GPUs Dropping Dead In 2011 MacBook Pro Models

Posted by Soulskill on Saturday January 18, 2014 @04:35AM from the satisfaction-is-not-guaranteed dept.

New submitter blackwizard writes "MacRumors is reporting on pervasive GPU failures in 2011 MacBook Pro machines, leading both to intermittent video issues, corruption, crashing/freezing, and eventually even failure to boot. Luckily for Apple, the machines are now out of warranty (unless you bought AppleCare). The issues have been reported both on Apple's own forums and other blogs. Apple has so far failed to take action on the problem. Will they take ownership of the issue, or continue to ask customers to pay for an entire new logic board when just the GPU fails?"

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Thin and looks over cooling is the apple way by Joe_Dragon · 2014-01-18 04:57 · Score: 1, Troll

Thin and looks over cooling is the apple way
Re:I know people that this has happened to... by Anonymous Coward · 2014-01-18 05:09 · Score: 0, Troll

Thankfully, I was there to tell them "I told you so."
It doesn't matter, Appletards are such because they love being fucked by Apple.