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Re:Cleaning My MacBook After 16800 Hours of Use by moreati on Sunday June 21, 2020 @04:17AM (#23590639)
I have a similar 2013 vintage MBP. It's on it's 5th or 6th charger, 3rd charger board, 2nd battery, and 2nd speaker

https://twitter.com/moreati/status/1087046181434417152

Except for MagSafe it's a solid design.

Re:Cleaning My MacBook After 16800 Hours of Use by tim333 on Sunday June 21, 2020 @07:07AM (#23591326)
I find MagSafe itself fine but the cables Apple uses between the charger bodies and the plugs are awful - I keep mine kind of together with sticky tape.
Re:Cleaning My MacBook After 16800 Hours of Use by mrep on Sunday June 21, 2020 @06:49AM (#23591264)
My 2013 had to get the case, touchpad, fans, and keyboard replaced do to a swelling battery. Also needed a second charger as apple cords break so easily. Outside of that, it still works great.

Kind of funny though that we are amazed that our stuff is running for 7 years considering my old Toyota lasted 20.

Re:Cleaning My MacBook After 16800 Hours of Use by debian3 on Sunday June 21, 2020 @05:06AM (#23590838)
I’m still on my original magsafe from 2014
Re:Cleaning My MacBook After 16800 Hours of Use by ValentineC on Sunday June 21, 2020 @05:36AM (#23590964)
Not the parent, but I wish I could say the same about my MagSafe charger.

The insulation on the MagSafe side started flaking after some time, leaving blue stuff everywhere. Apple's Geniuses say that it's because I mishandled it, and refuse to cover it.