In need of emotional support

[RyzenDoctor]

So I was studying at a Starbucks yesterday, and I spilled my green matcha latte thingy on to my 2016 15inch MacBook Pro (Radeon 460, 1 Tb)... I wiped it down hoping things are going to be ok. Went home, backed it up, and this morning the trackpad has been trashed; poor tracking, no haptic feedback, doesn’t click...

 

took it to the Apple store and got ???? ripped off... $1475 for repairs.

 

im going to cry ??

i need it for work... 

 

press F to pay respect to my wallet 

[CrippledROBOT]

7 minutes ago, RyzenDoctor said:

So I was studying at a Starbucks yesterday, and I spilled my green matcha latte thingy on to my 2016 15inch MacBook Pro (Radeon 460, 1 Tb)... I wiped it down hoping things are going to be ok. Went home, backed it up, and this morning the trackpad has been trashed; poor tracking, no haptic feedback, doesn’t click...

 

took it to the Apple store and got ???? ripped off... $1475 for repairs.

 

im going to cry ??

i need it for work... 

 

press F to pay respect to my wallet 

Aw man, that's no fun. This is one of those cases where that Apple insurance really comes in handy! Hindsight is always 20/20 though.. Your best bet is to try and extract as much as you can from it (data-wise) and then try and find a 3rd party repair company that would be able to fix it. Otherwise you can go the Apple route. However, at this point, may as well buy an entirely new one and see if they'll transfer the data for you. OR get a more powerful PC laptop that costs as much as (or even less) than the cost for repair. 

 

I get the part about Apple exclusive software. Your only real options are a 3rd party repair service or Apple's own repair. I'd also recommend a keyboard cover for next time. You live and you learn! 

 

I hope that helps a little bit!!

[Lurick]

8 minutes ago, RyzenDoctor said:

So I was studying at a Starbucks yesterday, and I spilled my green matcha latte thingy on to my 2016 15inch MacBook Pro (Radeon 460, 1 Tb)... I wiped it down hoping things are going to be ok. Went home, backed it up, and this morning the trackpad has been trashed; poor tracking, no haptic feedback, doesn’t click...

 

took it to the Apple store and got ???? ripped off... $1475 for repairs.

 

im going to cry ??

i need it for work... 

 

press F to pay respect to my wallet 

On the flip side you could see if your work will pay for some of it?

Or at the very least, write it off come tax time next year as a work expense

[Razor Blade]

  "$1475 for repairs"

[RyzenDoctor]

1 minute ago, Razor02097 said:

  "$1475 for repairs"

They’re literally replacing all the internals

[Razor Blade]

4 minutes ago, RyzenDoctor said:

They’re literally replacing all the internals

For that price I would hope so... were they able to recover your data? If not at least you were able to back it up.

[DrMacintosh]

You could have shipped it off to Louis Rossman. He probably would have done everything for far less assuming he had any donor machines. 

 

Tbh I kinda want to upgrade my Pro to one that has a dGPU but AMD has a lot of Vega goodies in the works so it probably wouldn’t be the best move economically for me  

 

Also keyboard cover. Helps prevent the butterfly switches from breaking (my x key double taps lol) and keeps water out!

[DrMacintosh]

5 minutes ago, Razor02097 said:

For that price I would hope so... were they able to recover your data?

He said he backed it up. I’m assuming with Time Machine and if so absolutely nothing was lost. 

[RyzenDoctor]

3 minutes ago, DrMacintosh said:

You could have shipped it off to Louis Rossman. He probably would have done everything for far less assuming he had any donor machines. 

 

Tbh I kinda want to upgrade my Pro to one that has a dGPU but AMD has a lot of Vega goodies in the works so it probably wouldn’t be the best move economically for me  

I needed it back ASAP... and given the sensitivity of the data on it I can’t send it to anyone other than Apple. 

[AshleyAshes]

So, in all seriousness, you should look up an UNauthorized Mac repair shop.  Though you should note that this could do to your warranty and such.

[RyzenDoctor]

Just now, DrMacintosh said:

He said he backed it up. I’m assuming with Time Machine and if so absolutely nothing was lost. 

