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Your Replacement MBP: Good or Bad?

Was your replacement MBP worse?

  • Yes, it also had a defect and had to get another replacement.

    Votes: 4 26.7%

  • Yes, it had a defect but I lived with it.

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • No, it was better and I kept it.

    Votes: 6 40.0%

  • I didn't get a replacement, and lived with the issue on my original MBP.

    Votes: 5 33.3%
  • Total voters
    15
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cryer

macrumors regular
Original poster
May 3, 2010
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I'm thinking of exchanging my MBP for another but I fear that the replacement will be worse. If you've done an exchange, how did it turn out? Was the replacement worse? What happened?

I think mine may have a screen issue here but I'm not quite sure and I'm afraid replacing it might result in a worse machine (or will it): https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/970004/
 
I've gone through three MacBook Pro exchanges before I finally got a reliable one. Although those were all for actual hardware problems, not for being OCD.
 
My current uMBP15 is a replacement for one that had wireless issues - sometimes the Airport card would show to be not installed, sometimes there, sometimes not. Reset PRAM, etc. several times, was just erratic so I took it back. The replacement has been perfect.
 
you don’t have any kind of display problem.
Stop being so OCD (cant be used as a verb...oh well) and enjoy your computer.


HLdan said:
OMG, the reason why I posted "YES" earlier in terms of the answer to your thread title is because I knew where this was going. Just looking at this post alone just shows that you are not even "using" your MBP, you're just spending days analyzing a TN panel. The MBP screens actually have very wide vertical viewing angles in terms of black level but any TN panel will be limited in terms of color shift.
Honestly man, do yourself a favor, either get on with life and enjoy your MBP because overall it's an amazing machine, but if you're going to be this anal and OCD then by all means either exchange it from where you bought it or return it for a refund if possible.
And before you think that I am just voicing an opinion and don't own any of these machines, I have the new 27" iMac and mine has a very slight yellow tinge at the bottom and I have the new 15" Core i5 MBP and the screen is great on it. Overall both the iMac and the MBP have screens that are much better than what's available in the PC world.
Ask yourself (and forget about the money spent on a Mac), if this were a PC would you be this anal?
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I Support /This
 
OP, I think you're just crazy. You shouldn't even use an Apple product at all.

:)

on another note, is it possible to get a 2010 mbp by saying there's something wrong with my MBP? Mine is 2009. Its been 8 months so far.
 
I used to do exchanges all the time. Now it's pretty much a "Why do I give a F and waste my time on the small crap" attitude.
 
kidwithdimples said:
OP, I think you're just crazy. You shouldn't even use an Apple product at all.

:)

on another note, is it possible to get a 2010 mbp by saying there's something wrong with my MBP? Mine is 2009. Its been 8 months so far.
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Geez, what a ****ed up comment.

1) The guy may be neurotic but doesn't mean he shouldn't use an Apple product at all ("smile"). How about a little respect?

2) Then you follow up that mature comment by asking how to swindle Apple?

Anyway, to the OP, I don't see a significant problem in your screen. I've seen worse, including on this site of others' screens. Ultimately it depends if it bothers you enough to do something about it.
 
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