An unbelievably lucky Redditor searching for a stupendous MacBook Pro offer probably snagged the deal of a lifetime when he paid only $275 for the base model kitted out with an M3. As for why it was so cheap, the portable Mac was thought to have a “bad display,” but it turns out that it was something else, and thankfully, it wasn’t an expensive fix.

The $275 price is less than half the price of the base MacBook Neo, which comes with half the unified memory and storage, while retailing for $699 on places like Amazon . On Reddit, “tuan-5618” probably thought that there were all sorts of problems afflicting the M3 MacBook Pro, but it turns out that it was just the lid angle sensor.

The original owner probably thought the display was defective and didn’t want to waste a ton of money replacing it, so they instead offered to sell it at a throwaway price. Well, if there’s any time that you would want to use the phrase “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure,” this would be the opportune moment.

As for the lid angle sensor, it’s one of those parts that’s highly susceptible to damage, including liquid damage. We’ve reported that if this part gets damaged, the majority of MacBook Pro owners might misdiagnose the issue as a hardware failure . The lid angle sensor’s failure can introduce all sorts of problems too, such as a MacBook Pro failing to wake up from a sleep state.

Tapping on the keys and trackpad might also have little to no effect. Thankfully for the Redditor, he was clever enough to realize that he didn’t purchase a lemon and that all it would take was an additional $12 expense to remedy the issue. In the age of the DRAM crisis , when even Apple has little choice but to increase Mac prices, such deals truly stand out. If fortune has similarly favored you, let us know in the comments.

News Source: Reddit

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