Apple Silicon Macs can't boot from external drive if internal drive failed

Re:Apple Silicon Macs can't boot from external drive if inte... by slownews45 on Saturday November 06, 2021 @06:05PM (#29134240)

I was an original iphone user, and have been hearing about how unrepairable and how battery can't be swapped since then. I'll believe the iphone is unrepairable when I see it.

For those of your who suspect that these types of claims are a lie, they basically are. If you have elderly relatives, they often DO NOT want to upgrade their phone once they've got it working. A great gift is actually to take it into an apple store and pay for the "impossible" battery replacement for them.

It's $49-$69. You get a fresh new battery, all labor as well. OEM parts. My wife also doesn't care about the new phone, this is a nice and pretty cheap way to keep her old one ticking over.

Happy to do a comparison in 6 years on a Huawei vs Apple phone in terms of resale.

One thing to be careful of. I've been burned by used apple phones with second hand batteries in them. Apple now gives you a warning - worth checking for that if you buy used.

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Re:Apple Silicon Macs can't boot from external drive if inte... by kuschku on Wednesday November 10, 2021 @09:21AM (#29174888)

The price of screen repair through Apple increased from the old iPhones at 50€ to the new iPhones with worse repairability at 75€

Screen repair increased from 150€ to 360€.

Independent repair shops even used to offer these services at 25-60€ (old iPhones, screen repair) to 25-50€ (old iPhones, battery replacement).

Going from 60€ to 360€ for a screen repair is a steep ask and significantly harms resell value.

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