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 To sell, to repair or to just keep it?, MBP 13"

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daylight_dancer
post Oct 11 2017, 11:12 AM

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QUOTE(Mavik @ Oct 11 2017, 12:04 AM)
About RM1k for all of the work done on the laptop. It may be pricey but now the laptop meets all of my current needs and I managed to sell off my other laptops as well.
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Actually bro I reckon that's not too bad, considering the price of an SSD anyway. Hmmm I may do it too sometime in the future. HD storage is wonderful but it is a slower. However still usable.

I miss the old machines that were made when Jobs was still alive. Sturdy stuff. My iBook lasted me 6 years and was still working when I sold it off in 2009.
infinitus
post Oct 19 2017, 01:30 AM

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I sold my MBP 13" 2011 for RM1450, battery spoiled and very slow already. Best decision I have made, should've done it earlier and get newer one.
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post Oct 20 2017, 06:58 PM

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QUOTE(infinitus @ Oct 19 2017, 01:30 AM)
I sold my MBP 13" 2011 for RM1450, battery spoiled and very slow already. Best decision I have made, should've done it earlier and get newer one.
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sold where? darn.. the resale value is totally shot.. i paid RM7k for my 13" 2013 when i got it...

now i have a busted screen and a bloated battery. x_X

Have to repair it soon but i need my laptop for my mobile work. Zzz..


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post Oct 20 2017, 07:19 PM

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QUOTE(kyLL @ Oct 20 2017, 06:58 PM)
sold where? darn.. the resale value is totally shot.. i paid RM7k for my 13" 2013 when i got it...

now i have a busted screen and a bloated battery. x_X

Have to repair it soon but i need my laptop for my mobile work. Zzz..
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I walked around Lowyat and asked the sellers. Most of them accept buying second hand laptop, find the price that you likes. The sellers on the main area in the middle accept cheaper lah.
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post Oct 21 2017, 05:43 PM

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QUOTE(infinitus @ Oct 20 2017, 07:19 PM)
I walked around Lowyat and asked the sellers. Most of them accept buying second hand laptop, find the price that you likes. The sellers on the main area in the middle accept cheaper lah.
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You mean accept higher? As in accept a higher price?
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post Oct 21 2017, 08:31 PM

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QUOTE(kyLL @ Oct 21 2017, 05:43 PM)
You mean accept higher? As in accept a higher price?
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Eh sorry, they accept lower price. try to walk around and ask, the difference could be around 250ish.
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post Oct 22 2017, 08:08 AM

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If you wanna sell let me know your price biggrin.gif
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post Oct 22 2017, 08:12 AM

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QUOTE(Mavik @ Sep 14 2017, 12:40 PM)
It depends on your usage of the laptop. I do have to agree that MS Office still works best on a Windows laptop and if that is your main applications that you use, definitely it is the best choice to swap over to a Windows Laptop.
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Why not bootcamp to Windows...???... you know you can bootcamp right
Mavik
post Oct 22 2017, 09:35 PM

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QUOTE(calvin_ng @ Oct 22 2017, 08:12 AM)
Why not bootcamp to Windows...???... you know you can bootcamp right
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Definitely you can do that, but based on TS's needs, bootcamp doesn't seem to be the option.
mffa
post Nov 4 2017, 06:42 AM

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QUOTE(midnightsunray @ Aug 16 2017, 12:04 PM)
Hey guys,

How's it going? I have an MBP 13" that I bought awhile back. The battery is dead and the speaker is broken too.

I have an MBA 11" now and I use it more often. Should I sell my MBP 13", repair it or keep it?

I think the value of the MBP 13" is not that fantastic either.

Thanks in advance for your advice.
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I got same dilemma as u and I make a decision to repair it.

But bear in mind, mbp are not cheap to repair and if I want newer laptop, I can only afford macbook air

Which is for me, red flag.
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post Nov 4 2017, 06:46 AM

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QUOTE(Mavik @ Aug 19 2017, 09:15 PM)
I had the same dilemma when my sister's old MBP 13" early 2011 had a lot of issues. First the battery was completely flat and dead, so it needed to be plugged into the power at all times. Then the MBP ran extremely slow and the trackpad wasn't working at all. Initially i thought that I wanted to trade it in but decided to just get it repaired and see if I could repurpose it.

I brought it Wei at Mac Cores Solution at Kota Damansara and he immediately found out what was wrong with it. When a MBP battery is dead, the laptop will run extremely slow. So I got him to help me swap out the battery, install in a new SSD and removed the optical drive and use the old HDD as a secondary drive. On top of that he cleaned the internals, gave the heatsink some new thermal paste and tightened the monitor hinge.

Now I am extremely pleased with it because the MBP 13" works perfectly and fast now. Enough for my office productivity work and for my side gig writing articles online. Apple has really done a great job being able to make a laptop which is already almost 7 years old still work so smoothly and fast. Btw I am writing this with that laptop now!
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Lol. Same goes to me. Changed into 256gb SSD at Mac Core Solution and it become blazing fast after that.
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post Nov 4 2017, 09:38 PM

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I am thinking to part away with this MCB air 13' but my future wife asked me to keep it for her haha...

So it's time to migrate to common laptop....

 

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