Hello!
I'm relatively new MacBook user - I've switched from ThinkPad in 2015, when mid-2015 Retina models came out. I really like the computer, mostly use it for a data science tasks - data-intensive algorithms, programming, data visualization etc. Apparently, my Apple Care period has ended now, so I'm left with no warranty anymore. So far so good - nothing bad happens with this computer.
Although I have a question to you - how "fixable" is MacBook Pro 2015 15"? Is it even possible for some authorized service to fix e.g. dead SSD drive (I'm reading/writing a lot of files, so one day it might crash), or dead RAM? To be honest, I don't have much knowledge about hardware, so when I hear e.g. "soldered SSD" - all it means for me is that if SSD dies, you have to literally replace whole motherboard. Is that right?
Apart from that - I'm not an Apple fanboy (sorry ) - I treat this computer just as very nice an reliable tool. I was wandering if my MBP dies, I'll go with latest ones, but I have a lot of doubts. It seems that Apple has taken very aggressive steps to prevent anyone from touching their computers from inside - so if your precious i9 MBP 2018 dies one day after warranty period, does it mean that you have to buy one, because it is 100% un-fixable? If yes - that probably I'll go back to ThinkPads and say "bye bye" Apple for good.
Best regards and thank you in advance
I'm relatively new MacBook user - I've switched from ThinkPad in 2015, when mid-2015 Retina models came out. I really like the computer, mostly use it for a data science tasks - data-intensive algorithms, programming, data visualization etc. Apparently, my Apple Care period has ended now, so I'm left with no warranty anymore. So far so good - nothing bad happens with this computer.
Although I have a question to you - how "fixable" is MacBook Pro 2015 15"? Is it even possible for some authorized service to fix e.g. dead SSD drive (I'm reading/writing a lot of files, so one day it might crash), or dead RAM? To be honest, I don't have much knowledge about hardware, so when I hear e.g. "soldered SSD" - all it means for me is that if SSD dies, you have to literally replace whole motherboard. Is that right?
Apart from that - I'm not an Apple fanboy (sorry ) - I treat this computer just as very nice an reliable tool. I was wandering if my MBP dies, I'll go with latest ones, but I have a lot of doubts. It seems that Apple has taken very aggressive steps to prevent anyone from touching their computers from inside - so if your precious i9 MBP 2018 dies one day after warranty period, does it mean that you have to buy one, because it is 100% un-fixable? If yes - that probably I'll go back to ThinkPads and say "bye bye" Apple for good.
Best regards and thank you in advance