2015 macbook pro logic board replacement cost

Should everyone take their broken Mac laptops to 'unauthorized' repair shops?

Only the shell and the display are original. With liquid damaged Mac laptops, you're essentially getting a new computer - albeit with the same specs as the original - if you go the Apple repair route. That way, Apple and its customers have the guaranteed peace of mind that the laptop is fully functional, just as it was when you first unboxed it.īut, Apple's version of 'peace of mind' can come with a huge cost, especially since we didn't have AppleCare+. With that risk in mind, Apple would rather totally replace the logic board, even if it's going to come with a huge price tag. But a ~5 year old machine that cost ~$3000 when new? Come on!!! I have a Powerbook 520C that still works.Even if a laptop appears to work properly after a simple minor chip replacement, it's possible that liquid damage could cause problems later down the line. If I brought my Newton in and said 'hey this is similar to an iPhone can you give me a repair quote' then I'd accept 'vintage'. I never can.įWIW what's with the 'vintage' lingo? To me 'vintage' means a Mac Plus or an Apple 2 or something. I even asked about it at the time because many people report being able to get flat rate repairs. I WISH it was $320 flat rate for any Mobo repairs. When the backlight died a few years later I bought a 2nd hand i7 because they tried that BS 'vintage' line on me again. Instead of messing around with Apple I paid ~$100 for the X1600 to be reballed by some dude in the States and installed an SSD in place of the broken optical drive. Core 2 Duo at the time) is not 'vintage'. IMO a 5 year old machine using a generation of CPUs that is a slightly less sophisticated version of the current CPU (i.e. I can give you a quote to repair it, but it will most likely be higher than the cost of a new machine'. To add insult to injury they said 'your computer is is a vintage model so there's really nothing we can do. can you fix this one?' AppleCare had expired by A WEEK and the only reason I didn't take it in to the store was that I wasn't in the country. In 2011 I returned to Australia, took it into a genius and said 'hey I've got AppleCare. the optical drive failed and the X1600 got some cold solder points due to poor design (a well documented issue that IMO should have been a recall).

I then lived in Japan for 5 years during which time I took it EVERYWHERE and it slowly started to break internally. Quite annoying because I bought it in Australia (where the warranty existed). Got a link to this? My experience with a 2006 MBP recently (semi-recently) was that they pretty well refused to touch it.

2015 macbook pro logic board replacement cost