to give it back for another fortnight but equally hate this new display...
