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Re:Apple Tried Charging the Price of a New MacBook Pro for a... by fareesh on Monday September 14, 2020 @09:48AM (#24470076)
Wouldn't you also in theory be able to get a donor part from someone's laptop which is otherwise busted?
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Re:Apple Tried Charging the Price of a New MacBook Pro for a... by StavrosK on Monday September 14, 2020 @09:53AM (#24470141)
He addresses that in the video as well (I think he said it wasn't economical).
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Re:Apple Tried Charging the Price of a New MacBook Pro for a... by canofbars on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @07:51AM (#24480155)
Apple started to crack down on this by burning an ID in each part with a security chip that will brick the laptop if it detects a part changed and only apple can reset it so it works again.
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