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Re: My MacBook Pro exploded and burst into flames

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This made me wince. I haven't backed up my mac in 10 months now simply out of laziness, it contains some sensitive client work that NDA doesn't allow me to put in the cloud, it's millions of dollars worth of work and contracts, if I lose it, my company loses those clients as well. And my MBP gets really hot sometimes. Expect a TIFU from me at anytime.

The contracts exist elsewhere; both parties have signed them and your legal department will have a copy. You can back things up outside of the cloud. Ditto for your work, which will be in a version control system which is backed up. If you really run the risk of losing millions of dollars you need to maybe spend a little on getting 10 replacement laptops and cloning them and burying them in the garden or something. Also, it sounds like breaching the NDA is less bad than the result of losing the data.

Re: My MacBook Pro exploded and burst into flames

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>Then you wouldn't have any laptop, but also no justification to demand an immediate replacement or deem not receiving one "unacceptable" My computer failed to start one morning, it was my work only computer that I use for my job(work remote from a village) so I went in the city with the PC, I found a shop, the person there tested my RAM,CPU and other parts, the motherboard was broken, I baught a new motherboard , pa…

That's why I would never buy a Ferrari. In my small town, I wouldn't be able to find anyone to work on it. What a crap car.

Do you insinuate that Apple hardware is a fashion statement and not for real work?

If I live in a big city can I get my iMac/MacBook fixed without scheduling in 1-2 hours? I seen the LTT saga with the iMac where they could not fix it so it would be like you crash your Ferarri and you have to wait for them to first train the mechanics and create the spare parts and after that have it fixed.

Re: My MacBook Pro exploded and burst into flames

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's why I would never buy a Ferrari. In my small town, I wouldn't be able to find anyone to work on it. What a crap car.

Do you insinuate that Apple hardware is a fashion statement and not for real work? If I live in a big city can I get my iMac/MacBook fixed without scheduling in 1-2 hours? I seen the LTT saga with the iMac where they could not fix it so it would be like you crash your Ferarri and you have to wait for them to first train the mechanics and create the spare parts and after that have it fixed.

Absolutely not! I haven't a clue why you think that. My point is, the guy I responded to complains that he can get his commodity hardware fixed anywhere while his Apple needs to be taken to a "specialty" store as if they were the same thing.

Re: My MacBook Pro exploded and burst into flames

#64

References to posts on reddit should be banned everywhere else. 80% of all reddit is inhabited by 15-year old kids and internet crazies. Nothing should be re-posted here from there.

If the other 20% is useful content then that's still an awful lot of content.

Like dumpster diving you can find good content anywhere but are you sure you want to dive into dumpsters?

Re: My MacBook Pro exploded and burst into flames

#65

This made me wince. I haven't backed up my mac in 10 months now simply out of laziness, it contains some sensitive client work that NDA doesn't allow me to put in the cloud, it's millions of dollars worth of work and contracts, if I lose it, my company loses those clients as well. And my MBP gets really hot sometimes. Expect a TIFU from me at anytime.

An external hard drive is a $100 insurance policy.

Here, I'll save you some trouble: just click buy now here:

https://www.amazon.com/Elements-Portable-External-Drive-WDBU...

Re: My MacBook Pro exploded and burst into flames

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Based on this information I infer that you have a desktop machine. If you had a PC laptop you’d be equally screwed, with zero chance the shop had a spare motherboard for your machine. Granted you’d be equally screwed with a Mac Mini or iMac but fundamentally this has nothing to do with Apple vs PC. Desktop PCs that can be changed with standard parts or even custom built are not the market norm anymore and entered the…

> entered the specialised market realm The reasoning in this thread started with something along the lines of "if you use your computer professionally... [statements]". I would argue that if you use your computer professionally you should definitely consider using specialised products, which includes custom built desktops as you correctly noted.

For many people—particularly those in creative professional fields like music production—a Mac laptop is the specialised hardware they need, because it is the only thing that supports their workflow (certain software required, must be able to be on-site with it, etc).

