Is it worth trying to save this MacBook Pro?
Hi all,
My brother owns a MacBook Pro 13" Unibody Early 2011.
Sadly he was never one for looking after things and this thing has cosmetics damage, cannot detect the battery, the hard drive sounds like a bag of nuts and bolts, there are missing keys, the track pad won't right click, it appears to be wedged down and every port is caked in mud. He bought a third party battery but that still won't pick up.
I have an appointment with Apple with a view to resolve the battery problem, I've tried resetting the SMC with both batteries and nothing. It will run on power but I always get the X in the Battery icon. He doesn't want to spend much money so if the battery issue can't be easily or relatively cheaply fixed he'll probably just shelve it.
In your experience what do you think to the following
How much would repairs be roughly? (assuming the battery problem can be fixed? Though I feel this may be a how long is a piece of string question)
What would be a fair price to offer him as is? I'm looking for a project and fixing this up (SSD, Recasing etc) seems like a good one.
Is it even worth it? Or should I put money into buying a new model, I know new battery are about £120 and that's assuming there is't a problem with the motherboard picking it up.
Thanks in advance, this is my first post so I hope I haven't broken any forum rules.
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