My MacBook Pro exploded and burst into flames

Re:My MacBook Pro exploded and burst into flames by achow on Friday June 21, 2019 @08:41AM (#20241975)

Hmm not sure I have come across Uber driver having a second car as a backup.

MacBook Pro is an expensive piece of equipment and someone who produces music for living (or any other freelancers really) must have stretched their budget to get the primary machine itself.

If I pay top dollars for anything then I do hope that I don't have to pay top dollars again for having a backup of that.

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Re:My MacBook Pro exploded and burst into flames by jakelazaroff on Friday June 21, 2019 @08:45AM (#20242004)

I agree with you in general, but the username is whitepandamusic; if they're actually White Panda they're a fairly prominent DJ and producer. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Panda

Edit: Looks like it is! https://twitter.com/whitepanda/status/1133847982317723648

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Re:My MacBook Pro exploded and burst into flames by EnderMB on Friday June 21, 2019 @09:05AM (#20242149)

Yep, he's very well-known in certain circles, having started working on singles with solo artists alongside the previous duos mashup work.

If this resulted in substantial data loss, it could be really bad.

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Re:My MacBook Pro exploded and burst into flames by Filligree on Friday June 21, 2019 @09:58AM (#20242511)

The thread says he hasn't taken a backup in a year, so that's that I guess. The SSD is unlikely to survive a fire.

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