News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Show HN: Apple no longer repairing older MacBook Pros. Parent comment

Re:Show HN: Apple no longer repairing older MacBook Pros by approxim8ion on Tuesday March 16, 2021 @04:04AM (#26474096)
>It’s a miracle it works after 7 years of use

What do you people do with your laptops? ThinkPads aside, even my $300-350 Acer laptop is coming up on 6 years of (11-12h daily) use and everything works more than fine. I don't even use an SSD. The one I had before this lasted a good 10-11 years of similar if not heavier use (my entire family used it).

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Show HN: Apple no longer repairing older MacBook Pros by meepmorp on Tuesday March 16, 2021 @09:40AM (#26476527)
Before covid, I carried my laptop to where I was working, and I did that on a daily basis for years. No matter how gentle you are, they take a beating because the rest of the world definitely isn't nearly as careful.

As an aside: the Dell Latitude 610 I carted around for several years was a goddamn beast. It weighed a shit ton, but it took some drops and hits that I was positive wrecked the thing. What killed it eventually was the hinges on the screen breaking and shearing the video connector.

[ Parent | on HN ]