I actually just received my mbp today so will only start to be using it these few days. Will update here if its good buy or nah

pretty surprise to see that the charger doesn't have the two ends to bundle the cable anymore.

This one. Have been doing so for the past 7-8 years for my mbp no issue for me.


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Nope.

Same for the new mbp. I thought they would still have some kind of that feature so we can still keep it neat when we do not need to utilize the full length of the cable.

Yea you are right, better for replacement

The only reason why I chose to replace my old MBP despite my old MBP is still working well. Considering the age of it I am worried that it would suddenly become brick and so the change.

Yea, it still work fine now other than the battery lasting for less than 20 minutes. Using it like a desktop now. Considering such a heavy usage for the past 7-8 years it's still running strong. I actually did a test yesterday comparing to my new MBP. Startup and shutdown time, diff is just few seconds. But of course I have replaced my old MBP with SSD.

yes I suppose so. I am actually thinking should I sell it or not. Considering the fact that it would still serve pretty well for normal usage.

prob can share where did you order it from? not for my case though having previously bought from Apple Store Malaysia (online) twice.

Not to comment on whether Crusader is rich/not rich which is not of my interest. But would like to know how you come to this conclusion based on a few sentences over the internet

Using a 2018 MBP and 2 weeks ago, out of sudden while I was using it the screen just got into black screen. However when i connect to external monitor it works normally (in display preference, I could no longer find my MBP screen anymore)

Tried out resetting PRAM, SMC etc but none of it works. Did a hardware diagnosis and it's VFD001 error (There may be an issue with the display)

Highly suspecting it's the flexgate issue. Found out that Apple only do free replacement for 2016 models.

Machine is telling me RM20xx to do the screen replacement! Have anyone faced similar issue with 2018 MBP? I have no AppleCare and warranty has just passed 2 months ago!

This post has been edited by Grajindo: Jan 1 2020, 05:55 PM

Can we actually directly bring it to Apple Malaysia @ Menara CIMB?

Is there a service centre / technican there that able to advise?

Brought my 2018MBP with screen display issue to service centre and they can almost confirm it's the Flexgate issue. Afterall Apple couldn't solve their design flaw. Worse that it's not covered under the free repair programme.

My main worry now is after replacing it now paying from my own pocket, I will have the same problem next year and replacing it once will cost me more than RM2k.

For those who are thinking to buy the new MBP, think properly. I bought it expecting my MBP to function for next 3 years at least like my old MBP.

Think is time for me to ditch Apple notebook and go for other option.

This post has been edited by Grajindo: Jan 11 2020, 02:27 PM

but my way of thinking is, apple product would have good quality control so the chance of getting defect unit is not that high, therefore i'm not getting the AppleCare+ given the extra cost as well.

my previous experience with apple product with the original macbook to mbp were both very positive which had lasted me over the past 10 years. now that the MBP is so expensive compared to other laptop out there, i wouldn't be expecting this to happen actually. given that there's so many issue with the newly design mbp now, it doesn't justify why should i be continuing to use MBP anymore.

thinking about it, if i'm going to replace the display now, i would still having the same problem in another year or so since the problem is rooted in the design itself. i know some people is actually arguing that the problem is because wear and tear, but to me it's not definitely wear and tear. when i buy laptop I expect that i would able to close and open the screen for lots of time and I am pretty sure my usage now is very minimal compared to others since most of the time my MBP is acting like a CPU connected to external display.

or maybe in other words, i'm not that loaded to maintain the MBP after paying almost 9.5k for it

This post has been edited by Grajindo: Jan 11 2020, 03:21 PM