Nvidia GPU fault

My Macbook pro (2007-2008 model) finally succumbed to the Nvidia GPU problem. Took it in and it was fixed the next day. I'd fitted my own SSD and was worried that as I had opened the case it might be an excuse not to fix but it all went well.

Makes you wonder if Dell or others would do the same?

Kudos to Apple and thumbs down to Nvidia for releasing a BGA chip with dodgy solder.

Edited by deleted (Sun 02-Oct-11 23:02:18)

In reply to a post by gilesjuk:

Makes you wonder if Dell or others would do the same?

If they could get away with charging double what the hardware was worth in the first place, I'm sure they would do the same.

Makes you wonder if Dell or others would do the same?

It makes you wonder whether the Dell would still be functional after all this time.

You consider 3 years to be a long time for a computer to remain functional? Wow.

In reply to a post by AEP:

You consider 3 years to be a long time for a computer to remain functional? Wow.

Learn basic comprehension skills. Learn basic arithmetic skills. Read again. Stop trolling.

Stop trolling - that's rich. Who introduced the OT remarks about Dell? - absolutely nothing to do with the topic of this post. Pure anti-Dell trolling.

2008 - 2011 is 3 years in my book, but I appreciate that arithmetic may be different elsewhere in the Universe.

Learn basic comprehension skills. Dell was referred to in the OP. Did you even read the OP? No? Well there's a shock coming from troll in chief. At least 12 is funny.

Despite the OP, the MBPs with the suspect chips were the June 2007 release. You many wonder how I am so sure of this. Learn basic reasoning skills to go with the arithmetic.

And stop trolling the Apple forums.

We have Dell laptops at work and they don't seem to last very long. Either the cosmetics start to fail (current batch has the plastic coating on the speaker grilles peeling off) or in the case of some much earlier ones we had everything bar the case failed.

However these were supposedly more consumer orientated units with faster graphics. But even so, so have pretty much every component replaced shows how poor they were.

Anyway, where would you take your Dell laptop? you would need to mail it off. I took my laptop to an Apple store and picked it up the next day.

I paid £900 for it (old stock) and therefore it wasn't so overpriced.

Guess what? a DVD costs a few pence to make. But the film on them costs millions to make.

In the case of Apple's machines they cost more to design and engineer and the OS upgrades are a lot cheaper. You generally get better service too.

I've had a normal PC laptop, it was ugly and noisy.

In fact, Dell do repair manufacturing problems in 3-year old laptops free of charge. It's unfortunate, if predictable, that a thread praising Apple's good service degenerated into trolling by the fanbois regarding Dell. The suggestion that Dell don't support their customers in this respect is only overshadowed by the suggestion that Dell laptops don't last 3 years. Both suggestions are laughable.

Apple's profits should accurately reflect the amount of money spent on R&D and design then. Oh wait, they don't.

My 4 year old Dell Inspiron 1720 still works great just like the day I bought it, unlike the Acer lappy I also have the Dell is as solid as a tank

Oh look still trolling and he said "fanboi". Things elderly copy-editors should never do, item 1: try to sound hip. It just make you look a bit more pathetic than you already do.

Check the secondary market: see what holds its value best.

Now, you've been asked to stop trolling the Apple forums. Please desist.

In reply to a post by gilesjuk:

Makes you wonder if Dell or others would do the same?

Yes they did.

I'm glad my MBP has Intel and AMD graphics

I had a laugh when my daughters boyfriend lifted his Dell laptop up and the dvd drive literally fell out of it and onto the floor. He wasn't so amused though.

In reply to a post by stniuk:

I had a laugh when my daughters boyfriend lifted his Dell laptop up and the dvd drive literally fell out of it and onto the floor. He wasn't so amused though.

Ouch.

Although there are consumer Dell ranges, and corporate Dell ranges, the corporates tend to last ok for 4 years, but might look battered. Lenovo corporate laptops are pretty tough too (Thinkpad) but not the consumer line (IdeaPad).

Panasonic Toughbook next time ??

I've had my Thinkpad for six years, and it was old then. Still going strong (although it has needed a couple of new batteries).

This was an entirely troll free forum previously. Maybe it will become so again.

Mine died do the the faulty GPU after about a year (2008-ish) which they fixed, as I understand it, by replacing the whole logic board. I could be mistaken though. I have to assume the ones they replaced the faulty ones were not faulty themselves!

They do replace the logic board - it is effectively a new computer, needing new authorisation with ITMS.

That's what I assume. I've also had the screen replaced twice, the first two had pale white blemishes on them which were replaced for free (thankfully!). I've had the battery replaced too for free though I was told as a consumable I could have been expected to pay for it. The optical drive isn't the original, also replaced under warranty (it wouldn't burn DL disks of any type when it should've been able to). In fact, as I replaced the the RAM and hard drive myself also, the only original parts are I guess, the top and bottom case and I've been thinking about replacing the top case for a new one because there is some wear on the left palm rest which seriously irks me...