What's the most RELIABLE MacBook Pro ever?

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What's the most RELIABLE MacBook Pro ever?

Hi, my MacBook Early 2008 died last week.

The displays were flickering. I had connected an external Monitor "NEC PA 241 W".

At restart it got frozen during booting. Till switching-on the keyboad backlight it works fine, but then nothing.

The service told the logic board is brocken. It was already replaced due to the known graphic card issue. The new replacement cost should be born by me.

So I was looking for an other used MacBook. I nearly bought an late 2008 MacBook Pro.

But here is also a problem with flickering displays (see this threat over 84 pages https://discussions.apple.com/thread/1807105?start=1245&tstart=0 ).

Now I nearly lost my confidence in the Apple engineers. Is it only good design and marketing?

Who do have the overview and could recommend a rearly RELIABLE MacBook Version ( to be used with a second monitor attached).

Thanks

Rolf

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Jul 3, 2011 7:46 AM

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Answer 1

tjk

Level 9

51,192 points

Jul 3, 2011 9:24 AM in response to rolffromleipzig

Hi Rolf,

Every model of MBP has its own unique set of issues. Read through the forum here and you'll find long threads for each model. The "trick" is to get one machine without the issues. I'm sure there are far more MBPs without serious issues than there are with. So it boils down to testing and/or warranty. If you can test a machine and/or it has a good warranty from a reliable source (or maybe a MBP from someone you know and trust), that's about the best you can do with a used machine. When you find a specific model that you might buy, come here and check for "common" issues with that model of MBP, then check out the MBP you're looking at, and look a bit harder at the area/s identified here as issues.

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Answer 2

sig

Level 8

35,862 points

Jul 3, 2011 9:27 AM in response to rolffromleipzig

They are all reliable. However, in as much as they are made and designed by human beings like ourselves some can be faulty.

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Answer 3

Jul 3, 2011 11:30 AM in response to rolffromleipzig

That's all right what you are writing.

But that's the arguments of mainly low-end notebook producers.

The difference is how a company is reacting to this kind of faulty stuff THEY produced.

Than Apple has to stays to it ( being a faulty production) and not to let the customers leaving in the rain.

If you look at ebay you will find a bit to much of this faulty (defect) stuff of Apple.

If you will look for Mercedes you will not find nearly as much three years old cars with brocken engines.

Sorry, but this is truth.

Rolf

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Answer 4

ds store

Level 7

30,855 points

Jul 3, 2011 12:24 PM in response to rolffromleipzig

Using Mac's for 24 years, I can say the quality has dropped a bit since the Intel switch.

In fact now with my new $4000 17" MacBook Pro I don't use the keyboard, trackpad at all, hardly use the Sueprdrive and keep the flat surface covered by the packaging.

People think I'm crazy until I show them a 2007 machine, only 4 years old.

The keys are a bit weak (but I hit them rather hard so) and the Superdrive had to be replaced, the trackpad button got all scratched form just thumb use (how I don't have a clue)

So my $900 value machine is too ugly to sell at a good price, so it's used for experimental purposes.

I was hoping when I bought it I would get a lot more life out of it than 4 years. It's still a powerful machine, just ugly now.

Perhaps I could send it in and get the keyboard replaced and the whole case colorized. 🙂

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