Worth to repair 2013 MBP?

[COTG]

Hello guys,

Im writing this forum post because Im not sure which course of action to take. In early september I am going to start college, and will need a laptop. However, I dropped my old mac book pro and broke its screen. Its the 15 inch early 2013 model, with a 2.7 GHz 4 core processor, 16GB of ram and a nvidia 650m gpu. Additionally, the battery life on it has become horrible. My question therefore is wether it is worth to replace its screen and battery, and how much this would potentially cost, or if I should just purchase a new mac book outright. 

Thank you guys in advance

[Eastman51]

5 minutes ago, COTG said:

Hello guys,

Im writing this forum post because Im not sure which course of action to take. In early september I am going to start college, and will need a laptop. However, I dropped my old mac book pro and broke its screen. Its the 15 inch early 2013 model, with a 2.7 GHz 4 core processor, 16GB of ram and a nvidia 650m gpu. Additionally, the battery life on it has become horrible. My question therefore is wether it is worth to replace its screen and battery, and how much this would potentially cost, or if I should just purchase a new mac book outright. 

Thank you guys in advance

First off, don't buy Apple products (opinion, do what you will). Second, I know close to nothing about laptop repair costs. If you want to go the repair route you'd be best off taking a DIY approach. I'd compare the cost of the components and ease of repair vs cost of new laptop

[Jurrunio]

The usual choice is to not fix any MBP after warranty expires because the repair bill makes you cry.

[Tabs]

21 minutes ago, COTG said:

Hello guys,

Im writing this forum post because Im not sure which course of action to take. In early september I am going to start college, and will need a laptop. However, I dropped my old mac book pro and broke its screen. Its the 15 inch early 2013 model, with a 2.7 GHz 4 core processor, 16GB of ram and a nvidia 650m gpu. Additionally, the battery life on it has become horrible. My question therefore is wether it is worth to replace its screen and battery, and how much this would potentially cost, or if I should just purchase a new mac book outright. 

Thank you guys in advance

Replacing the panel and the battery on an early 2013 mbp will be about $500 for the display, $250 for the battery (including any component level rework) from a high quality third party repair shop like rossmanngroup.com.

 

You should ask yourself whether the machine is worth $500-$750+ to repair to you, or whether buying a new machine for a similar price could be a better idea. You can call rossmanngroup.com from the number on their site to get a free estimate, it's probable that getting both parts exchanged at once is cheaper than each individually.

[COTG]

5 hours ago, Tabs said:

Replacing the panel and the battery on an early 2013 mbp will be about $500 for the display, $250 for the battery (including any component level rework) from a high quality third party repair shop like rossmanngroup.com.

 

You should ask yourself whether the machine is worth $500-$750+ to repair to you, or whether buying a new machine for a similar price could be a better idea. You can call rossmanngroup.com from the number on their site to get a free estimate, it's probable that getting both parts exchanged at once is cheaper than each individually.

Thank you for your quick answer and

estimate. If it comes out to anywhere below 900$ I will probably just fix it since a new one would cost me around double and I hope that by the time I do definitively need a new mac book apple will have done something abound that new keyboard issue.

[COTG]

5 hours ago, Eastman51 said:

First off, don't buy Apple products (opinion, do what you will). Second, I know close to nothing about laptop repair costs. If you want to go the repair route you'd be best off taking a DIY approach. I'd compare the cost of the components and ease of repair vs cost of new laptop

Haha Im aware of the hate for apple products because of their awefully overpriced products but I still prefere the mac os over windows for productivity since it is so easy to use. Thank you for your answer and I will definitely look into the DIY option as well to see if there is any significant price difference to repairing it professionally.

[Guest]

I'd say no. Even Apple itself when you fill in the give-back form values these notebooks with 0.- (https://www.apple.com/chde/trade-in/)

Notebooks and screens are a story on its own - I encountered notebooks of friends (same model!) that had different screen panel connectors.

But if you are happy with the overall performance of such an older device you may be able to find a used one in reasonable shape. Apple just released updated Mac Book Pros so some people may trade their older ones. If it wasn't the screen. I replaced the wlan adapter of my MacBook Pro. After opening it up I would even consider replacing the mainboard. Maybe not the battery - too scared. But the Screen? Any mistake you make will be visible.