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From TFA: > Self Service Repair for MacBook Air and MacBook Pro offers more than a dozen different repair types for each model, including the display, top case

by M4v3R 4y ago

From TFA: > Self Service Repair for MacBook Air and MacBook Pro offers more than a dozen different repair types for each model, including the display, top case with battery, and trackpad, with more to come So you can purchase the whole display assembly, top case (so basically the whole computer except the display assembly) and trackpads separately. Buying these parts in most cases will not be cost-effective and it's just pure waste to offer them instead offering components more granularly. So yeah, I fully expect Louis to roast this and he will be right.

vehemenz 4y ago
A lot of people seem to think Apple purposely made the components less modular for profit purposes, but I think the bigger reason is that Apple took was limited by the tolerances of the case design and took shortcuts with the component assembly to make manufacturing/QA cheaper.
- goosedragons 4y ago
  Why not both? They certainly aren't pricing RAM and SSD upgrades from the goodness of their hearts. And I do wonder if continually making the base models have sub-par amounts of SSD and storage for the price gets people to upgrade the entire machine earlier. Doesn't help that you can't easily get a 1TB MBA either, that BTO, but you can pay an extra $1000 and get a 1TB 14" MBP right now.
  - vehemenz 4y ago
    Of course. That's why I said "the bigger reason" instead of "the only reason."
- widowlark 4y ago
  they designed the case
ben-schaaf 4y ago
> Buying these parts in most cases will not be cost-effective Apple also requires a serial number when purchasing these parts and the parts are paired to the device. So even if you wanted to start a repair shop that just replaces those parts you can't stock or even install them.
- CarVac 4y ago
  And you can't harvest parts from a dead device.
  - userbinator 4y ago
    So much for Apple being "environmentally friendly"... As the saying goes, "reuse comes before recycle".

by M4v3R 4y ago

vehemenz 4y ago

A lot of people seem to think Apple purposely made the components less modular for profit purposes, but I think the bigger reason is that Apple took was limited by the tolerances of the case design and took shortcuts with the component assembly to make manufacturing/QA cheaper.

goosedragons 4y ago
Why not both? They certainly aren't pricing RAM and SSD upgrades from the goodness of their hearts. And I do wonder if continually making the base models have sub-par amounts of SSD and storage for the price gets people to upgrade the entire machine earlier. Doesn't help that you can't easily get a 1TB MBA either, that BTO, but you can pay an extra $1000 and get a 1TB 14" MBP right now.
- vehemenz 4y ago
  Of course. That's why I said "the bigger reason" instead of "the only reason."
widowlark 4y ago
they designed the case

ben-schaaf 4y ago

> Buying these parts in most cases will not be cost-effective Apple also requires a serial number when purchasing these parts and the parts are paired to the device. So even if you wanted to start a repair shop that just replaces those parts you can't stock or even install them.

CarVac 4y ago
And you can't harvest parts from a dead device.
- userbinator 4y ago
  So much for Apple being "environmentally friendly"... As the saying goes, "reuse comes before recycle".