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Hi everyone, Thanks for taking the time to read my question and worry. Here’s a little context: I love apple, I live in their ecosystem - but sometimes their products they have just aren’t valuable from a monetary stand point. I make use of the Macbook Pro for School and I just found out that my macbook’s logic board is spoilt. After going to the apple store - it took the apple staff only ~10 minutes to say my logic board is spoilt - and quoted over $800 USD for a repair. I’m just worried now. If my MacBook Pro’s logic board is able to break in a year - what’s to say it won’t in the next year, after my repair? I’m super lost now and trying to figure out what to do. Should I pay for the repair, and live with itShould I just throw this current MacBook Pro aside - and consider the new 16” (Repair cost is 1/3 the cost of a new MacBook Pro)Buy a Mid 2012 13” MacBook Pro and stick with it (upgradable and one of the best macs from what i’ve heard)What else can I do? Super lost and Would appreciate if anyone could give me some advice. This macbook is a little over a year old and it’s super sad to see it just pass away like that. Thank you!
Are you sure your system is still not covered under warranty? You have a full year from the data of purchase here in the states, other countries have two years! Even still Apple will bend a bit! Ask for an warranty exception. Whats very important is you didn’t damage your system either a liquid spill or sitting your system down on a wet surface, or physically damaging it as well. Be polite but firm. I would go directly to an Apple Store Vs a reseller or authorized service center as they have less latitude. Even if you get no, ask for the service manager then go up the food chain! Remember the squeaky wheel gets the grease! I wish you luck! If nothing pans out as @arbaman stated there are skilled folks out there who can fix your logic board. Checkout Louis Rossmann’s YouTube channel to get an idea what’s needed.
With the little info you supplied it’s very hard to give any advice… what does it mean the board is spoilt ? Was it bumped, liquid damaged or else? Does the Mac start at all? Apple replaces boards but doesn’t repair them, whereas there are skillful Pros who do component level repairs, that might be an alternative path you could try. Apple makes beautiful machines and the OS is very efficient, but it’s fighting a war against independent repairs by closing hardware with serialization of parts and making it everyday harder to find spares. That’s how they can come up with a $800 tag for a repair. Personally I haven’t yet put my hands on a 2018 board and didn’t really get into its pecularities, but depending on the fault, I’m pretty sure it’s worth investigating about indipendent repair labs in your area.
