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Re:Repairability by tveyben on Monday December 28, 2020 @04:24AM (#25557870)
It’s cheaper - more profit for the OEM. And booting without battery is likely considered a corner case, thus $$$
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Re:Repairability by swiftcoder on Monday December 28, 2020 @08:05AM (#25558892)
Considering that the battery in a MacBook is non-removable, it's not just a corner case - it's a warranty-voiding act that the designers explicitly don't have to account for.
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