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This is a great first step but this needs to go further.. Case in point- I just replaced a 2018 Macbook pro 15 (i9/32g/1t - top model) with a new Macbook pro 1

This is a great first step but this needs to go further.. Case in point- I just replaced a 2018 Macbook pro 15 (i9/32g/1t - top model) with a new Macbook pro 16, the reason? it just died (apparently due to connecting a bad USB-C cable), this is the second time this happened to this laptop, the first time was under warranty and they had the motherboard replaced. Actually, when I say "motherboard replaced" I mean motherboard+memory+CPU+HDD !!!! because it's all soldered on-top of the motherboard, so I have to pay as much as a new laptop to replace it if either one of these component dies.....

neop1x 5y ago
This is getting pretty common with new Macbooks. Stop buying this proprietary piece of junk. It can stop working randomly for no reason (literaly; one day it won't start and won't charge, not a single beep). There are lots of proprietary chips with their custom firmware and any of those can go bad or decide to dislike your usb-c charger and only apple or those with years of experience with behaviour of each model and access to stolen schematics and spare chips desoldered from doner boards can diagnose and fix it. The display flex cable can break by just opening and closing the lid every day and you lose video or backlight, fixing just the flex is so tedious that they often replace the whole display assembly which is custom made by apple and costs half the price of the laptop. Same if LCD cracks. If keyboard wears down you need to replace the whole keyboard assembly. And the battery is glued and difficult to replace. If you compare that with a HP Elitebook laptop, it is a completely different universe. It is not uglier or bulkier and yet the keyboard is replaceable in minutes, held by screws, flash is in the slot, power rails are nicely visible, chips often with publicly available datasheets, battery easy to replace or measure, LCD panel has a standard size and eDP connector and you can even pick a different brand and it will work just fine.

neop1x 5y ago

This is getting pretty common with new Macbooks. Stop buying this proprietary piece of junk. It can stop working randomly for no reason (literaly; one day it won't start and won't charge, not a single beep). There are lots of proprietary chips with their custom firmware and any of those can go bad or decide to dislike your usb-c charger and only apple or those with years of experience with behaviour of each model and access to stolen schematics and spare chips desoldered from doner boards can diagnose and fix it. The display flex cable can break by just opening and closing the lid every day and you lose video or backlight, fixing just the flex is so tedious that they often replace the whole display assembly which is custom made by apple and costs half the price of the laptop. Same if LCD cracks. If keyboard wears down you need to replace the whole keyboard assembly. And the battery is glued and difficult to replace. If you compare that with a HP Elitebook laptop, it is a completely different universe. It is not uglier or bulkier and yet the keyboard is replaceable in minutes, held by screws, flash is in the slot, power rails are nicely visible, chips often with publicly available datasheets, battery easy to replace or measure, LCD panel has a standard size and eDP connector and you can even pick a different brand and it will work just fine.