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January 22, 2019 04:05 pm
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/PISEfAJjkFc/macbook-pro-stage-light-fault-apples-design-turns-6-fix-into-a-600-nightmare
MacBook Pro Stage Light Fault: Apple's Design Turns $6 Fix Into a $600 Nightmare
An anonymous reader shares a report: Some MacBook Pro owners have complained of a 'stage light' effect, where they see uneven backlighting at the bottom of the display. For some, the symptom is only the first stage, with the backlight failing altogether. iFixit says that it has identified the cause -- and the way in which Apple changed the design of the Touch Bar generation for the MacBook Pro turns what would otherwise be a $6 fix into a $600 nightmare. The problem, says the company, is caused by Apple using much thinner ribbon cables instead of the thicker wires used in previous generation MacBook Pro models.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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