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If you've got the previous generation of macbook pro and are wondering whether you should upgrade, here's an alternate suggestion: I took my 2014 retina macboo
by ef4 10y ago
If you've got the previous generation of macbook pro and are wondering whether you should upgrade, here's an alternate suggestion:
I took my 2014 retina macbook pro to the Apple Store and got a "topcase replacement" (because my keyboard was beat up with overuse and starting to get flaky). That had the side benefit of giving me a completely new external case, so it looks brand new again. And it includes a brand new battery. And I got a new display for free, because there's a recall on that generation of retina displays for delamination issues.
It feels like I just bought a new laptop at one fifth the price. And the specs on it are still competitive with the 2016 models: 16GB ram, 3ghz core i7. Only the very highest 2016 configuration even beats it, and that by only a little.
- drchiu 10y agoHow do you request a top case replacement? How much does it cost and how long do they take to do it?
- okanesen 10y agoI'm not entirely sure if you can just request a top case replacement, but I just had my battery replaced and the top case replacement was included in it. It took them around 10 days to complete considering it was after Christmas.
- dabeeeenster 10y agoI think they are about £200
- raarts 10y agoI paid €378 last month. It was done in an hour. It was an 2013 MBA. They replaced the battery for free. Don't have Applecare.
- dizzy3gg 10y agohard to find information about this, so would also like to know.
- jacobkg 10y agoI took my MacBook Pro in for a battery replacement and got the same thing. They replaced the keyboard, logic board, and battery all for $300. I was told though that my computer was manufactured in a narrow window of time where the battery and logic board and top plate were all fused together in some way that they had to be replaced together. In other words, depending on when your computer was made your mileage may vary.
- kalleboo 10y agoI paid for battery replacement on my 2012 MBPr (the first generation) and got the top case replaced free because "they changed the design of the battery and it wouldn't fit in the old top case" edit: mandatory bitching about people who put Apple on a pedestal - AppleCare only covers the battery up to 1000 cycles. Mine was at 1080 cycles. Time to open the wallet.
- pfranz 10y agoEhh, that's still better than what used to happen when they had removable batteries. Back then it was 300 charge cycles and I constantly had batteries that would give service errors well below that, but because they were over a year old they were out of warranty. I'm glad to hear the 1000 cycle internal batteries are doing much, much better.
- DrScump 10y agoSo, they replaced recalled components and a battery and charged you $300? Am I missing something, or did you pay $300 for a battery replacement you may or may not have needed and recall rework you should have received (one would think) for free?
- ryanmarsh 10y agoI did the same thing and it was truly like having a new laptop. The following week I dropped my freshly refurbished MBP. So, now I have a new 2016 MBP. :/
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- te_chris 10y agoI've had two of those on AppleCare due to trackpads sticking slightly. I'm sure they could be made to stick somehow.
- tornadoboy55 10y agoI'm in pretty big 'luck' as well: my screen is starting to show the delamination issue ('staingate') as well. Coupled with that I'm also having excessive coil whine under load (even hearable when I'm chilling in bed downloading a torrent). What I'm wondering is: this is an 'early 2015' model. Its early 2017 now. Do they still have the 2015 model screens and logic boards in stock or will they just give me a free 2016 model? One great thing is I have Applecare on this one so I won't have to pay a penny for sure..
- ivraatiems 10y agoThey may do either, depending on the state of your system. If the system's had a lot of warranty repairs and is still regularly breaking, or it would be very expensive to fix, they'll just replace it. That judgment call'll be made when you go into the store and get it assessed. The more things you complain about, the more likely you are to get the '16 or a refurb '15 new.
- tornadoboy55 10y agoThis one's already a '15 refurb. We'll see. Shittiest thing is that I don't have an Apple store in my university town or hometown, only APRs, and I can't miss my Macbook for too long (I do AI, so yeah..), so if they want to send it out for repairs for a long time, I'm fucked. On another note: what I actually meant with my comment is that I'm kind of amazed Apple still has parts for a 2yr (and presumably 3yr according to OP) old laptop, since they usually push their old stock out pretty aggressively. They either must have giant warehouses full or still have the factories churning out old parts??