Yeah I did that this morning when I saw the trackpad acting up. I backup on a regular basis/save stuff to the cloud

[RyzenDoctor]

Just now, AshleyAshes said:

So, in all seriousness, you should look up an UNauthorized Mac repair shop.  Though you should note that this could do to your warranty and such.

Doubt they’ll have the parts if there is corrosion. It’s still under AppleCare (they won’t cover accidental spills), so I don’t want to void that.

 

anyways work is covering the cost (phew)

[DrMacintosh]

Just now, RyzenDoctor said:

I needed it back ASAP... and given the sensitivity of the data on it I can’t send it to anyone other than Apple. 

Then you should really look into getting your work to cover at least a portion of it. 

 

If the data is that important to whatever entity you work for they are obligated to get the machine repaired the right way. 

[DrMacintosh]

Just now, RyzenDoctor said:

anyways work is covering the cost (phew)

Damn stright

[RyzenDoctor]

Just now, DrMacintosh said:

Then you should really look into getting your work to cover at least a portion of it. 

 

If the data is that important to whatever entity you work for they are obligated to get the machine repaired the right way. 

It’s covered

 

anyways where is the emotional support?

 

if that was my Ryzen rig people would’ve showed more love ?

[SpaceGhostC2C]

24 minutes ago, RyzenDoctor said:

Went home, backed it up, and this morning the trackpad has been trashed; poor tracking, no haptic feedback, doesn’t click...

 

If it's just the input devices, plug an external mouse and/or keyboard and just keep going. (In the "and" case, it may be "plug a dongle, then a keyboard and a mouse" ).

20 minutes ago, RyzenDoctor said:

Can’t, I use a lot of Mac only software for statistics and scientific bullshit

Is there any statistics and scientific software that's Mac only? 

[DrMacintosh]

Just now, RyzenDoctor said:

It’s covered

 

anyways where is the emotional support?

 

if that was my Ryzen rig people would’ve showed more love ?

This is LTT. I get shit for just having an Apple logo in my profile pic let alone having my name be “DrMacintosh” 

[SpaceGhostC2C]

1 minute ago, RyzenDoctor said:

 

anyways where is the emotional support?

 

Mmm...

Spoiler

 

[DrMacintosh]

1 minute ago, SpaceGhostC2C said:

Is there any statistics and scientific software that's Mac only? 

Macs are actually the best platforms to compile code thanks to their OS flexibility. So I would see no reason for there not to be. 

[RyzenDoctor]

1 minute ago, DrMacintosh said:

This is LTT. I get shit for just having an Apple logo in my profile pic let alone having my name be “DrMacintosh” 

Btw it was a 2016 MacBook Pro with touchbar, i7 skylake (whatever the max setup was), 1Tb, Radeon 460

[DrMacintosh]

Just now, RyzenDoctor said:

Btw it was a 2016 MacBook Pro with touchbar, i7 skylake (whatever the max setup was), 1Tb, Radeon 460

I just want AMD and Apple to hurry up an put Vega inside a MacBook Pro. 

 

My dinky little 2016 i5 with Iris 540 Graphics will have to do though  

[RyzenDoctor]

1 minute ago, DrMacintosh said:

Macs are actually the best platforms to compile code thanks to their OS flexibility. So I would see no reason for there not to be. 

Some implementations work better under Mac than windows. Couple that with good build quality (unlesss you spill a matcha green yucky latte), a more secure environment, and stability (I do have windows 10 running in VM for some windows only stuff), and that makes a recipe for a reliable computer for research

[SpaceGhostC2C]

2 minutes ago, DrMacintosh said:

Macs are actually the best platforms to compile code thanks to their OS flexibility. So I would see no reason for there not to be. 

Yeah, it doesn't exactly matter whether you see reasons for this or that, as the question was:

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Is there any statistics and scientific software that's Mac only?

 

[RyzenDoctor]

1 minute ago, SpaceGhostC2C said:

Yeah, it doesn't exactly matter whether you see reasons for this or that, as the question was:

 

ImageJs Mac implementation is a thousand times better than windows (used both), ditto for Jampovi, Endnote, and the weird thing that reads my western blots.

[DrMacintosh]

3 minutes ago, SpaceGhostC2C said:

Yeah, it doesn't exactly matter whether you see reasons for this or that, as the question was:

Yes. Understand now?