> - You have a 6 years warranty in the UK. Buy your Apple computer from Apple if you can.Įdit: the legal warranty is 2 years in France, not 1 year. I ended up with the latest model without paying anything except a few hours spent at the Apple Store. I think I have been really lucky: I just wanted to repair it so I could sell it and buy a new model. Since they changed the logic board three times already, they proposed me to replace the MBP by a brand new one: the latest and high-end model (since they have to replace it with an equivalent), and I even received an external drive since the new models don’t have one, and despite having said that I don’t need it. I went back to the Apple Store, and they changed the logic board again (it wasn’t a problem because all replacements are covered by warranty).Ī few days later, the graphic issues started again. Until two months later, when the sound chip just died: no errors in OS X, but no sound at all (from speakers, microphone or jack plug). I went back to the Apple Store, and they changed it again. Nice surprise when he asked me where I bought it: since I ordered it on the Apple website, even if it was on the french Apple Store website, they proposed me to replace it using the UK warranty, which is 6 years (!) instead of 1 year in France (I didn’t take the Apple Care).Ī few hours after having my computer back, the exact same graphic issues started again. I was about to pay for the new logic board, and the person confirmed to me that in case of a recall happening in the future, I would be refunded by Apple. After having acknowledged the situation (Apple doesn’t officially admit there is a problem, and chances are that I will have to pay for a new logic board since I am out of warranty), I went to an Apple Store in the UK for a diagnostic. I had this model, and the graphic issues started to appear during the last summer.