Judge dismisses lawsuit alleging Apple knowingly released MacBook Pros with faulty logic boards
With class action suits against Apple seemingly initiated every few weeks, it's easy to keep track of what's happening where. That said, you might recall a suit recently levied against Apple alleging that the company purposefully sold MacBook Pros circa 2010/2011 that it knew contained faulty logic boards.
Now Reuters is reporting that U.S. District Judge William Alsup recently dismissed the case, noting that the plaintiffs did not meet their duty of showing that Apple's advertising materials -- wherein they called the MacBook Pro "state of the art" -- misrepresented the quality of the notebooks.
"Plaintiffs have failed to allege that Apple's logic boards were unfit for their ordinary purposes or lacked a minimal level of quality," Alsup wrote. "Both plaintiffs were able to adequately use their computers for approximately 18 months and two years, respectively."
Note that this case is different from a 2011 class action filed against Apple alleging that 2011-era MacBook Pros came with faulty GPUs which required out of pocket repair costs of upwards of US$600.
