So, incase you were wondering how much it will end up costing Apple to fully service my MacBook Pro:
- keyboard replacement: $428.00
- bottom shell: $180.14
- screen replacement: $600 minimum
Total: $1,208.14
Price I paid for the machine at BestBuy: $1250 (before tax)
Throw in the labor cost of the screen and some more overhead....Apple will officially have made $0 and will probably have lost money on me buying their MacBook Pro.
Serves them right tbh. A thin sheet of aluminum does not cost $180.
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Apple released service programs for my model of MacBook Pro. Those programs are:
-Keyboard Replacement
-Display replacement due to backlight failure (flexgate)
-battery replacement for potential expansion issues
Them replacing the bottom shell is the result of a fuckup on their part. The rest are the result of bad design. Those parts need to be swapped out as whole units so the only thing left that’s actually original is the logic board.