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A comment on Ask HN: MacBooks seems to be the only viable option these days. Parent comment

Re:Ask HN: MacBooks seems to be the only viable option these... by uuyi on Monday April 18, 2022 @04:34PM (#31076122)
If that’s an Intel one you’re getting, I can understand it. However the M1 ones are a completely different computer. I am shocked at how good they are.
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Re:Ask HN: MacBooks seems to be the only viable option these... by a257 on Monday April 18, 2022 @04:47PM (#31076309)
I've had a M1 Macbook pro (13-inch) display shatter on me within 10 months of purchase for no reason. The cost of repair is $800 which being around 80% of the cost of the laptop, was untenable. Since then it has been gathering dust in the storage closet for the past five months.

Looking online, it seems like there was a quality issue with their displays for the first few batches of production.

https://www.pcmag.com/news/apple-facing-m1-macbook-cracked-s...

It is a shame. I did enjoy using the laptop very much.

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Re:Ask HN: MacBooks seems to be the only viable option these... by uuyi on Monday April 18, 2022 @05:09PM (#31076581)
Why did you not have insurance?

99% of the time I’ve seen this sort of stuff happen it’s because there was a screen protector or someone shut some crap in the lid.

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Re:Ask HN: MacBooks seems to be the only viable option these... by wu_187 on Monday April 18, 2022 @06:52PM (#31077696)
Why should you need insurance on something that should be covered under the manufacturer warranty?
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Re:Ask HN: MacBooks seems to be the only viable option these... by uuyi on Tuesday April 19, 2022 @04:22AM (#31080778)
The manufacturer doesn’t know you didn’t leave half your rice lunch in the lid when you closed it.
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Re:Ask HN: MacBooks seems to be the only viable option these... by a257 on Wednesday April 20, 2022 @05:38PM (#31103378)
I am confident that I treat my laptops very well. According to the article linked above, this issue has been occurring during normal use.
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Re:Ask HN: MacBooks seems to be the only viable option these... by konfusinomicon on Monday April 18, 2022 @11:10PM (#31079430)
if only they could support 3 external monitors
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Re:Ask HN: MacBooks seems to be the only viable option these... by uuyi on Tuesday April 19, 2022 @04:26AM (#31080793)
M1 Max can. Needs more video (and therefore memory) bandwidth to do that.
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