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Buy some ThinkPads or zBooks or Latitudes, give those to a subset of your affected users, then send the freed-up units to service. Repeat until all affected uni
by LeifCarrotson 7y ago
Buy some ThinkPads or zBooks or Latitudes, give those to a subset of your affected users, then send the freed-up units to service. Repeat until all affected units have been serviced.
Then, when the time comes (soon?) to replace the 2015-2017 MBPs, consider whether you'd rather repeat that with future MBPs or buy something different that has on-site same-day service and user-replaceable batteries and other components.
- swendoog 7y agoUnfortunately some work (Mac, and iOS development) requires a Mac OS device.
- otakucode 7y agoAnd for that, at least in this sort of situation, I'd expect a company to at least temporarily look into the various services that enable you to rent a MacOS device in the cloud for the moments you need it (usually app builds).
- megablast 7y agoAnd where would you run xcode? The IDE you use to develop.
- tomxor 7y agoYou should know better than to post that suggestion in a thread full of Apple users with Mac OS lockin ... But don't worry, now my comment will be accompanying yours in the HN downvote afterlife :P