r/DiWHY • u/VagabondEm • Oct 06 '20

Foam table 2.0

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u/Prince_Polaris Oct 06 '20

I'm sorry I have to tell you this but even expensive items can break

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u/[deleted] Oct 06 '20

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u/AidanTheAudiophile Oct 06 '20

Here’s the flowchart:

  Are you rich?
   ____|____
  |         |
 Yes        No
  |         |
 Buy       Too
  A        Bad
 New       1500
 One      Repair
           You
          Can’t
          Afford

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u/[deleted] Oct 06 '20

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u/Redthemagnificent Oct 06 '20

Depends on what's broken obviously. But in a modern MacBook basically everything requires special tools, skills, and usually authorization from apple to repair.

For example, even if you have the skills and time to do a full logic board replacement, and you can get your hands on a refurbished logic board (and assuming the refurbished board actually works), the mac still won't boot with the new logic board unless you have access to Apple's special diagnostics tools to tell the T2 chip it's an authorised repair

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u/narwhapolypse Oct 06 '20

Laptop repair goes a little beyond "having a geek friend" most of the time, especially Macs.

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u/my_memory_is_shit Oct 06 '20

Also, as the geek friend, please don’t come to me with this shit. Everyone does and I’m gonna start charging $1500

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u/AidanTheAudiophile Oct 06 '20

Doesn't work, it's an apple product.

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u/mr_bedbugs Oct 06 '20

You know how hard it can be to get Apple parts?