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Hey everyone, recently purchased a used 2016 Macbook Pro 15” touchbar and noticed a thin line in the middle of my screen which led me to here diagnosing that its an issue with the TAB (tape automated bonding) as when I push in the middle bottom of the screen the line either disappears or gets worse. As of right now, it hase’t been too bad. My question is whether I should keep the machine and this issue won’t progress further or if I should return the laptop because the issue may get worse over time with moving the device around and over time? Thanks in advance!
The issue won’t get worse as long as you don’t twist the lid as you discovered just pressing on the display will effect it. Living with it then becomes the issue, if its to the far edge then its more bearable. If its within the middle third it would bother me ;-} Given the price I would keep it, then its just a matter if you want to fix it MacBook Pro 15" Retina (Late 2016-2017) Display Assembly wouldn’t be to bad a hit.
