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Honestly I'm shocked that there isn't a company in the SFBA that just buys up busted 2015 MBPs and refurbs them to sell at a much higher price. Maybe they're af
by InclinedPlane 8y ago
Honestly I'm shocked that there isn't a company in the SFBA that just buys up busted 2015 MBPs and refurbs them to sell at a much higher price. Maybe they're afraid of getting sued into oblivion by Apple. Or maybe time travelers from the future are depleting our recent timeline of 2015 MBPs.
- ericabiz 8y agoRepair shop owner here. A 2015 MBP is basically 3 parts: the screen, the logic board, and what Apple calls the “top case” (the metal component where your keyboard and trackpad hang out.) RAM went bad? Tough, it’s soldered onto the board. LCD cracked? Well, Apple doesn’t make parts easily available to anyone except Apple, so unless you’re Apple authorized, you’re stuck buying them from resellers who’ve stripped them from other laptops. That screen replacement runs hundreds of dollars. It’s the unfortunate reality of Apple making non-repairable, soldered-on boards to make their laptops a few mm thinner. I highly recommend the Dell XPS series. I switched over to a Dell XPS 15 and really like it!
- rzzzt 8y agoWould a RAM socket and a regular module physically fit in place of the soldered-on module?