Apple introduces 8-core MacBook Pro
We repair these as part of our business, and to be clear, both the keyboards <i>and</i> the screens are failing on these at an alarming rate.<p>iFixit detailed the issues with the screens, which (in Apple's unending quest for "thinness") use a thinner flex cable to connect the display to the rest of the laptop. This thinner cable is prone to breakage, and we are already seeing 2016-2017 MacBook Pros in our shop regularly for this issue.<p>Since Apple built the flex cable into the display, the only solution (even from third parties like us) is a new display. At $600-$700 each, this is unacceptable.<p>And, like the keyboards, this is a part that's pretty much guaranteed to fail (unless you basically never open your laptop.)<p>Apple hasn't announced a fix yet, even with a petition with over 11,000 signatures, and more screens failing by the day.<p>From the time the keyboard issues happened, I made a strong recommendation to avoid buying these. If you can do your work on a PC, do so. (Personally, I now use a Dell XPS 15 as a "desktop replacement", and kept my old 2013 MacBook Pro around too.) If you need a Mac, consider a desktop version (with a SSD!), or stick with the 2015 or older MacBooks.<p>Even if you think the keyboard issues are fixed, consider too that this is the 4th generation of these keyboards--and Apple promised that the 2nd and 3rd generation would fix these as well. This plus the screen issues means switching to PC if you need speed should be a serious consideration.<p>iFixit article on "stage light" display issues/"flexgate": <a href="https://ifixit.org/blog/12903/flexgate/" rel="nofollow">https://ifixit.org/blog/12903/flexgate/</a>