Apple to Launch 'Low-Cost' MacBook Series Next Year to Rival Chromebooks

Re:Apple to Launch 'Low-Cost' MacBook Series Next Year to Ri... by Wingman4l7 on Tuesday September 05, 2023 @11:15AM (#37392797)

We already have... they've destroyed reparability by soldering in the SSD and the RAM, and they turn into soft-bricked e-waste every time someone donates one and doesn't remove their Apple cloud account first.

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Re:Apple to Launch 'Low-Cost' MacBook Series Next Year to Ri... by gumby on Tuesday September 05, 2023 @11:24AM (#37392946)

They reduced the need to repair due to disk or RAM failure by getting rid of the connectors.

I am not claiming they did this out of the sweetness of their hearts, but I do challenge your first point.

I believe apple could fix the “didn’t log out of iCloud” problem if they want, even if only through through some special apple-only refurb process. They would have to have some way to figure out n if it were stolen or legitimately discarded. But they have no incentive to do this.

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Re:Apple to Launch 'Low-Cost' MacBook Series Next Year to Ri... by Wingman4l7 on Tuesday September 05, 2023 @02:10PM (#37395567)

I've never seen a disk connector failure, but I've constantly seen disk failures. Soldering your disk to your mainboard also makes the cost (and odds of failure) of data recovery much higher.

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