Don’t buy the MacBook Pros even on sale, in my opinion

Re:Don’t buy the MacBook Pros even on sale, in my opinion by filt on Wednesday April 25, 2018 @04:18PM (#16925642)

I bought my Macbook Pro in april 2016.

By october some keys were a bit harder to press, by december spacebar and a few other buttons gave up.

I gave it to apple for warranty, it wasn't even a year old yet. They checked it and wanted $200 for just doing the chekup with no fix (as it was my fault that the keys were broken) OR i could pay $650 to get the whole top replaced.

My income is 100% dependent on having a working laptop so it was not really a choice for me. I paid the $650. This was a few months back.

Now the "2"-key is feeling numb and I'm worried i'll have to replace the top every 2-3 months...

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Re:Don’t buy the MacBook Pros even on sale, in my opinion by ldh on Wednesday April 25, 2018 @07:26PM (#16927368)

I just went through something similar, getting the display replaced for $700.

While that was in the shop, I bought a similarly spec'd used Thinkpad for under $500 and like it more in almost every way.

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