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Re:Apple’s $1T Milestone Reflects Rise of Powerful Megacompa... by willtim on Friday August 03, 2018 @07:36AM (#17678965)
I can replace the keyboard in my Thinkpad myself. Who apart from Apple can replace the (flawed) keyboard in new the MacBook Pro?
Re:Apple’s $1T Milestone Reflects Rise of Powerful Megacompa... by tonyedgecombe on Friday August 03, 2018 @08:16AM (#17679203)
That may make it inconvenient for you but it isn't necessarily an environmental problem. Most people don't take their hardware apart, they take it back to the store.
Re:Apple’s $1T Milestone Reflects Rise of Powerful Megacompa... by willtim on Friday August 03, 2018 @09:12AM (#17679507)
It becomes an environmental problem when Apple stop offering to fix it, or make the cost of repair uneconomical. I can still buy a replacement keyboard for a 20 year old Thinkpad for ten dollars and pay someone to install it.

Granted, there are some aspects of Apple hardware that can still be repaired/replaced by third-parties, but their trend is away from this.

Re:Apple’s $1T Milestone Reflects Rise of Powerful Megacompa... by tonyedgecombe on Friday August 03, 2018 @09:25AM (#17679605)
I have a fifteen year old iMac on my desk right now.
Re:Apple’s $1T Milestone Reflects Rise of Powerful Megacompa... by willtim on Friday August 03, 2018 @09:46AM (#17679776)
That's great! But it's unlikely that today's MacBook Pro will last anywhere near 15 years.
Re:Apple’s $1T Milestone Reflects Rise of Powerful Megacompa... by lev99 on Friday August 03, 2018 @12:15PM (#17681064)
That's apple's and oranges. Laptops move a lot, which opens them up to damage. I fully suspect an iMac to last 15 years.
Re:Apple’s $1T Milestone Reflects Rise of Powerful Megacompa... by LeftTurnSignal on Friday August 03, 2018 @02:21PM (#17682232)
I have a first revision intel macbook pro from 2006 that still works just the same as it always have.

not quite 15 years though, so I guess OP is right...

Re:Apple’s $1T Milestone Reflects Rise of Powerful Megacompa... by PopsiclePete on Friday August 03, 2018 @02:55PM (#17682571)
Better not buy a new high-end car built after 2010 or so then. You should see how difficult they make it to work on them.