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The screen of my super duper expensive Macbook Pro just died...

06-13-2011, 06:17 AM

it was half way dead already before but i just came back after being away for half an hour and now its totally black

considering that piece of shit cost $3900 three years ago it's ridiculus that it didnt last longer

lucky coincidence - i just picked up my new laptop in that 30 minutes i was away

now i just gotta transfer everything - thank god for logmein

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06-13-2011, 06:19 AM

No way. Macs never have problems. Why are you lying?!

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06-13-2011, 06:19 AM

WHat was the serial number? There was a class action in the states because loads of (I think nvidea) cards failed and even if it is past guarantee they still have to replace it...
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06-13-2011, 06:23 AM

Macs are stable as fuck, you can trust your life with it so stop talking shit.

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06-13-2011, 06:25 AM

Originally posted by Sly

No way. Macs never have problems. Why are you lying?!

luckily i was never one of the Mac fanbois - i replaced it with a $1000 Toshiba

my 6 year old Toshiba still works fine - with Win 7 64 bit

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WHat was the serial number? There was a class action in the states because loads of (I think nvidea) cards failed and even if it is past guarantee they still have to replace it...

it's the backlight that failed - first only every second lamp, now all of them

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06-13-2011, 06:32 AM

Apple replaces shit even when your computer is out of warranty. They just replaced things in my old Macbook just a few weeks back. Unfortunately I was also there getting an HDD replacement in a brand new Macbook Pro.

Best thing about the entire experience was that I was that I dropped them off at the store, took a lap around the Mall and they were there waiting for me when I got back. No one else can manage that.

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06-13-2011, 06:34 AM

my sony vaio just did that, i went office space on it.
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06-13-2011, 06:44 AM

Originally posted by MaDalton

it's the backlight that failed - first only every second lamp, now all of them

Yup. What's the serial number?
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06-13-2011, 07:06 AM

Originally posted by DamianJ

Yup. What's the serial number?

there's no sticker underneath the computer, no idea where it is hidden

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06-13-2011, 07:08 AM

RIP, my laptop died last month, still need to order a new one

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06-13-2011, 07:15 AM

Originally posted by MaDalton

there's no sticker underneath the computer, no idea where it is hidden

Take the battery out, it's under that.

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06-13-2011, 07:17 AM

Originally posted by DamianJ

Take the battery out, it's under that.

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that will not work atm - i am transferring data

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06-13-2011, 07:17 AM

I would never buy anything from apple,overpriced garbage with fancy color.
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06-13-2011, 07:38 AM

just get a 2-3k$ hp elitebook workstation (most powerfull and durable laptops out there)
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06-13-2011, 07:42 AM

my 3 year old mac pro screen died and I took it to the apple store and they swapped me in a new one free of charge. Big mistake to dump it.

if for some reason you don't want to take it into apple, you can replace the backlight yourself:
http://www.screentekinc.com/lcd-remo...,macbook.shtml

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06-13-2011, 07:44 AM

It probably picked up a virus when you were in Thailand.
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06-13-2011, 07:48 AM

3 years is sucky.. My 10+ yr old pc's are all still working. I'm on ie6 right now on a celeron, haha. (why am I bragging? lmfao)

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06-13-2011, 07:56 AM

Originally posted by Alex69

just get a 2-3k$ hp elitebook workstation (most powerfull and durable laptops out there)

too late, just got this one:

http://eu.computers.toshiba-europe.c...ibaShop/false/

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06-13-2011, 07:56 AM

I just realized that my primary computer is already four years old, LOL. Computers don't wash out as fast as they used to.

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06-13-2011, 08:07 AM

Originally posted by gleem

my 3 year old mac pro screen died and I took it to the apple store and they swapped me in a new one free of charge. Big mistake to dump it.

if for some reason you don't want to take it into apple, you can replace the backlight yourself:
http://www.screentekinc.com/lcd-remo...,macbook.shtml

i need to work and here in CZ is no Apple store around. and since i ran it on windows anyways, there were more things that annoyed me. i will try to get a new screen and then probably sell it

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06-13-2011, 08:15 AM

Never owned a laptop for longer then 2 years yet ( i sell them when they are about 1,5 y.o.) , so I can't tell about Mac. But VAIO fucks up every now and then. I prefer HP to work on.

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06-13-2011, 09:53 AM

Originally posted by MaDalton

too late, just got this one:

http://eu.computers.toshiba-europe.c...ibaShop/false/

this is what fucks with me: drive rotation : 5,400 rpm
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06-13-2011, 09:54 AM

Originally posted by Sid70

Never owned a laptop for longer then 2 years yet ( i sell them when they are about 1,5 y.o.) , so I can't tell about Mac. But VAIO fucks up every now and then. I prefer HP to work on.

I'm using sager... no issues at 2 years
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06-13-2011, 10:27 AM

well thats the bad thing , macpro was super cool i like it

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06-13-2011, 10:41 AM

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It probably picked up a virus when you were in Thailand.

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06-13-2011, 11:45 AM

Originally posted by bm bradley

this is what fucks with me: drive rotation : 5,400 rpm

it's actually a typo, it's 7,200 rpm. not that it would matter when i reply emails or chat on ICQ

hello from my new laptop btw, the moving process goes quite well so far

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06-13-2011, 11:58 AM

the real question is, will it blend?
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06-13-2011, 12:03 PM

Originally posted by candyflip

Apple replaces shit even when your computer is out of warranty. They just replaced things in my old Macbook just a few weeks back. Unfortunately I was also there getting an HDD replacement in a brand new Macbook Pro.

Best thing about the entire experience was that I was that I dropped them off at the store, took a lap around the Mall and they were there waiting for me when I got back. No one else can manage that.

depends on your luck. the piece that keeps your screen from smashing shut broken on me, so if you lean the screen down it comes crashing closed.

although it was under warranty they wouldn't replace it, said it was user error.

months after the warranty expired the battery died and wouldnt keep a charge at all (even would say "not charging") and they gave me a new one right there.

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06-13-2011, 12:04 PM

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06-13-2011, 01:02 PM

http://osxdaily.com/2010/12/21/broke...a-desktop-mac/
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06-13-2011, 01:14 PM

Originally posted by Chosen

http://osxdaily.com/2010/12/21/broke...a-desktop-mac/

this is actually how i work with it right now - but not really a longterm solution ;)

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06-14-2011, 08:05 AM

Originally posted by Sid70

Never owned a laptop for longer then 2 years yet ( i sell them when they are about 1,5 y.o.) , so I can't tell about Mac. But VAIO fucks up every now and then. I prefer HP to work on.

We bought HP's for our employees . . . . they are, without a doubt, the biggest piece of crap we have ever purchased.
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06-14-2011, 08:14 AM

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We bought HP's for our employees . . . . they are, without a doubt, the biggest piece of crap we have ever purchased.

+1

I've had at least 7 HP computers, both desktops and laptops now. Each and every one has had problems.

I had to send one of my laptops back to get the power plug fixed - where you plug the power cord into. They told me they needed to replace the whole motherboard, which may or may not have been a lie but stupid design on their part but what got me was while they had my laptop, they replaced the battery and hard drive with refurbs. I lost everythingggg. No reason to touch them and they couldn't give a shit what their 'techs' did with it.

So with a <1 year old laptop, I had a refurb battery that lasted <30 minutes, and a refurb hard drive with none of my pictures, work docs and programs, or anything on there.

My three dell laptops have had some issues but nothing close to HP, so I'll probably stick with them for awhile.

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06-14-2011, 08:16 AM

working the whole day on my new laptop now - with a second screen attached - all is good

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