Comments on: Buying and installing spare parts for the Mac

By: Balazs Ree

Balazs Ree — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 06:04:25 +0000

I am not a mac expert (and don’t use one), but recently bumped into some article that suggest the fans to be cleaned on a regular basis with an air duster, preferably every two month but at least twice a year. I suggest this to everyone, since I am cleaning my notebook’s fan this way, the operational temperature went down significantly.

I am not sure if it helps the malfunctioning MAC vents, but it may improve lifetime.

By: Fernando Correa

Fernando Correa — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:51:29 +0000

The same happened with my MBP first gen (early 2006 I think). The left fan started to make a very loud noise and I decided to replace it myself. Problem was that getting spare parts in Brazil for a MBP is quite impossible. Decided to import from powerbookmedic.com. I got the fan 3 days later and the installation was really easy….
One week later, the right fan went down and atm I am running it with only the left fan…just waiting something else to break so I can buy everything at once and pay the shipment costs once as well.

By: Florian Schulze

Florian Schulze — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:39:09 +0000

Naja, ich hatte noch Zoll und Fracht, alles zusammen ca 80 Euro.

By: philikon

philikon — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:49:51 +0000

Martin: Ja, die Ersatzteile sind nicht billig, aber das ist in der Tat eher Apples Schuld. Auf der anderen Seite könnte es auch schlimmer sein und gar nicht reparabel oder nur für den Fachmann.

PowerBook und MacBook Pro waren eigentlich schon immer recht reparaturfreundlich, wobei das neuste MBP nochmal angenehmer in dieser Hinsicht sein soll. Zumindest kann man die Festplatte ohne größeren Aufwand tauschen.

By: Martin

Martin — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:36:26 +0000

40€ für einen verdammten Kühler? Das ist ja mal die übelste Abzocke, von der ich je gehört habe (wobei ich jetzt eher Apple als Apfelklinik die Schuld für den hohen Preis anlaste). Ansonten feine Sache, vor allem schön zu wissen, dass die Notebooks von Apple nicht mehr so versiegelt sind wie früher (iBook und so…).

By: philikon

philikon — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:20:51 +0000

I didn’t realize iFixit were selling parts as well. That’s brilliant, especially for people in the U.S. Europeans might enjoy a speedier delivery from Apfelklinik.

Concerning the price, they seem pretty much identical. iFixit wants $49.95 for a fan which amounts to roughly €40, the same that Apfelklinik charged me. (I still had to pay German VAT on top of it so it was €48 in total, but since it’s a business expense I get the VAT back.) At €2.20, the shipping was quite cheap as well.

By: Florian Schulze

Florian Schulze — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:16:25 +0000

I also replaced a fan in my early 2006 MBP. I didn’t find Apfelklinik back then, so I ordered from iFixit. Wasn’t exactly cheap, but well worth it, it also took more than 2 days to arrive
Thanks for sharing that link!