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Re:Macbook charger teardown: surprising complexity inside Ap... by PhantomGremlin on Wednesday November 25, 2015 @08:25PM (#10630819)
quite a few services for $75 inclusive of the DC jack ... Apple's cheapest adapter with magsafe cable on it is $79.

That's an oranges-to-apples comparison. :)

It's not fair to compare 3rd party repair services to a new Apple product. There are also 3rd party repair services for Apple chargers. For example, I know these guys will repair them: http://madmacsoforegon.com/Mad_Macs_of_Oregon/Welcome.html

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Re:Macbook charger teardown: surprising complexity inside Ap... by simoncion on Thursday November 26, 2015 @07:40AM (#10632690)
> That's an oranges-to-apples comparison. :)

>

> It's not fair to compare 3rd party repair services to a new Apple product.

You have to remember that Alupis was replying to the following comment (which he quoted in his comment):

> [the charging port on a computer is] of course far more expensive to replace than a new charger...

Context is everything, friend. :)

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