I do think it's interesting that the quality of the MBP have fallen so much. Obviously, they have improved specs, but my 2013 MBP is still going strong.
I am kinda nervous about the battery swelling; maybe I should open it up and take a look.
I also have a 2013 MBP that I use all the time, and it's slowly starting to show its age. I want to upgrade it, but I'm honestly lost as to what model to update it with. I've heard all sorts of bad things about the new MBPs. Does anyone know what Mac laptop I should buy?
I have a mid-2015 Retina MBP I'd be willing to part with... i7 2.2GHz, 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD. Fair warning... there's apparently a battery recall active for this model. It is, however, commonly referred to as "the last good one", just prior to the touchbar and butterfly switch keys.
To be fair, my 2011 MPB’s battery swelled. I think the securing screws were stripped during installation, and I couldn’t even replace the battery myself.
I think this just happens sometimes. I have a 2008 Macbook Pro (first 15" "unibody" model) and its user-replaceable battery pack started swelling after it got pretty old. I took it to the Apple Store and they said it's not uncommon for old batteries. I bought a new one, handed them the old one, and was on my way.
Watch Louis Rossman on YT, he pokes his finger in Apple's eye constantly.
What's most unfortunate is that millions of professionals want and need solid computers to do their work on. This is why we went to Apple from the horrible PC experience. Both Windows and the laptops from Dell and IBM weren't holding up because "made in China." Now Apple has chintzed out in a big way.
I'm typing this from a 2018MBP. The keyboard sucks, I barely use it. My company has hundreds of these in service and the failure rate of keyboards is quite high. One of my colleagues is on his 3rd unit in just under a year and we quip that he should torture test these things for Apple. Have seen numerous motherboard failures, odd issues with the screens, and a couple of bricked units. The battery thing has not happened to anyone I know personally.
I have had zero problems with this current one, but a 2016 model I had in 2017 had to be repaired, it just completely died.
The dongles are a plague. I have one attached to the back of my screen with velcro so that when I go to meetings I can hook up to the A/V equipment without having to run back across the building to get the damn part that should just be part of the whole computer.
Intervention did a fantastic episode on "Greg," a man who had a large cash windfall that managed to squander it all on internet scams. You'll probably cry; I know I did.
I only run into this issue when I try to watch replays (previously streamed content). Which sucks... frankly. I hate navigating through content on YouTube.
I am kinda nervous about the battery swelling; maybe I should open it up and take a look.