Have you ever needed repairs done on your MacBook? (Poll)

[RedViking]

Have you ever needed repairs done on your MacBook? (Poll)

 

[bwana]

Yes - broke the screen while I was working in the US last year and had to have it repaired overnight. Pricy but worth it.

Also had a screen replaced under recall after the coating got marred.

 

[RedViking]

Yes - broke the screen while I was working in the US last year and had to have it repaired overnight. Pricy but worth it.

Also had a screen replaced under recall after the coating got marred.

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[Spizz]

Logic board went on a 2014 Air. Replaced it with a second hand one and flogged it.

 

[SauRoNZA]

Only had a battery replacements.

And then back in was it 2012 I think had a board replaced under recall when they had those GPU issues on a run of MBP 15-inches.

Somehow dodged the entire butterfly keyboard issue.

By and large MacBooks die because of users having no respect for their hardware. Even ribbongate or whatever it’s called I could attribute to users looking at how people smash their machines open and shut.

Or it’s simply inflicted by eating and drinking over the thing as if it was a plate.

 

[Pegging]

2014 MacBook Air.
Hard drive packed up around 2020. Got a new bigger one and it’s still running.

 

[prod]

None for me so far, oldest is an M1 MacBook Air from 2020. Still waiting for the SSD to pack up like everyone said it would

My current work laptop is an M3 Pro that I only got last year

 

[Velskoen]

HD on my wife's 2013 MBA died this week. Macshack quoted around R3500 to replace it. Other than that, Macs are as reliable as a Toyota.

 

[neoprema]

Yes, but out of all the Macbooks i've repaired it was my fault. Dropped one, spilled an orange juice all over one. The ones that I didn't break, are still going with whoever i gave them too.

 

[prod]

Well this weekend I managed to liquid damage by M3 Pro screen by spilling whiskey on it, FML.

It's not a worst case scenario because everything still works and it's only on the bottom right corner...but it still sucks obviously

 

[Johnatan56]

Only had a battery replacements.

And then back in was it 2012 I think had a board replaced under recall when they had those GPU issues on a run of MBP 15-inches.

Somehow dodged the entire butterfly keyboard issue.

By and large MacBooks die because of users having no respect for their hardware. Even ribbongate or whatever it’s called I could attribute to users looking at how people smash their machines open and shut.

Or it’s simply inflicted by eating and drinking over the thing as if it was a plate.

This is older now (2018):

This is about the 2020-22 16" MacBooks:

Basically Apple hardware keeps having some design flaw that will kill them after a few years, though after warranty.

That said, be it Macbook or other Windows device, I've not had an issue with them dying outside of battery being an issue the last 6 years I would say.

And ribbongate is going to kill it no matter what, has nothing to do with smashing it open and shut, it's really just opening and closing it.

 

[SauRoNZA]

Well this weekend I managed to liquid damage by M3 Pro screen by spilling whiskey on it, FML.

It's not a worst case scenario because everything still works and it's only on the bottom right corner...but it still sucks obviously


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That's bizarre, did it eat away at the oleophobic coating? I'm guessing you tried a screen cleaner on that?

 

[SauRoNZA]

I remember all the panic when the M1 first launched with SOC and how the SSD's would all die and render the machines useless...

 

[neoprema]

Well this weekend I managed to liquid damage by M3 Pro screen by spilling whiskey on it, FML.

It's not a worst case scenario because everything still works and it's only on the bottom right corner...but it still sucks obviously


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It must be surface damage surely? I'm not aware of any openings on the screen.

is it insured for all-risks? They'll replace it for you easily but yeah its not gonna cheap if not insured...

 

[prod]

That's bizarre, did it eat away at the oleophobic coating? I'm guessing you tried a screen cleaner on that?

No idea, I was surprised too...

You can see in the photo the purple looking stuff looks different than the white spots. I think the white spots is liquid that's trapped underneath the screen and it should lessen with time. But the purple blob is probably the oleophobic coating as you say.

It must be surface damage surely? I'm not aware of any openings on the screen.

is it insured for all-risks? They'll replace it for you easily but yeah its not gonna cheap if not insured...

Sadly only for theft, I have to live with this now :')

 

[neoprema]

No idea, I was surprised too...

You can see in the photo the purple looking stuff looks different than the white spots. I think the white spots is liquid that's trapped underneath the screen and it should lessen with time. But the purple blob is probably the oleophobic coating as you say.



Sadly only for theft, I have to live with this now :')

Where do you live?

 

[Johnatan56]

I remember all the panic when the M1 first launched with SOC and how the SSD's would all die and render the machines useless...

And how if they die you can't get the data off of it as the controller is soldered onto the motherboard. SSD fails, throw the Macbook away. That's a thing.

 

[prod]

Where do you live?

UK

 

[neoprema]

A brief Internet lookup says around R12500 for a new screen on an M3 pro. Don't know if thats exact costs etc and obviously if still under Warranty you'de need it done at a certified apple repair center.

 

[neoprema]

UK

I was going to come steal it from you but... actually i'm keen for some nice cold weather i might just fly up