Should I return my new 13" rMBP
Hello everyone
Recently my new Macbook arrived (my first MacBook ever!) and I'm really getting paranoid about the other thread that's up where people complain about the freeze issue.
I had finally saved up the money so I could afford myself a MacBook because for university I want my laptop to be durable and stable with good support from the manufacturer and that's the reason I chose an Apple product.
Now I haven't experienced this issue myself except for the laggy animation transitions and such but I've thinking to myself that nearly all products are built from the same hardware so I'm basically just sitting on a time bomb? Eventually is has to happen to me as well, right?
Next week I have some finals that require me to bring my laptop with me. I'm very paranoid that it might happen when I'm taking my finals. When I placed my order at Apple's online store I thought to myself "Finally a laptop that won't bring me countless of headaches" but I haven't felt comfortable when using my laptop because of the fact that others have this issue and I more or less convinced myself that it's a time bomb.
Do you guys think I should return it? And if so, how do I return it if I bought it at Apple's online store.
I really want to keep my laptop, but I don't want to take any risks because it's a lot of money for me.
Thanks in advance
That's probably true. However someone just suggested me to open my console in order to make sure if I have it or not. Seems that my console is full of errors (the one mentioned in the thread).
Yet my keyboard and trackpad were always working, seems even more confusing now.
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I guess I should have looked into this more before
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