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Ok, bit of a long one. Hope someone can help.
My 5 yr old Macbook Pro has a hardware problem, the graphics card which is integral to the logic board is dead. It's a common problem and there was a free repair offer on my computer if the graphics card went which was valid for 4 years! (FFFUUUUU!!!)
So......
Either I stump up £300 for a new logic board from Apple (I duzn't haz) or look third party for the same thing - not sure if this will actually be much cheaper!
The other option is that I have another Macbook Pro of a similar age which completely ground to a halt, but not a graphics card issue. If I can determine whether the fault on this second laptop was not logic board related (How would one do that?), I could switch them across (Maybe easier said than done?).
Alternatively my sister has a newer Macbook pro which has a working logic board but was in a bike crash and is otherwise a write off. Are there any compatibility issues with newer logic boards?
What should I do?