13" Retina MacBook Pro $1515 at Amazon.

Quote from robinski_ : I'm pretty sure apple does not want you to disassemple your computer and replace the screen yourself why would you need a clean room for a laptop repair? lol

How do you think LCD screens are made?

I haven't taken apart an Apple laptop before but I know some electronics need to be serviced in a clean room ( e.g. a HDD).

LCD screens must have another layer on them. Sometimes when you buy parts you don't get the complete thing ( e.g. you just get the screen alone and no glass coating). If Apple would distribute the complete thing , then using a clean room would be a waste.
Obviously Apple doesn't make the panels for any of their devices ( Samsung and LG mostly do).

Here is an example: http://www.planarembedded.com/cus...ng-FAQ.pdf
If you have just an LCD screen with no additional layers , you would need a clean room to add another layer ( e.g. glass) on top on it.

Edit: A lowly Apple computer technician is allowed to disassemble an Apple computer but I'm not allowed to?

Quote from kiwinuker : curious... what price did you pay and why 16 gb of ram? new, open box, refurbished, or used?

$1500, used, mint condition. $2400 new. Literally, not a scratch on it. Why 16gb ram? Excellent for multitasking and highly recommended by others to get 16gb on the rMBP.

Quote from dubleo : How do you think LCD screens are made? I haven't taken apart an Apple laptop before but I know some electronics need to be serviced in a clean room ( e.g. a HDD). LCD screens must have another layer on them. Sometimes when you buy parts you don't get the complete thing ( e.g. you just get the screen alone and no glass coating). If Apple would distribute the complete thing , then using a clean room would be a waste. Here is an example: http://www.planarembedded.com/cus...ng-FAQ.pdf If you have just an LCD screen with no additional layers , you would need a clean room to add another layer ( e.g. glass) on top on it. Edit: A lowly Apple computer technician is allowed to disassemble an Apple computer but I'm not allowed to?

why would you disassemble a HD? exchange the platters?

do you expect them to send you a LCD screen in parts? use a sputtering chamber to construct the required pcb or what?

you do not need a clean room to either manufacture, service or repair laptops, all components are delivered in a ready-to-use state, even to apple themselves.

"A lowly Apple computer technician is allowed to disassemble an Apple computer but I'm not allowed to?"

yes, because that is what apple has decided

from personal experience barely any manufacturer wants you to open up their device and attempt to, or repair it yourself

Quote from robinski_ : why would you disassemble a HD? exchange the platters? do you expect them to send you a LCD screen in parts? use a sputtering chamber to construct the required pcb or what? you do not need a clean room to either manufacture, service or repair laptops, all components are delivered in a ready-to-use state, even to apple themselves. "A lowly Apple computer technician is allowed to disassemble an Apple computer but I'm not allowed to?" yes, because that is what apple has decided from personal experience barely any manufacturer wants you to open up their device and attempt to, or repair it yourself

At least other companies give you a limited choice of keeping your most important parts ( e.g. IBM/ lenovo) while you send it for repair. Apple wouldn't let me take out the SSD in the Mac Book Air so that I have my data with me.

Yes , some people do exchange platters and a clean room is needed for that.

An LCD screen has many parts so it would not be unreasonable to assume that one manufacturer may not have completed everything and left another manufacturer to do the rest ( e.g. special coatings)
You don't see LG adding Gorilla Glass coatings to their screens by themselves. Corning does that for them.

Also in response to your last statement :
Lenovo currently sends certain parts for people to fix it themselves ( the current ThinkPad keyboard is an example of this). If you were to do something like that with an Apple computer , Apple could easily void your warranty.

Quote from dubleo : At least other companies give you a limited choice of keeping your most important parts ( e.g. IBM/ lenovo) while you send it for repair. Apple wouldn't let me take out the SSD in the Mac Book Air so that I have my data with me. Yes , some people do exchange platters and a clean room is needed for that.

IBM/Lenovo seems to be good on that part, haven't heard much about other companies doing the same

Quote from ChristianM19 : You cannot tell the difference with that resolution on a 13" screen. It's all about brightness. And the X230 has an ips panel.

You must have never used a better resolution panel. You can EASILY tell a difference in resolution on 13" panels (12.5" actually). If they had put a 1600x900 panel then you leave it at 100% and get more room. If they put a 1920x1080 panel you set it to 125% scaling, get as much room as 1600x900, and have everything look a LOT nicer. I've used 1920x1080 13" sreens in the store, such as the Vaio Duo 11 and the high end Zenbook and they look awesome. 1366x768 is just SO CRAMPED at any screen size over 10".

