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This is an all round great performer. I wanted quality and that's what you are getting with any Apple products. I know this laptop is sturdy and it's going to last a long time. In terms of power and performance, Apple offer the top of the line processors and no other competitors have can match the power, performance and longevity of these machines. I also got the upgraded 8gb ram and an extra 1gb dedicated graphics card which is perfect for my role as a graphic designer and web editor. It's fantastic!
Great Performance and Value, but there is one major problem with this laptop. This laptop has major reliability issues with the Logic board. The ATI dedicated graphic card causes overheat and the overheating problem will cause the logic board to fail over time.
The faults are intermittent. I bought this but then I had to return it. There is definitely something wrong with either the graphics card or logic board. Started with horizontal lines and then blackout. When screen returned, everything went slow motion so badly that I could follow the screen being written one line at a time. Also I couldn't restore this MBP from internet or bootable USB. It just froze up before I got to the OS X Utilities screen. I would not recommend this model to anyone. I've read lots of posts about Apple fixing the problem under warranty only to reinstall the same faulty parts. (eco-friendly soldered parts) Only to have the same issues pop up again. Apparently 15" MBP early 2011-early 2013 are affected. Also some 17" 2011 models are affected.
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