Hello all, I think my 2014 MacBook Pro 15 inch with an intel processor has tanked. I replaced the battery in it about 3 years ago, but it after just a few months with the new battery, I got a service battery alert, by the battery icon, and it did not hold a charge very well.
While using it, and plugging it in to AC power with its charger to charge, the screen suddenly went dark, like it turned off, and became unresponsive; touching any keys, or the trackpad did not bring it back like it usually does from waking from sleep.
I tried holding the power button down for a few seconds to do a hard shut down, but nothing, no chime noise or anything, to indicate it was being powered down. I tried to hold the power button a few times to see if it would turn back on, but nothing.
Should I take it in for a repair? is there any way to salvage the ssd drive in it?
or is it time for a new one?
What apple laptops today have comparable specs and power to the one I had? The one I have had was a mid 2014 15 inch retina MacBook Pro, 16 GB RAM, 500 GB SSD drive, and an intel i7 quad core, with a dedicated Intel Iris pro graphics card. It was model; A1398-2881.
Things I have done or how I use my laptop; heavy user of safari and chrome browsers, online shopping, watching videos, some Microsoft Office, some photo editing, and light video editing, and maybe running virtual guest OSes. I am on a budget of about $1,500, but the less the better.
I have looked at the M chip macs, and I liked the macbook airs, but I notice they have no internal fans in them, so I am not sure how good at cooling they would be. The macbook Pros have fans in them, and many of them only have 8 GB of ram. Is that enough memory? I have read that a dedicated graphics card was superior than an integrated one, but I notice the m-series macs all seem to have integrated graphics and memory.
While using it, and plugging it in to AC power with its charger to charge, the screen suddenly went dark, like it turned off, and became unresponsive; touching any keys, or the trackpad did not bring it back like it usually does from waking from sleep.
I tried holding the power button down for a few seconds to do a hard shut down, but nothing, no chime noise or anything, to indicate it was being powered down. I tried to hold the power button a few times to see if it would turn back on, but nothing.
Should I take it in for a repair? is there any way to salvage the ssd drive in it?
or is it time for a new one?
What apple laptops today have comparable specs and power to the one I had? The one I have had was a mid 2014 15 inch retina MacBook Pro, 16 GB RAM, 500 GB SSD drive, and an intel i7 quad core, with a dedicated Intel Iris pro graphics card. It was model; A1398-2881.
Things I have done or how I use my laptop; heavy user of safari and chrome browsers, online shopping, watching videos, some Microsoft Office, some photo editing, and light video editing, and maybe running virtual guest OSes. I am on a budget of about $1,500, but the less the better.
I have looked at the M chip macs, and I liked the macbook airs, but I notice they have no internal fans in them, so I am not sure how good at cooling they would be. The macbook Pros have fans in them, and many of them only have 8 GB of ram. Is that enough memory? I have read that a dedicated graphics card was superior than an integrated one, but I notice the m-series macs all seem to have integrated graphics and memory.
