Re:Apple expands Self Service Repair to Mac notebooks
by throwaway5959 on Monday August 22, 2022 @12:45PM
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> Chromebook: if in warranty fix, if out of warranty, buy two more Chromebooks for the price of one M1 Macbook Air screen.
That’s incredibly wasteful.
Re:Apple expands Self Service Repair to Mac notebooks
by mmh0000 on Monday August 22, 2022 @01:27PM
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Is it wasteful though? Chomebooks generally can be repaired for cheap with a little time investment. Sell the broken one on ebay "for parts" and someone will repair it and continue to use it.
OTOH Apple's are notoriously unrepairable, or way too expensive to repair (case in point; this entire thread). They become trash when they break.
Re:Apple expands Self Service Repair to Mac notebooks
by jupp0r on Monday August 22, 2022 @02:30PM
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If you are telling me you are relying on LG notebooks just not breaking - I don't believe you. Everything breaks.
Re:Apple expands Self Service Repair to Mac notebooks
by indymike on Monday August 22, 2022 @03:13PM
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> If you are telling me you are relying on LG notebooks just not breaking
LG has a first class repair network, so if they do break... same as any other global PC manufacturer. Also, standard procedure is to buy at least one machine and put it on the shelf so if one fails... we have an replacement.
> Everything breaks.
Yep.
Chromebook: if in warranty fix, if out of warranty, buy two more Chromebooks for the price of one M1 Macbook Air screen.
LG Gram: LG has a pretty good repair network. My team (5) has been using LG Gram 17" laptops running Ubuntu for about a year, and one person managed to chip the paint (it's anodized black on a metal body), but that was about it. They've been surprisingly sturdy despite weighing a few ounces more than a 13" macbook air. Also, battery life is on par with the M1 air I carry for occasionally dealing with App Store issues.