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I bought a Mac Pro in 2006 and became addicted to World of Warcraft. There was some weird bug with the GPU (Radeon x1900 XT), where it would eventually burn out
by greedo 5y ago
I bought a Mac Pro in 2006 and became addicted to World of Warcraft. There was some weird bug with the GPU (Radeon x1900 XT), where it would eventually burn out. The Mac would boot, but no image on my ACD. So I schlepped the whole Mac Pro to the Apple store 50 miles away. They couldn't figure out why the GPU didn't work, so they replaced it under warranty.
Two months later, the GPU burned out again (Did I say I played a lot of WoW? Like 18 hours a day?). Schlepp this heavy beast to the store, they swap out the GPU again.
Three months later, GPU burns out again, I take it in, and they start giving me side-eye. The Mac was still under warranty, but they were sus about the whole situation. They still replaced the GPU, but kind of gave me the vibe that I was on some no-fly list.
Eventually gave up on WoW and the Mac lasted almost another decade as my primary desktop before I turned it into a Plex server in the basement.