what does M* series mean? 🥲 please be patient with my non-techy self lol

I just learned about Flexgate today and I’m guessing it’s the reason for both of our laptops acting this way! This is what another comment told me:

“Flexgate is a manufacturing fault that affects all MacBook Air’s made primarily from 2018-2019 and all MacBook Pro’s from 2016 to 2019. Flexgate is where the main display cable ribbon cable tears under normal use, such as casually opening and closing the display.”

And from other comments I’ve received, the answer is either completely swapping the display or getting a new laptop.

But we’re in this together so I hope your laptop is still okay and can be used 🥲🥲🥲

Thank you so much, this was very helpful and I appreciate it a lot!!

I don’t have AppleCare+ lol 😭 so I will bring it to a repair shop and try my luck there, but am looking at options for get a refurbished one as well (whichever is cheapest 🥲).

Thank you again!!

True! Pink is my favourite colour 😅