Quote from petard : You must have never used a better resolution panel. You can EASILY tell a difference in resolution on 13" panels (12.5" actually). If they had put a 1600x900 panel then you leave it at 100% and get more room. If they put a 1920x1080 panel you set it to 125% scaling, get as much room as 1600x900, and have everything look a LOT nicer. I've used 1920x1080 13" sreens in the store, such as the Vaio Duo 11 and the high end Zenbook and they look awesome. 1366x768 is just SO CRAMPED at any screen size over 10".

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Quote from mitul2288 : I am 100% you are trolling. Nobody can be as pathetic as what you are portraying. To be as insecure to constantly talk about what new shiny things you spent your money on is a tell that you are compensating for... "other" things. To take the time to dig into people's past posts to nitpick at anything (no matter how far you have to reach) because you can't manage to hold your own in the current conversation is beyond pathetic. Which is why I am sure you are just trolling. You can't be that delusional that you think people actually buy into your BS. It's not possible. Good luck in life, boy. Enjoy working for the rest of your life or at least working for daddy.

Its not digging to click on a person's profile. It stood out like the sore zit you are. I don't talk about what shiny new things I got, as I have no need to. Perhaps you should look into getting a good dela on toilet paper cause you are spewing shit out of your mouth. Care to name one thing that I so called "BS"ed? Exactly, you can't. While you may need to work 9-5 flipping burgers, I do not as I have the intelligence to graduate college you imbecile.

Quote from ChristianM19 : http://gizmodo.com/5968284/exclus...ss-america

That's pretty funny to read

I don't sympathize with Apple customers at all. After all, they voluntarily buy the products and trust the "geniuses" to fix their stuff.

Quote from amoghthegamer : Its not digging to click on a person's profile. It stood out like the sore zit you are. I don't talk about what shiny new things I got, as I have no need to. Perhaps you should look into getting a good dela on toilet paper cause you are spewing shit out of your mouth. Care to name one thing that I so called "BS"ed? Exactly, you can't. While you may need to work 9-5 flipping burgers, I do not as I have the intelligence to graduate college you imbecile.

You just contradicted everything you said.

You DO have a need to show off all your toys. Nobody cares that you have a BMW that you overpaid for. You ARE insecure that you need to look at people's post history to put them down about anything they may have said. Nobody cares enough to look at your history and point our irrelevant talking points that have nothing to do with the current thread. You are a tool for that one.


And how is flipping burgers a 9-5 job? Did you not learn anything in college?

I don't know, I am the imbecile here, right?...... (those trailing dots emphasize sarcasm, didn't want a genius like you miss that)

Quote from mitul2288 : You just contradicted everything you said. You DO have a need to show off all your toys. Nobody cares that you have a BMW that you overpaid for. You ARE insecure that you need to look at people's post history to put them down about anything they may have said. Nobody cares enough to look at your history and point our irrelevant talking points that have nothing to do with the current thread. You are a tool for that one. And how is flipping burgers a 9-5 job? Did you not learn anything in college? I don't know, I am the imbecile here, right?...... (those trailing dots emphasize sarcasm, didn't want a genius like you miss that)

Again you prove how douchey you are. Enjoy your pathetic existence that you call a life.

Quote from ChristianM19 : You cannot tell the difference with that resolution on a 13" screen. It's all about brightness. And the X230 has an ips panel.

You can't tell the difference between 2560x1600 and 1366x768? You might wanna get your eyes checked.. The difference is HUGE even just on a 13"... Is it an extra $500 huge, not personally but I don't see why people keep telling others how to spend their money. I'm against what apple does with their annual small updates on products but they have great quality products and very good customer service. You're pretty much paying for all that.

Quote from mitul2288 : You just contradicted everything you said. You DO have a need to show off all your toys. Nobody cares that you have a BMW that you overpaid for. You ARE insecure that you need to look at people's post history to put them down about anything they may have said. Nobody cares enough to look at your history and point our irrelevant talking points that have nothing to do with the current thread. You are a tool for that one. And how is flipping burgers a 9-5 job? Did you not learn anything in college? I don't know, I am the imbecile here, right?...... (those trailing dots emphasize sarcasm, didn't want a genius like you miss that)

I just have to put this in, have you ever driven a new BMW? You're not overpaying to show off.. The driving experience and comfort is way different than some 20-30k car. You pay that extra luxury for that quality. Just like food, why buy an expensive steak.. because the quality of the cut is that much better for that extra cost.

Quote from ChristianM19 : blah blah blah

hahaha