The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    2009 MBP 15" worth fixing?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by Goren, Oct 20, 2013.

  1. Goren

    Goren Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

    Reputations:
    951
    Messages:
    2,739
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    I have a 2009 MBP 15" that's dead.
    the Genius Bar says there's a flat fee of $300 ish to fix it.
    would it be worth it to fix it?
    Its not my main notebook, but did consider fixing it and giving it as a gift to a relative
     
    Goren, Oct 20, 2013
    #1
  2. saturnotaku

    saturnotaku Notebook Nobel Laureate

    Reputations:
    4,879
    Messages:
    8,926
    Likes Received:
    4,707
    Trophy Points:
    431
    $300 is right on the border of not being worth it for a system that old. However giving it as a gift would be a nice thing to do so the smile you put on their face might be worth the cost.
     
    saturnotaku, Oct 20, 2013
    #2
  3. StockDC2

    StockDC2 Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    13
    Messages:
    123
    Likes Received:
    29
    Trophy Points:
    41
    It should be $280 for them to do it. What they do is send it off to their depot where everything and anything problematic is replaced.

    Given that you have a 15", I'd say that it's worth it. If you were to sell it dead, you'd probably get around $200-$300 for it. Fixed should fetch you $550-600.
     
    StockDC2, Oct 20, 2013
    #3
  4. princealyy

    princealyy Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    47
    Messages:
    511
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    31
    Considering that you are breaking even on it, if you sell it now or after repair your net proceeds are the same, do you need it ?? If you need it, even as second computer then yes by all means repair it, otherwise... sell it and walk away
     
    princealyy, Oct 23, 2013
    #4