My MacBook Pro had over 10k USD in repairs

Post by lukelunchbox » Wed, Aug 25, 2021, 11:14 PM UTC

driverdan wrote: post #213

ubermonkey wrote: post #182

VERY misleading headline. The article makes clear all the costs were covered by AppleCare, so the story here is (a) he got a lemon, which happens in literally every product category and (b) the vendor stood behind the product and took care of him. So I'm honestly not sure what the point of this post is. The only laptops I've had that have handled the high-travel workload I traditionally subjected mine to remotely as…

I downvoted you because it was clearly not a single lemon. There were two entire computer replacements, both of which also had issues.

Post by feifan » Wed, Aug 25, 2021, 11:20 PM UTC

pram wrote: post #243

feifan wrote: post #86

Empirically, the 2016–2020 MacBook Pros seem to be relatively unreliable. My 2016 would frequently have wake-from-sleep problems, occasional kernel panics, and fried its logic board with a pop after about 3 years. My 2019 thermal-throttles every day, kernel panics a few times a month, and has a battery that just gives up under load. Meanwhile my 2019 Mac Pro (tower) is probably the most rock-solid reliable computer I…

Exactly the same. My Mac Pro literally hasn't crashed one time I think. I have it loaded up with the 2 HDD mount, 1 NVME SSD for scratch, a capture card, W5700X MPX, and a Wacom attached. No issues in Blender, Clip Studio, nothing. I thought I'd regret the purchase but it's probably my favorite computer ever (makes a good footrest too)

Post by paulryanrogers » Wed, Aug 25, 2021, 11:21 PM UTC

dredmorbius wrote: post #305

robertlf wrote: post #127

As long as we're having a big bitch-fest here, I'll throw in my $.02. Other than expanding batteries, my laptops have generally been trouble-free. But the problem I do have is that the older my MBP, the slower it becomes when I upgrade the OS. When I upgraded my 2015 to Big Sur last year, it essentially became unusable because it ran so slowly. It now sits in my closet. Apple should stop nagging you to upgrade the OS…

My understanding is that Sceptre/Meltdown mitigations significantly slow processors due to reduced speculative execution, and perhaps more integrity tests against attacks. That's something that's near-universal across AMD64 / Intel architectures, regardless of OS. https://www.howtogeek.com/339559/how-to-stop-the-meltdown-an... One view is to blame the mitigations. Another is to recognise that the previous performance…

Post by dzhiurgis » Wed, Aug 25, 2021, 11:22 PM UTC

pier25 wrote: post #52

It's absolutely ridiculous that Macs don't come with a 3 year warranty by default. I've bought maybe a dozen macs in the last 15 years (for myself and the family) and while some have lasted many years without issues, some have died on me on the second or third year. Because the initial investment is so high you're practically forced to add extra Apple Care to protect it because there's a 20-30% chance you will have p…

Post by 1vuio0pswjnm7 » Wed, Aug 25, 2021, 11:32 PM UTC

robertlf wrote: post #127

As long as we're having a big bitch-fest here, I'll throw in my $.02. Other than expanding batteries, my laptops have generally been trouble-free. But the problem I do have is that the older my MBP, the slower it becomes when I upgrade the OS. When I upgraded my 2015 to Big Sur last year, it essentially became unusable because it ran so slowly. It now sits in my closet. Apple should stop nagging you to upgrade the OS…