M1 Mac Pro died after just 1 year

I bought my Macbook Pro M1 with my stimulus check after owning it for just over a year after my warranty ran out the computer stopped turnning on. I brought it to an Apple store and they checked the ports and condition all checked out fine. They told me the logic board probably failed. Over $700 dollars out of pocket to repair. I'm on disability and cannot afford to fix this Mac or buy a new one. So I'm now stuck with a $1600 paper weight. 👏 Thanks a bunch Apple I won't ever buy another Apple product after this. Very disappointed in Apple's quality and longevity of their products now. Is there anything I can do?

Posted on Nov 4, 2023 08:28 AM

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Posted on Nov 4, 2023 01:38 PM

The only reason I think It is a logic board problem is because when I brought my Mac into the Apple store they said that they have seen a lot of M1 Macs come in with that problem. So to say that mine is a rare M1 Mac with this problem is just simply not true.

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Nov 4, 2023 02:58 PM in response to KeithJHunt

I did not say it was rare. But nor did I say it was frequent. What I said is that you had too small a sample to determine anything about reliability.


Surveying the people who get all the failed systems in an attempt to determine reliability in good is not a good system for determining reliability either. All that will tell you is whether more failures seem to be occurring in recent, state of the art Macs, or older intel Macs. Since Apple has just sold a whole flock of new Macs, I would expect there to be a lot of recent models in the failure mix.


I am really sorry your Mac died. But no one on these forums speaks for Apple, we are all other Users like you.

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Nov 4, 2023 10:03 AM in response to KeithJHunt

Electro-mechanical devices fail at random, arbitrary, and capricious times.

The most frequent reason for most failures is 'just because'.

Your specific failure is most likely caused by an advanced scientific principle called ...

... 'bad luck'.


If you want a really substantial lesson how this this works (or more precisely how this stops working) own an older used automobile.


Extended warranty:

Some manufacturers offer extended warranties, also known as service contracts. For a modest pre-payment, the manufacturer agrees to service their product for an additional period of time -- to repair or replace defects in Materials or Workmanship, and possibly even more, for an additional period. In some cases, the service contract covers additional items beyond defects in materials or workmanship. In some cases, there is a copayment required to obtain this service.


Some users will have No claims during this period. This "insurance effect" allows the manufacturer to keep the price of this service contract relatively low. You generally can not sign up later, because then only owners with problems would sign up, after they discovered an issue.


The MacBook Pro is a lightweight, portable computer that can run on batteries. Being portable, it can easily be subjected to multi-G forces daily, just by being moved about in a completely ordinary way. This is extremely stressful to electro-mechanical equipment. The display is made of glass, the internals are very likely to die if water is spilled on the keyboard.


Because of this, you should ALWAYS purchase the extended warranty coverage for such a portable device, regardless of whether you intend to move it about.


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If you made the decision to NOT pay for the AppleCare extended warranty, you made a decision (wittingly or unwittingly) to bear the cost of repairs during the extended warranty period yourself.

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