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Re:My MacBook Pro had over 10k USD in repairs by acdha on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @05:45PM (#28307499)
> If Macs had the reliability of iPads and iPhones it would make more sense to not get the extended warranty.

They do. People who don't have problems don't complain so you have to be careful basing your impression on what people feel motivated to mention.

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Re:My MacBook Pro had over 10k USD in repairs by eric_h on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @07:04PM (#28308314)
it's true, ggp's claim of "20-30% chance you will have problems during those first years." is not based in data. if that was the rate, the cost of the extended warranty (apple care) would be much higher.
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Re:My MacBook Pro had over 10k USD in repairs by pier25 on Thursday August 26, 2021 @02:40PM (#28318829)
Obviously that was my personal anecdotal experience. Apple doesn't publish this data.

It was probably worse than 30% for the 2016 MBP models considering the keyboard issues though.

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Re:My MacBook Pro had over 10k USD in repairs by eric_h on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @09:06PM (#28309322)
and further OP would never have been able to squeeze $10k of repairs/replacements out of an original $3k? outlay.
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