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Re:Apple expands Self Service Repair to Mac notebooks by vertis on Monday August 22, 2022 @11:35AM (#32552941)
When my Mac had to be repaired in December 2021 it took 3 weeks (Battery, Touchbar and Keyboard). I ended up buying a second computer so I could keep working.

Plenty of other big PC manufacturers have decent repair programs. Often you can even do the repairs yourself (as Apple is finally allowing again).

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Re:Apple expands Self Service Repair to Mac notebooks by pmontra on Monday August 22, 2022 @01:33PM (#32554608)
I just booted up my HP ZBook after replacing the keyboard. Plenty of videos about how to DIY [1]. Granted, pulling it out is not as simple as in the video (I'm not doing it every day, not every other year) and the laptop weights 3 kg but I'm not buying something that I can't service myself for basic stuff like replacing keyboard and expanding or replacing RAM and disks. I had a HP technician come to my home to replace the screen (a bad wire in the right hinge). It was included in the extended warranty, something between 100 and 200 Euro, 3 years.

I'm about to buy another spare keyboard for when it will wear out again. It's 62.99 Euro.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWrh6IIq57o

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Re:Apple expands Self Service Repair to Mac notebooks by vertis on Monday August 22, 2022 @01:44PM (#32554751)
I have Keychron K1 and one of the keys failed (I carry around the world as a digital nomad). I took it to a hacker space in Sofia and unsoldered a working less important key and switched it for the broken 'T' key.

Repairable hardware is vital.

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