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So either it's no big deal or it is and there will be a replacement program. My previous MBP (2008 model, IIRC) was affected by this, and they swapped it out for free, no questions asked. Either ways, in all that time we RMA-ed exactly one Acer laptop, and that was for a failed display connector.Īnyway, Apple has, in the past, had replacement programs for boards that failed because of design problems. This was particularly bad during the Pentium 4 days - things have improved since then. About a quarter of the HP motherboards failed within the first two years. In my previous job we supplied our clients with Acer and HP laptops. To give you some context, if every HP use whose motherboard failed took to the internet, you'd see a *lot* of posts about it. My guess is there are a couple of dozen (out of millions sold). You don't hear from everyone whose machines are running just fine. Remember that only the people whose laptops are failing are reporting it on the internet.
Regarding the graphics issue, I don't think the failures are as prevalent as it appears. I've had mine for three years and it's been smooth sailing. The question is how Apple is going to address the issue.I have the 15" version of the late 2011. To be clear, I am a huge Apple fan, and all my products are Apple, and that is why I can say with absolute conviction: The 2011 Macbook Pro was a defective product (specifically the graphics card/motherboard).
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But I doubt I will get the full five+ years out of it, that I expected when I paid $2000+ for it.
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So I went home, and when it happened I videotaped it, went back to the Apple Store, and they fixed it for free (their depot repair comes with a 90 day guarantee, and I was within that timeframe). The Genius, believing my story, but not having enough evidence to authorize the repair said, “Just set up a video camera or use your iPhone to document the next time this split screen happens, then bring it back. I took it in to the Apple Store, but it worked fine on that day, and their diagnostics said it was OK.
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Got the “split screen” effect you see in various Mac Forums. Twenty days later, my new graphics card goes.
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(The Depot Repair replaces the damaged part plus anything else the technician discovers, all for a flat fee) The Apple Store did a “depot repair” in which they sent it off to be fixed for $300 (I didn’t have Apple Care). “As of August 2014, a petition started last year that urges Apple to recall the affected MacBook Pro laptops to fix the problem has passed the 10,000-signature mark, yet Apple still hasn’t addressed the issue.”Īllsopp reports, “A DC-based law firm have reportedly begun investigating the issue as it considers filing a class action lawsuit against Apple.” The huge thread on Apple’s Support Communities has now been viewed more than one million times,” Allsopp reports. “Since first publishing this story, we’ve had more than 200 readers get in touch to let us know that they’re experiencing the same issue. Rebooting the machine temporarily resolves the issue, but it almost always returns.” “While playing games, watching HD video or performing another graphics-intensive task, users have witnessed their displays distorting, or sometimes going completely blank. “Reports of failing MacBook Pros have been flooding in since 2013, with many owners of 2011 models with AMD graphics suffering from system crashes and hardware problems that have been described as ‘critical,'” Ashleigh Allsopp reports for Macworld UK.
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