Howdy, I have an 18 month old 13MBP retina. I recently had problems with the trackpad which was fixed by authorised apple dealer locally.
About a week later the screen flickered for a bit and then went black. I plugged in my tv as an external monitor and it worked great, but I need a portable option too. So I've just taken it to same auth dealer and they say there is corrosion on the motherboard nr where the screen connects. They say it could be the motherboard (£400) and if not then the screen might be at fault (£300). It gets a load of wear and tear as I travel and work a lot but I've never had more than a spots of tea on it. I trust the dealers, I think, but I don't want to spend £700 as it seems excessive. I'm thinking of buying an external monitor and then an iPad with keyword for trucking around with. Am I being foolish and have more problems around the corner with the MBP. I have asked for a pic of the corrosion, so will see what comes back. Any advice welcome as it's looking expensive whichever way I look at it? Also any suggestions on a decent monitor at a good price? I'll be going for warranties from now on. The best mac I ever had was my first preintel one circa 2004 I think. It lasted 3 yrs without even a reboot, the only thing that killed it was a pint of beer that an ex spilled on it. Since then I'm lucky to ho a year without things starting to break. Is this just me? Sorry to ramble. Michael. -- Michael Dennis FanChants.com <http://fanchants.com/> @FanChants <http://www.twitter.com/fanchants> FanChants on Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/fanchants> *Free *Apple App<http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/fanchants-football-songs-soccer/id375910081?mt=8> *Free *Android App<https://market.android.com/details?id=com.fanchants&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5mYW5jaGFudHMiXQ..> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to smug+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to smug@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
