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Apple Doesn’t Want $2,000 From Euroweenie

John Brownlee here, slipping outside of the XXL Threadless brand ‘Royal We’ t-shirt I flabbily cohabitate with life partner Ben Popken. I, a lifetime PC user, just bought myself a Macbook Pro. It’s so...

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A Tale Of Two Apple Stores

Even at Apple where consistency practiced and preached, not all Apple Stores are created equal, just ask reader Adam. The Bluetooth capability on his Macbook Pro was malfunctioning and because he...

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Computer Store Ad Uses Picture Of New MacBook Pro To Sell Old Ones

Andrew sent us this picture of a CampusTechShop ad that he says is all over his college campus. The ad trumpets reduced prices on the previous edition of MacBook Pro, then illustrates it with a picture...

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Macbook Pro Owner Caught In Warranty Catch-22 Thanks To Apple's Mistake

Because of an Apple technician’s mistake, Gennadiy had two options for repairing his 2009 Macbook Pro: either pay $1240+tax to replace the logic board because Apple said water damage voided the...

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Apple Store Is Efficient And User-Friendly For Thieves

I’ve always found Apple Stores to be open and inviting. A team of thieves in New Jersey evidently agree with me. They smashed the front window of the Promenade at Sagemore store in Marlton, N.J. and...

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Macbook Pro Shocks Owner, Leaves Marks

Karen says Apple is shocking her. Not with their innovative product design, but literally, her 2004ish 17″ Macbook Pro is shooting electricity into her arms. “We’re not talking, little static shocks,”...

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Can You Accuse A Mac Genius Of Malpractice?

Ryan writes that an Apple retail store’s Genius declared his MacBook Pro dead: the required logic board replacement would have cost more than a new computer. So Ryan moved on, and sold his old MacBook...

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OfficeMax Needs To Get Its Story Straight Before Selling Any More RAM

Daniel writes that a recent experience with OfficeMax taught him an important lesson: don’t believe a damn word of what anyone at this particular OfficeMax says. A store employee assured Daniel that he...

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Apple Tells Me I Should Be Happy To Have A Patched-Together FrankenMacBook

(jonasflanken) The MacBook Pro can be a pricey computer, costing more than $3,000. Maybe you get what you pay for, maybe you don’t, but that price tag is why customers have come to expect world-class...

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Thousands Of MacBooks Made In 2011 Have Self-Immolating Graphics Cards

These pink and white stripes are not pretty.Models of Apple’s higher-end portable computer, the MacBook Pro, have come to the end of their three-year extended warranties. That leaves their owners at...

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Owners Of MacBooks With Self-Destructing Video Cards File Class-Action Lawsuit

These pink and white stripes are not pretty.A few weeks ago, we shared with you the saga of the self-destructing MacBooks, machines manufactured in 2011 with an unfortunate tendency to overheat their...

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Apple Announces Repair Program For 2011 MacBooks With Self-Destructing...

These pink and white stripes are not pretty.Back in October, we shared some MacBook Pro owners’ complaints about their computers, which had what can broadly be described as “video problems” that often...

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Apple Might Be Planning First Big Update To MacBook Pro Laptops In 4 Years

It’s been more than four years since Apple last announced updates to its line of MacBook Pro laptops, but there could be changes coming down the line, according to a new report. Bloomberg spoke to some...

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Apple Cuts Dongle Prices After Users Complain About New MacBook’s Port Shortage

Apple wants to bring its MacBook Pro users into the future, and has done so by eliminating every port on the latest version of the computer except for two USB-C ports. The problem? Most of the...

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MacBook Pro Battery Life Wildly Inconsistent, Consumer Reports Finds

Expecting some holiday money? Thinking of rushing out to spend it on a shiny new MacBook Pro? After months of testing, our colleagues down the hall at Consumer Reports say, maybe don’t do that just...

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Apple Issues MacBook Pro Battery Fix In Response To Consumer Reports Testing

Two weeks after our colleagues at Consumer Reports said they couldn’t recommend Apple’s new MacBook Pro after testing its battery and finding it wildly inconsistent, the company has released a fix...

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Some Macbook Owners Say Their Computers Are Making “Popping” Sounds

Some owners of Apple’s latest MacBook Pro offering say their costly devices came with an unwanted addition: an unusual popping sound. 9 to 5 Mac reports that owners of the new computer have begun...

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