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Why would you pay $300 to fix a 5yo MBA? Just dump it on eBay or CL and buy a new one...

mschuster91 10y ago
Because new MBPs have their RAM soldered and instead of SSDs weird NVMe sticks which you can't just put into an old Mac Pro/iMac and keep on working (or trivially upgrade). Oh and you can't just simply swap the battery (I needed < 5 minutes). Oh, and the new ones don't have basic stuff like Ethernet connectors, DVD drives, Firewire connectors or connectors in general. I don't want to carry around a box of flimsy adapters! Thanks but no thanks, I'll stick to my trustworthy Fall 2011 MBP.
- slantyyz 10y ago
  >> Thanks but no thanks, I'll stick to my trustworthy Fall 2011 MBP. You're very lucky you don't have an early 2011 MBP. Infamously untrustworthy. If I had waited a few months to get your model or the 2012 model, I'd probably still be a Mac user.
  - sosborn 10y ago
    > You're very lucky you don't have an early 2011 MBP I have one. Still works great.
    - slantyyz 10y ago
      15" with Quad Core i7 and AMD GPU? -edit 13" models did not have this issue
  - mschuster91 10y ago
    Funny enough, we have about 50 Spring 2011 MBPs in service, no major failures yet except people drenching their MBPs in coffee and letting them fall (disks broken).
    - slantyyz 10y ago
      I probably should have been more specific, but it applied mainly to 15" Quad-Core i7 with discrete AMD GPUs. A friend of mine who had two of the same model also had the same GPU overheating issues. http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/mac/petition-demands-apple-fix-macbook-pro-graphics-woes-3537300/ http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/mac/petition-demands-apple-fi...
mhurron 10y ago
> buy a new one Which would cost way more than $300 and presumably right before it failed it was working fine for them.
bdcravens 10y ago
In theory that $300 was a fix and then business as usual. Ignoring the cost of a new machine, time to sell + buy + setup may cost far greater than $300.

Because new MBPs have their RAM soldered and instead of SSDs weird NVMe sticks which you can't just put into an old Mac Pro/iMac and keep on working (or trivially upgrade). Oh and you can't just simply swap the battery (I needed < 5 minutes). Oh, and the new ones don't have basic stuff like Ethernet connectors, DVD drives, Firewire connectors or connectors in general. I don't want to carry around a box of flimsy adapters! Thanks but no thanks, I'll stick to my trustworthy Fall 2011 MBP.

slantyyz 10y ago
>> Thanks but no thanks, I'll stick to my trustworthy Fall 2011 MBP. You're very lucky you don't have an early 2011 MBP. Infamously untrustworthy. If I had waited a few months to get your model or the 2012 model, I'd probably still be a Mac user.
- sosborn 10y ago
  > You're very lucky you don't have an early 2011 MBP I have one. Still works great.
  - slantyyz 10y ago
    15" with Quad Core i7 and AMD GPU? -edit 13" models did not have this issue
- mschuster91 10y ago
  Funny enough, we have about 50 Spring 2011 MBPs in service, no major failures yet except people drenching their MBPs in coffee and letting them fall (disks broken).
  - slantyyz 10y ago
    I probably should have been more specific, but it applied mainly to 15" Quad-Core i7 with discrete AMD GPUs. A friend of mine who had two of the same model also had the same GPU overheating issues. http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/mac/petition-demands-apple-fix-macbook-pro-graphics-woes-3537300/ http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/mac/petition-demands-apple-fi...

mhurron 10y ago

> buy a new one Which would cost way more than $300 and presumably right before it failed it was working fine for them.

bdcravens 10y ago

In theory that $300 was a fix and then business as usual. Ignoring the cost of a new machine, time to sell + buy + setup may cost far greater than $300.