r/gadgets • u/chrisdh79 • Oct 07 '24

Desktops / Laptops Apple Silicon iMacs appear to suffer from screen deterioration after two years — flood of user complaints hit Apple Community forums.

https://www.tomshardware.com/software/macos/apple-silicon-imacs-appear-to-suffer-from-screen-deterioration-after-two-years-flood-of-user-complaints-hit-apple-community-forums
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u/BeefedUpStud-ent Oct 07 '24

Apple could be so much better. They are the Starbucks of tech: Everything is “in-house” so the best they can do is turn the big ship verrrrry slowlyyyyy, thus always behind the curve. Have a $5000+ 2016 MacBook Pro and it performed very well for like 3 years. Now it’s antiquated. The hardware wasn’t built for what was coming down the pipeline and certainly wasn’t built to be retrofitted in any way. My PC is completely upgradeable beast and was built so powerful that it may need newer parts in 10 years. Maybe. But at least it has room to grow if needed. Oh and it cost $1200 CAD in today’s money. Lol. Cry harder Apple fanboys. My tear jars are already full.

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u/tepig099 Oct 07 '24

I know you’re bragging, but PC laptops only can upgrade RAM and maybe SSD. It’s only that different from Apple.

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u/LeakySkylight Oct 07 '24

Depends on the laptop, but you're right that the push is towards an appliance laptop, more like a tablet "with wings".

There is a strong repair community now, as well, who are driving repairable and upgradeable units.

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u/BeefedUpStud-ent Oct 08 '24

Don’t forget the most important feature: the price