- lathiat 10y agoThey definitely have such parts. Have had my MBP repaired 2-3+ years in multiple times. Remember apple care is 3 years so that would be a minimum. I assume largely they stock pile them in advance, be interesting to find out for sure how that works.
- radicalbyte 10y ago
- gthtjtkt 10y ago> 3ghz core i7 I hope Apple hasn't succeeded in reducing processor comparisons to these two useless tidbits of information... Based on just "3GHz core i7", a chip could either be painfully out of date or current top of the line.
- nerflad 10y ago> Based on just "3GHz core i7", a chip could either be painfully out of date or current top of the line. This has always bothered me too. I suspect that the ambiguity is intentional on the part of Intel and/or Apple marketing (though I'm not savvy enough to know why exactly).
- exergy 10y agoLinus mentions it in one of his videos. The idea is that Intel doesn't want you worried about the generation, only whether it's i3/i5/i7. I guess this helps them mask over the fact that, year on year, CPUs aren't really getting any faster in single-threaded performance.
- blhack 10y agoLinus Torvalds?
- chipperyman573 10y agoProbably Linus Tech Tips, the YouTuber
- MiddleEndian 10y agoThere's some YouTube tech review guy whose name is Linus.
- stefantalpalaru 10y agoNo, it's a famous youtuber specializing in hardware news/reviews: https://www.youtube.com/user/LinusTechTips https://www.youtube.com/user/LinusTechTips
- dom96 10y agoOne of the bottom rubber feet has come off on my 2015 Retina MacBook Pro and as far as my research showed, they fix this by replacing the full bottom cover. Has anyone had this done to their MBP?
- lotyrin 10y agoYes, it was pretty nice, they covered it even though it was likely my fault and I didn't have coverage for that, only took them an hour or so on a busy day, but they had to order in the part which took a few days, if I recall. A side effect is that I don't have my serial number printed on the case anymore, a tech wrote it on the inside of the case for future techs to find.
- Domenic_S 10y agoYou could DIY -- https://www.ifixit.com/Store/Mac/MacBook-and-MacBook-Pro-Unibody-Rubber-Feet/IF163-052 https://www.ifixit.com/Store/Mac/MacBook-and-MacBook-Pro-Uni...
- pfranz 10y agoAmazon has third parties that sell feet with sticky stuff on it that can work ok. I contacted Apple support and they charged me less than $20 for a kit that included glue and new feet (I couldn't find that kit anywhere for sale publically).
- JustSomeNobody 10y agoHadn't heard of the recall. I don't have a problem with mine[0], but that worries me. [0] Mid-2014 rMBP 13"
- iLoch 10y agoIt'a not a big issue at all. I have moderate delamination issues in the top right of my screen (just on the black bezel) but it's not affecting my ability to use the computer so I've left it as is.
- cagmz 10y agoHow do I find out if my rMBP (mid 2014) is covered? I'm having trouble finding info on this recall. Edit: I think this is it. https://www.apple.com/support/macbookpro-videoissues/ https://www.apple.com/support/macbookpro-videoissues/
- PascLeRasc 10y agoThat's the 'DGPUgate' where the 650M would crash or desolder or something. We (also '14 rMBP) can have the protective coating on the screen flake off which looks pretty bad, but mine hasn't yet.
- bdcravens 10y agoWhen did you take your machine in? The recall expired in October 2016? (sadly I just learned of it, even though my late 2013 model had those issues)
- PascLeRasc 10y agoWas this with Applecare? How much did you pay for the topcase replacement?
- rppassis 10y agoI have a 2012 model and did exactly the same thing, but also replaced my internal ssd drive with a 512gb capacity from OWC. The screen and casing were all replaced under the delaminating recall so it only cost me a few hundred dollars for a new battery.