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MacBook Air M1 screen crack for no apparent reason

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Post by pmontra »

oblib wrote: post #215
jeromegv wrote: post #102

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I feel people often have pink glasses over the old period of Apple. 90s was tons of Mac product lines competing with each other. No shortage of quality problem on those hardware. A nice operating system but was falling behind in many modern OS concepts (while trying to build a new OS from scratch and failing). I used apple all my life (including the 90s) and it was definitely not the best period of apple.

Yeah, I burned through a few new Macs in late 90s early 2000s. They all were obsoleted pretty fast. I have an old Silver Door Mac G4 that was really just crap new out of the box. But, the Late `09 Mac Mini I bought new has been as solid as one could ever hope for. I just ordered a refurbished late `14 Mac Mini from OWC to replace it and I expect it should last a few years too. I mostly just write code for a web app I…

To be fair, every computer got obsoleted fast on those years. The Moore law was strong back then.

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Post by least »

sitzkrieg wrote: post #188
nbzso wrote: post #180

First rule of a longtime Apple user: Never be an early adopter. Second rule of a longtime Apple user: Always use AppleCare+. Third rule of a longtime Apple user: When you have a problem with your beloved Apple hardware, always have a pile of cash on you, just in case.

if only there was some other approach!

I'd imagine most people deliberately using Apple products have made considerations for other options. Unfortunately there is no panacea like you seem to be alluding to, just a different set of tradeoffs.

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Post by JustSomeNobody »

z9znz wrote: post #179
haunter wrote: post #157

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And that’s why most people buy $500 laptops. Even if the screen broke you can probably buy a 3rd party one from Aliexpress for $100. But $800 for a replacement one? I’d rather sell the MBP for parts on eBay and buy a new one if must then pay that much. Like you would get more for that with a broken screen for sure, some people would fix it on their own or use it as a desktop computer. But I don’t have a SV engineer s…

> And that’s why most people buy $500 laptops. Most people is a sketchy expression, but I would venture a guess that "most people" buy cheap laptops because they don't really care, they don't know how to adequately judge which ones are worth more, and they also just don't want to spend much on a computer. It's hard to imagine, but "most people" actually care little about computers.

I needed a new laptop last year. I decided to care less about my computer and so I chose not to get another Mac. Got a small Lenovo instead. Runs great with Linux. Does exactly everything I need it to do.

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Post by LordDragonfang »

legitster wrote: post #200

I still don't understand the appeal of aluminum/glass construction. I couldn't think of a worse set of materials to make a laptop out of. For comparison, nearly every other ultrabook manufacturer has moved onto magnesium or carbon fiber for chassis construction. Both materials are much physically stronger, lighter, and (most importantly, imho) offer more intrinsic shock protection. I know people enjoy the "luxury" lo…

It's their brand. Apple continues to use aluminum because they've invested a lot into it and they're good at it. I occasionally hear a quote get thrown about on apple-centric tech podcasts that Apple probably has the greatest concentration of aluminum material science expertise not just of tech companies, but of any company that exists. So much so that Elon Musk poached one of their engineers to work on aluminum for Tesla.

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Post by Kaze404 »

r3012 wrote: post #243
Spooky23 wrote: post #196

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You only hear about it because it’s Apple and they have like 6 SKUs of products that they sell millions of. When the batteries bulge or screens fail on some random Dell made by a subcontractor in Vietnam, nobody cares as they have like 80 models of laptop for every market segment. The bullshit thing in my mind is that Apple took away the ability for store staff to make discretionary calls to bypass stuff like this an…

> The bullshit thing in my mind is that Apple took away the ability for store staff to make discretionary calls to bypass stuff like this and do what’s right for the customer. It could be that, or retail workers are sick of us and aren't making calls in our direction anymore. https://www.businessinsider.com/retail-workers-leaving-quit-...

Who is "us" here? Abusive customers? I can't fathom someone coming into a store being nice as expected and a retail over fucking them over just because.

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Post by vonseel »

legitster wrote: post #200

I still don't understand the appeal of aluminum/glass construction. I couldn't think of a worse set of materials to make a laptop out of. For comparison, nearly every other ultrabook manufacturer has moved onto magnesium or carbon fiber for chassis construction. Both materials are much physically stronger, lighter, and (most importantly, imho) offer more intrinsic shock protection. I know people enjoy the "luxury" lo…

There's an ongoing joke in the military, MIL-SPEC just means it's a piece of crap that's going to break pretty soon. From an engineering point of view, I'd like to believe that using all MIL-SPEC components which are rated to last longer and in harsher environments would amount to a more reliable product. But maybe a product is more than the sum of its parts, and it's possible a company can build a more reliable product despite not using MIL-SPEC components or obtaining that certification. Just something to think about.

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Post by comprev »

z9znz wrote: post #179
haunter wrote: post #157

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And that’s why most people buy $500 laptops. Even if the screen broke you can probably buy a 3rd party one from Aliexpress for $100. But $800 for a replacement one? I’d rather sell the MBP for parts on eBay and buy a new one if must then pay that much. Like you would get more for that with a broken screen for sure, some people would fix it on their own or use it as a desktop computer. But I don’t have a SV engineer s…

> And that’s why most people buy $500 laptops. Most people is a sketchy expression, but I would venture a guess that "most people" buy cheap laptops because they don't really care, they don't know how to adequately judge which ones are worth more, and they also just don't want to spend much on a computer. It's hard to imagine, but "most people" actually care little about computers.

For many people outside of HN demographic $500 is a lot of money for "a computer"

A macbook would be like buying a top spec Mercedes when all they need is a no frills base model Ford.

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Post by sackerhews »

My friends iPhone got replaced 3 times, every single time the same fault. Something to do with audio interface going missing and mic not working.

His next phone was an Android.

I remember looking it up and there were rumours that Apple had initially acknowledged this fault and replaced them with no questions asked but then withdrawn the memo.

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