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Bait and fix: Apple is basically forcing you to get AppleCare for your new MacBook Pro

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<p>The new MacBook Pros (https://www.macworld.com/article/3290416/macbook/apple-15-inch-2-9ghz-macbook-pro-review-a-laptop-that-pro-app-users-will-love.html) aren’t cheap. The least expensive 13-inch model costs $1,800 and goes all the way up to $6,700 for the maxed-out 15-inch model with a 2.9GHz Intel Core i9 processor. And now there’s a hidden catch that might make them way more expensive.</p><p>Along with the high price tag and any dongles you may need to purchase to get your old USB-A devices up and running, you might be in for a rude awakening if you try to fix your new MacBook Pro. As reported by <a href="https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/yw9qk7/macbook-pro-software-locks-prevent-independent-repair" rel="nofollow">Motherboard[/url], Apple has introduced new software locks with its new laptops that “will render the computer ‘inoperative’ unless a proprietary Apple ‘system configuration’ software is run after parts of the system are replaced.”</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3311736/macs/macbook-pro-repair-software-lock.html#jump">To read this article in full, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>

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