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Re:Apple Unveils MacBook Pro Featuring M2 Pro and M2 Max by rsynnott on Tuesday January 17, 2023 @10:07AM (#34413272)
... Huh. That is one Apple complaint I've never heard. Had various Mac laptops since 2004 and never seen a screen crack (on my own one; for what it's worth, I do know two separate people whose Apple laptop's screen cracked because their _cat bit it_, but I assume that can happen for any laptop with a sufficiently weird cat).

And, really, a screen is a screen is a screen; any laptop screen is likely to be about as fragile as any other.

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Re:Apple Unveils MacBook Pro Featuring M2 Pro and M2 Max by newaccount74 on Tuesday January 17, 2023 @11:38AM (#34414689)
The problem isn't that the screen breaks; the problem are their ridiculous repair prices.

The repair prices are artificially inflated because there is no competition and they don't sell spares, and I think they keep them high on purpose to push their insurance product Apple Care. (Which is a great business for Apple, because the repairs are much cheaper for them than what they charge uninsured customers)

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