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Here's one for a similar vintage MacBook Pro, which is similar: http://manuals-apple.9manuals.com/a38175/686191APL.pdf http://manuals-apple.9manuals.com/a38175

Here's one for a similar vintage MacBook Pro, which is similar: http://manuals-apple.9manuals.com/a38175/686191APL.pdf http://manuals-apple.9manuals.com/a38175/686191APL.pdf (Hope the link works for anyone interested) Then there's the service manual for the first edition ipad: http://manuals-apple.9manuals.com/a38175/380639APL.pdf http://manuals-apple.9manuals.com/a38175/380639APL.pdf Where they describe the sim tray as the only user serviceable part. FWIW, I have both of these devices and they both work still work fine...

Joeri 9y ago
I also have a first gen ipad, but I wouldn't say it works fine. Everything that involves a network connection is broken in some way. Browsing popular websites is impossible, the app store is so broken as to be unnavigable, and almost no apps still support it anyway. At this point it's used for (an old version of) netflix and a few old games because it can't do anything else. Because of the way apple has locked it down, the software on it can't be replaced with something less broken, even though hardware-wise it is basically a raspberry pi with a touchscreen.
posguy 9y ago
Note how Apple hosts neither of those manuals? Apple doesn't care if their products are user serviceable at all, and has repeatedly shown malice towards the repair industry or long lived products at all. Louis Rossmann talking about how Apple devices are designed to fail: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfrYOWlKJ_g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfrYOWlKJ_g Also, my iPad 2 broke down after a year and a half. Not buying Apple again!
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- yladiz 9y ago
  Of course this is anecdotal, but I know people who, even up to one or two years ago, were still using the white plastic MacBook and a lot of people who still use the MacBook with the internal disk drive. I also know many people who have old iPhone 5/5s that still function very well, besides being slow. I think it would be great if Apple designed their products to be user serviceable so if something like a screen breaks all you have to do is buy the screen and repair it yourself instead of sending to a repair store, but I definitely don't agree that Apple designs their products to fail.

Joeri 9y ago

I also have a first gen ipad, but I wouldn't say it works fine. Everything that involves a network connection is broken in some way. Browsing popular websites is impossible, the app store is so broken as to be unnavigable, and almost no apps still support it anyway. At this point it's used for (an old version of) netflix and a few old games because it can't do anything else. Because of the way apple has locked it down, the software on it can't be replaced with something less broken, even though hardware-wise it is basically a raspberry pi with a touchscreen.

posguy 9y ago

Note how Apple hosts neither of those manuals? Apple doesn't care if their products are user serviceable at all, and has repeatedly shown malice towards the repair industry or long lived products at all. Louis Rossmann talking about how Apple devices are designed to fail: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfrYOWlKJ_g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfrYOWlKJ_g Also, my iPad 2 broke down after a year and a half. Not buying Apple again!

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yladiz 9y ago
Of course this is anecdotal, but I know people who, even up to one or two years ago, were still using the white plastic MacBook and a lot of people who still use the MacBook with the internal disk drive. I also know many people who have old iPhone 5/5s that still function very well, besides being slow. I think it would be great if Apple designed their products to be user serviceable so if something like a screen breaks all you have to do is buy the screen and repair it yourself instead of sending to a repair store, but I definitely don't agree that Apple designs their products to fail.