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Not much, actually. But you have to keep in mind that adding anything extra to something that is going to be massively produced cuts into margins quite noticeab

Not much, actually. But you have to keep in mind that adding anything extra to something that is going to be massively produced cuts into margins quite noticeably. Mass manufacturing is a relentless exercise of cutting corners and this is not the only place where Apple did that. It's just the place where they cut one too many. As mentioned in other comments here Apple products may be designed to look "sexy", but from "where do we cut the costs" point of view it is no different from Dell or Lenovo. In fact, from this article it seems like both quality and serviceability of Apple products are definitely worse, and unless the looks and thinness are #1 and #2 considerations in a laptop -- you shouldn't buy Apple.

stephen_g 8y ago
"Cutting corners" is the wrong term. Systems engineering is all about compromises, and there's a whole lot more driving these decisions than a lot of the simplistic analysis in the comments here. And at the end of the day, Apple's systems engineering is generally pretty top notch. There was a design fault here, and that happens. I'm sure they'll replace any affected displays free of charge, and roll a fix for the assembly into production in the next couple of weeks. But in general, if you've ever compared a teardown of an Apple product with something from other manufacturers, there is often a pretty clear difference between them. I'm always very impressed (as somebody who only gets to design very low volume, high margin products).