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Re: My MacBook Pro had over 10k USD in repairs

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Post by darksaints »

Bud wrote: post #228
everyone wrote: post #210

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It seems like they intentionally throttle older models as a feature of the update.. They do it on their phones at least. https://www.phonearena.com/news/how-to-make-iphone-faster_id...

No, they do not, and that's an outrageous, silly, completely unsupported accusation. Apple also does not "intentionally throttle" older iPhones as a "feature of the update" for some sort of nefarious bullshit "planned obsolescence" reason. The opposite is true: Apple reduces the clock speed very very slightly on older iPhones, so that they can be used LONGER and have a LONGER service life. The alternative would be, w…

Apple lost it's lawsuit because they throttled phones when they reached a battery health level that was higher than the threshold for warranty replacement. Thousands of users, including myself, had a nearly new phone throttled and so we went to apple and asked them to replace the battery if it was going bad. They wouldn't. And so they got dragged through the mud because they fucking deserved it.

Re: My MacBook Pro had over 10k USD in repairs

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Post by seg_lol »

chrisseaton wrote: post #311
fsflover wrote: post #308

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What if I want to go to an independent repair shop to change my battery? Or even do it myself.

Apple will do it for you. So this isn't an argument against repair - it may be an argument against repair by third parties if you want to suggest that? But then again why would Apple make a job that they have to do harder? Doesn't pass a common-sense test.

Because it gets harder for the opposition at a faster rate. The opposition is end user repair. But you know this, it is a common strategy, this is why you out skill your opponent.

There are widely reported cases of people taking their iPhones to the Genius Bar only to have someone swap their philips head screws for pentalobe screws.

Passes common sense.

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Post by brianwawok »

asdff wrote: post #122
brianwawok wrote: post #116

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They have a 14 day return on all laptops, you can pick your own loaner off the shelf.

I'll have to keep in mind the $1200 deposit for loaner computers next time I am in need of a critical repair

Credit cards should be 30 days to invoice you, will be returned before that

Re: My MacBook Pro had over 10k USD in repairs

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Post by LargoLasskhyfv »

wyager wrote: post #395
1vuio0pswjnm7 wrote: post #379

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"Apple should stop nagging you to upgrade the OS if your hardware wasn't built to support the newer versions." When Apple introduced OSX I refused to upgrade a G4; I stayed on OS9. I never connected that computer to the internet, it was only used as a DAW. This "upgrade the OS" nonsense is an old trick. Microsoft made it infamous. I had Windows computers back in the day, late 90s, where I only upgraded the hardware,…

It's such a breath of fresh air to run a barebones OS that hasn't become corpulently bloated over the last few decades. This basically restricts you to slim server-oriented operating systems like {Open,Free}BSD and a small number of Linux distros. Everything feels lightning fast. Of course, if you need to use a web browser or something the benefit disappears.

Of course, if you need to use a web browser or something the benefit disappears.

Nope.

Re: My MacBook Pro had over 10k USD in repairs

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Post by brailsafe »

hellbannedguy wrote: post #174
okprod wrote: post #110

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My MBP Retina 2013 has been going strong in various environments, not babied at all.

Yea, my 2012 is going strong. I've been meaning to put a ssd in it, but procrastinating. Love the screws Apple.

SSDs are relatively cheap right now. I upgraded my 2009 mbp with one and it was definitely worth it.

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Post by robertoandred »

cmurf wrote: post #392
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…

Yeah I'm over macOS, since 10.12, having used Apple OS's since System 6, sufferung years of not ready for prime time OSX but settled into that regime for almost 20 years. And now its Fedora Linux #1, Windows a distant #2, and then macOS. The churn in macOS is annoying. A few year old version can't run the latest TeamViewer, I'm running into more of that now where on Windows 10 that's not even a thing (yet, maybe ther…

Sounds like a TeamViewer problem.

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Post by gdulli »

ribosometronome wrote: post #232
gdulli wrote: post #178

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I got an iPhone in 2008 and 2 years later an OS update rendered it too slow to be usable. It annoyed me so much that it became the last Apple product I ever bought. Every non-Apple smartphone I've had since then has remained usable until I was ready to replace it on my own timeline, even after as long as 4 years.

What non-Apple smartphone were you getting in 2010 that received 4 years of updates? My experience at the time was essentially no updates, or relying on custom ROMs for that sort of thing.

I think it was the Galaxy S4 that I had for 4 years, then the S8 for 3. I don't remember if/when updates stopped. I probably only had the phone I bought in 2010 for 2 years because back then they were still subsidizing new phone purchases at the 2 year mark.

Re: My MacBook Pro had over 10k USD in repairs

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Post by mbesto »

sudosysgen wrote: post #401
mbesto wrote: post #320

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Disagree. You can see for yourself: Glued https://guide-images.cdn.ifixit.com/igi/noPvQ2CLs1jptX2p.med... Removal battery https://guide-images.cdn.ifixit.com/igi/btDJQp5CYXdILTOO.med... You get better battery performance, with higher CPU performance, better graphics, etc. etc. and save 8oz. in weight and nearly half the width. Moore's law has tradeoffs. I think you can make the conclusion yourself with the facts. EDI…

This is hilarious. You're actually comparing two different computers. A pull tab does not weigh 8oz more than a dab of glue. I don't get why someone would try to argue as much.

> You're actually comparing two different computers.

Huh? One is the previous MBPro with a removable battery and the other is the latest version MBPro with a glued battery.

> A pull tab does not weigh 8oz more than a dab of glue. I don't get why someone would try to argue as much.

I didn't say that. I said the form factor for a glued in battery doesn't it allow it to be setup as a removable battery configuration.

Gotta love the armchair hardware engineers in here.

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