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I love how Apple is finally shooting itself in the foot by the atrocious repairability of their devices. The keyboard in the A1706/7/8 MBP is extremely time-con
by sophistication 8y ago
I love how Apple is finally shooting itself in the foot by the atrocious repairability of their devices. The keyboard in the A1706/7/8 MBP is extremely time-consuming to replace because you need to get your dremel tool out and undo an umpteen of tiny bolts and then replace them with tiny screws as this video demonstrates: https://youtu.be/YMueATtTcQg?t=879 https://youtu.be/YMueATtTcQg?t=879
In previous models, you could at least simply rip the keyboard out like this (which was of course an imposition as well): https://youtu.be/2PyhbiwUkE0?t=1229 https://youtu.be/2PyhbiwUkE0?t=1229
Imagine if the keyboard was simply screwed on in the first place. The keyboard plate would maybe need to be 1 mm thicker, making the entire device thicker by as much, but an AASP worker could simply replace the thing in a 5 minute job (instead of 2 hours, i.e. never).
PS: Could someone vouch me. HN thinks I'm a bot.