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Instead of putting it an oven, I turned it upside down, put a heating pad on it and placed the whole thing under a blanket for an hour. Turned on just fine after that.
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EU provides 6 years but not from the manufacturer - from the seller. I actually had a problem where Apple told me my manufacturer warranty was up and explained I still had 6 years from the seller (Vodafone) and to go to them. Vodafone pretended the law didn't exist. Eventually Apple were kind enough to replace the device even though they had no obligation to.
EU provides 6 years? How so?
Needless to say, I sure wouldn't even want a smart phone from 6 years ago. People get upset at the USA's more-or-less forced upgrades every 2ish years, but that cadence does seem to fit the timing of when I start to feel my phone is not up to par... 2 or 3 newer generations of devices have come out since my purchase, my battery is starting to lose life (usually never covered by any warranty as this is a standard "wear-n-tear" item like car tires). I'd think a 2 or 3 year warranty should suffice in most cases.
I have an old Dell Precision m4600 laptop. Big, bulky and heavy, but cooling is excellent, even though it has air intake on the bottom. Discrete Nvidia GPU running at full clock (because of an external UHD display) and temperature constantly about 60 degrees Celsius. And cleaning the fans/heatsinks is dead-easy and can be done in 10 minutes. Do newer MBPs have those overheating problems solved? I was thinking of buyi…
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What are you talking about? I can get a €20 Samsung in any place that still sells dumbphones. I got a €30 Nokia 5 years ago and it still works splendid.
This is what drives me insane about the state of modern electronic device quality. It seems the less you pay, the longer it lasts. This is completely the opposite of how it is with traditional goods like furniture, utensils, tools, and so on. Maybe it's over-engineering, maybe it's forced obsolescence, maybe it's something beyond my comprehension. But it stinks.
As a side benefit, Apple could begin referring to the machines as "laptops" again in their marketing from time to time (which they have abstained from for at least the last 5+ years).