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Impact at the edge of screen created microscopic crack. Thermal change caused the crack to spread. It happens all the time with vehicle windshields.
Then why hasn’t it happened for other macbooks? The corners of my 2012 are noticeably deformed from impacts and the screen is fine
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It's impossible to do self repairs on macbooks these days. Apple intentionally solders all the components together to prevent self repair. Even the battery is soldered to the system. https://9to5mac.com/2019/07/12/2019-13-macbook-pro-teardown/
They solder components to save space and increase the reliability and power efficiency of the connections. Apple doesn’t care about self repair, but they aren’t using solder instead of connectors as part of a scheme to actively thwart it.
There is a youtuber named Louis Rossman(1.7 million followers) fighting Apple on this since more than a decade.
Here is his channel: https://youtube.com/user/rossmanngroup
Any clue of what is causing that? Is it the aluminium chassis expanding as a function of temperature and causing stress on the glass?
Maybe in a fraction of the cases but from reading the thread, I, pessimistically estimate that most of the problems are user induced or a different issue.
I always open it in the middle, and I don't wrench it open. For some reason, some people don't understand that thin and light doesn't mean indestructible.
Apple has always tried to blame customers whenever they can. I remember when my MacBook pro 2015 started glitching and Apple voided the warranty by saying there was liquid spillage/fluid damage. So apparently macbooks have these small stickers inside them which change color upon contact with liquids to help detect liquid damage but the issue with those stickers are that they also change color if you live in a humid a…
Apple has always tried to blame customers whenever they can. I remember when my MacBook pro 2015 started glitching and Apple voided the warranty by saying there was liquid spillage/fluid damage. So apparently macbooks have these small stickers inside them which change color upon contact with liquids to help detect liquid damage but the issue with those stickers are that they also change color if you live in a humid a…
A warranty that can be voided just because some little sticker a user can't access indicates moisture detection doesn't even sound like it should be legal. If you've done something obviously stupid like drop your monitor in the bath then you're hardly going to need such a sticker to detect "unreasonable use". It seems pretty reasonable to expect consumer goods to tolerate small amounts of moisture. In fact a monitor…
Dear Apple, Its okay to not have to make your laptops ultra skinny if it means you avoid these sort of issues. Sincerely, A customer waiting to buy a decent laptop that is sturdy and comfortable to type on.
Just to iterate on the kind of abuse mine has already endured - without even the slightest dent or crack:
1) I put the Macbook on a chair and, without thinking, put a blanket over it while cleaning, causing my girlfriend to sit on it with her full weight for over 2 hours
2) I have dropped the laptop two times while carrying it
3) The laptop has fallen off my desk also two times because of the lack of Magsafe
4) The laptop was, in its silicone case, in the passenger seat in a 25-30mph car crash, got shot full force against the middle console
Not a single dent. Just some scratches on one edge from the car crash.
My 14" M1 MacBook Pro screen repair cost was $809. Supervisor refused the waive the fee. The screen cracked for no apparent reason and then completely stopped working. Some firm already filed a class action complaint, and I submitted my details: https://classlawdc.com/2021/08/04/m1-macbook-screen-crack-in...
> My 14" M1 MacBook Pro repair cost was $809 My custom Ryzen 7/RX 570 Linux PC built from parts cost less than this, so a repair of this magnitude just boggles my mind. At that point just buy yourself a new computer.
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Dear Giancarlo, Please buy a MacBook Pro - the new M1 and M2 models are nice, thick, sturdy, comfortable, fast, and have a beast of a battery. The Macbook Air line is specifically for the non-Pro consumer who values portability and size over everything else. Sincerely, Anyone that can Google this.
I think the keyboards are sub par on the pro and Air models.
Which is all types, and the majority of models, they've produced since the aluminum 12" G4 Powerbook. YMMV.
Apple has always tried to blame customers whenever they can. I remember when my MacBook pro 2015 started glitching and Apple voided the warranty by saying there was liquid spillage/fluid damage. So apparently macbooks have these small stickers inside them which change color upon contact with liquids to help detect liquid damage but the issue with those stickers are that they also change color if you live in a humid a…
Maybe this is an urban legend, but: Sinclair Research made early home computers, well known in the UK, not so much elsewhere. These were tricky to set up, and often returned as broken. To cut their support costs, supposedly Sinclair, on first receipt of a 'broken' computer would simply add a sticker and send it back, 'repaired'. Often the customer would get it working on this second attempt. Only when a computer was…