New Anti-Consumer MacBook Pros – Teardown and Repair Assessment [video]

Re:New Anti-Consumer MacBook Pros – Teardown and Repair Asse... by jarym on Sunday August 13, 2023 @08:34AM (#37109371)

I wonder what's it like at an Apple Store when you go in for an in-warranty replacement - does a Genius in the back have to go through this process of removing so many screws and carefully wrestling with the internals or do they have some hardware to assist this process?

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Re:New Anti-Consumer MacBook Pros – Teardown and Repair Asse... by pohuing on Sunday August 13, 2023 @08:51AM (#37109509)

Don't they just transfer the data and chuck your old device in the bin?

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Re:New Anti-Consumer MacBook Pros – Teardown and Repair Asse... by FirmwareBurner on Sunday August 13, 2023 @09:17AM (#37109748)

But they're compensating for that added e-waste and environmental damage by not giving you a charger in the box for, you know, saving the planet and all that. /s

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Re:New Anti-Consumer MacBook Pros – Teardown and Repair Asse... by windowsrookie on Sunday August 13, 2023 @09:20AM (#37109778)

I know it was sarcasm, but all Apple Laptops and iPads come with a charger.

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Re:New Anti-Consumer MacBook Pros – Teardown and Repair Asse... by FirmwareBurner on Sunday August 13, 2023 @09:21AM (#37109787)

I was referring to the iPhone but you're right.

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Re:New Anti-Consumer MacBook Pros – Teardown and Repair Asse... by windowsrookie on Sunday August 13, 2023 @09:19AM (#37109770)

There were 8 screws to remove the bottom of the laptop. That's about the same maybe even less than most PC laptops I've worked on.

I believe Apple will do simple repairs in the store. Battery replacement, screen replacement, etc.

The logic board failed on my M1 MacBook Air, I brought it to an Apple Store and they did some diagnostics but said they had to mail it to a repair center. It was overnight shipped to some facility in Texas.

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