Now it's official. As expected, Apple has discontinued service for the first MacBook Pro with Retina display.
As soon as Apple devices are listed as “obsolete” or “discontinued”, support ends. Now the list has been updated once again. According to this, the MacBook Pro 15-inch Retina (mid-2012) will no longer be repaired by Apple. As previously reported, Apple has made it clear in a support document that outdated products are no longer eligible for hardware service – with no exceptions. When the MacBook Pro with Retina display was introduced at WWDC 2012, Apple marketing chief Phil Schiller called it “a breakthrough in display technology” and claimed that “there has never been a notebook that was so beautiful”. But now it is finally Ending.
What does this mean for users?
This means that users can no longer get repairs from Apple or authorized service providers. In the event of a problem, they have to resort to independent service providers. Apart from a few exceptions, Apple's rule of thumb is to produce spare parts for devices for five years - but this period only starts when production of the respective device is discontinued. Only then is the customer forced to look for spare parts elsewhere. (Photo by Denys Prykhodov / Bigstockphot)
