Design flaw in MacBook Pro 2016 and 2017 screens to finally get a fix


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  • Wednesday, 06 Mar 2019

Apple Inc. MacBook Pro laptop computers sit on display at the company's Williamsburg store in the Brooklyn borough of New York, U.S., on Friday, May 20, 2017. Apple Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook said in May that the company planned to invest at least $1 billion to back advanced manufacturing companies in the U.S. and help create jobs in the industry. Photographer: Mark Kauzlarich/Bloomberg

Apple is now using a longer flex cable in their MacBook Pro 2018 design, which may fix screen failure issues. 

iFixit reports that Apple is now using a flex cable that is 2mm longer than previous models in their MacBook Pro 2018 design, which should deal with the screen failure problem that previous models had. 

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