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- microkorg0
My 13" Macbook Pro is dead.
Won't start up, doesnt show ANY signs of life.This is the second time this has happened. Last time was 2 months ago and it had to go get a new Logic Board, Power/TouchID and Screen (the whole lid!). Came to about £730 worth of repairs - thank fuck its under warranty and thank fuck it's a work computer.
I've been a PC user both personal and for work since graduating at the turn of the Millennium. Started a new job in December and they gave me a Mac.
I love the mac for some things especially the form factor, this 13" can sit on your lap and just feel like a tablet not a laptop.
But as for the build quality. Poor show apple.
So apple are sending me a box to send it to them. I'm hoping it doesnt just get another £700 fix and likelyhood of this happening again.
- Get this 700£, and buy a Lenovo, asus or dell laptop, and you're doneOBBTKN
- I have a 2011 15in mbp, still kicking itGnash
- It's a Dell I have as my personal computer and that i'll be working on for the next few weeks until my work Mac comes back.microkorg
- Gnash, I know a lot of people with older macs that are still going strong. It's these new ones that are built to break!microkorg
- Ya, I though that as I was hitting save on my messageGnash
- The build quality is usually very high, except for they keyboards. I wouldn't just jump to the conclusion that Apple doesn't build quality machines anymore.monospaced
- It's like all manufacturing, sometimes you get a lemon. The more complex the product, the more difficult it is to have perfect manufacturing.********
- Highly recommend this podcast on GM/Toyota NUMMI. https://www.thisamer…********
- i expect that my mbp machines work for 9 years. 5 for business and 4 for private use or for the kids. this is why i buy and trust apple laptops!api