Re: My MacBook Pro exploded and burst into flames

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> I produce music for a living - FIVE days without my computer is unacceptable Then get two computers as a backup? While here it's Apple's issue, it could just as well be your fault that the laptop died (e.g. dropping it). Then you wouldn't have any laptop, but also no justification to demand an immediate replacement or deem not receiving one "unacceptable"...

even though it is a bit harsh i agree. rely on yourself, not on some warranty notices and customer support from tech giants... that has hardly ever served someone well. (i.e. support from a tech company can't recover your burnt data either way... product error or human error aside..)

if you make a living from something, protect it, otherwise you risk your livelyhood. protect it YOURSELF.

Re: My MacBook Pro exploded and burst into flames

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what is your point? you do realize that there exists a scenario where you wouldn't be able to go to the city and get your PC fixed? so is your recommendation then to build a factory where any PC component can be produced on demand within a day? if macbook is not an option because of circumstances you're in - don't buy a macbook. this need to publicly defend and rationalize your life choices along with implicit condem…

My point is that we need "right to repair", there should not be a monopoly on who can fix something or who can create parts, A second point is that waiting 5 days for someone to look at your hardware and tell you if it can or can't be fixed is also a problem. At least you don't wait 1 week for a response, then a week for parts to arrive and then a few days for the thing to be fixed. I am not sure why you felt the nee…

You already have a right to buy stuff and put it together yourself and fix it. Go do that. Or pay someone to do it.

I prefer the super thin, svelte designed devices that simply cannot be made easily repairable.

There is no “right” to enforce your particular design and implementation standards on manufacturers. You’re inventing rights that do not and should not exist.

If you want to tinker, that’s great. Go tinker. Most of us do not. It’s idiotic for a tiny percentage of people who do want to whip out a soldering iron and go to town to put constraints on what the rest of us are allowed to buy.

And FYI, I do like to put together a machine every once in a while and fix it and tinker with it. It’s fun. I enjoy it. But that doesn’t mean I have some sort of fundamental human right to make every thing buildable by me, personally.

The right to repair is like the right to live your whole life without ever being offended by anything or encounter an idea you find uncomfortable. Enforcing your personal right abrogates other people’s rights and denies other people things they like to say, think, and buy.

But the real truth is that the right to repair always boils down to some clown on the internet who read an iFixit tear down and thinks, “man, I could make my own i-whatever for, like a hundred bucks if only Apple could be forced to sell me all the parts in exactly the right configuration at a price that only accounts for the bare basic raw materials.

If you want the fancy things, pay for the fancy things. If you want a brick house machine that you can cart through the jungle and swap out a new motherboard every time you drop it in a river, then buy one of those. No one is stopping you. The choice you want to have already exists.

Re: My MacBook Pro exploded and burst into flames

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I believe with the recent recall, Apple's doing the bare minimum in a PR damage control. A lot more batteries have to be affected than they're letting in.

My MBP mid-2015 has swollen batteries twice in 3.5 years. Now I have to pay $500-750 (Authorized Service Providers quote), as Apple Care expired, for something that increasingly looks like Apple's fault.

Re: My MacBook Pro exploded and burst into flames

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you insinuate that Apple hardware is a fashion statement and not for real work? If I live in a big city can I get my iMac/MacBook fixed without scheduling in 1-2 hours? I seen the LTT saga with the iMac where they could not fix it so it would be like you crash your Ferarri and you have to wait for them to first train the mechanics and create the spare parts and after that have it fixed.

Absolutely not! I haven't a clue why you think that. My point is, the guy I responded to complains that he can get his commodity hardware fixed anywhere while his Apple needs to be taken to a "specialty" store as if they were the same thing.

can you respond to this :c an you get it unscheduled repairs from Apple in the same day?

I had more then 1 point, let me be more clear:

1 I had more then one repair shop in a small city, so I have choices

2 I got the unscheduled issue diagnosed and fixed in max 2 hours

3 I even made a GPU upgrade and I had choices AMD or NVIDIA

Btw even living in a village I can get things fixed like any other people, like when a new thing I bought broke in the first week I sent it back, it took 3 weeks to have it replaced but it works on small villages too. My example was about a PC that was important for my work and that was out of warranty, though with PCs, in the way I buy them I have warranty for each part so I have the option to go in the town, have someone test and replace the broken part(maybe I buy a cheap GPU or RAM) and send only the broken part back.

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