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Would have hoped a note on the screen cable for this one. Wasn't a breaking/failing ribbon cable the biggest problem after the keyboard for that last couple of

Would have hoped a note on the screen cable for this one. Wasn't a breaking/failing ribbon cable the biggest problem after the keyboard for that last couple of years models?

JohnTHaller 7y ago
The stage light flaw. Happened because Apple made the cable between the mainboard and the display panel in too short. Excacerbated because Apple soldered the cable to the display panel turning a $6 repair into a $600 repair. Rossman's video from January details the stupidity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzjoELvrkYo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzjoELvrkYo
fit2rule 7y ago
There is also the 'orange spot' problem, a manufacturing defect which Apple have successfully suppressed but which appears to be a mounting class action against them akin to the "peelgate" situation .. no mention if the new 2019 models have this same issue .. Apparently what happens is the liquid crystal particles separate from the grid and float around the screen, creating orange splotches that are very, very annoying. If you tilt the screen, over an hour the splotches will move around .. I've gotten to the point where I don't take my MBP 2018 off the desk just so that I don't have to watch the progress of the splotches over the day .. Very annoying. I hope they've fixed it, and I hope Apple are forced to replace these screens.