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MBP are not really friendly to this. For example keyboard is rivetted, so replacing requires drilling and threading 50 tiny screws...
by ali7388 4y ago
MBP are not really friendly to this. For example keyboard is rivetted, so replacing requires drilling and threading 50 tiny screws...
- monetus 4y agoThink there is some sort of advantage they had by doing that rather than say, four screws at the ends of the PCB? Damage resistance? - Trying not to believe planned obsolescence was the priority.
- chis 4y agoWould guess that it helps with keyboard flex. And rivets are cheaper than screws.
- ali7388 4y agoIt is lighter and more robust. Screws may come loose.
- toast0 4y agoRivets come loose too; but they're a lot harder to retighten.
- Brian_K_White 4y agoWhen I spilled a drink on my Framework and ordered a new keyboard, I discovered it had 3 mis-aligned screws in the keyboard from the factory. Like either a hole was punched wrong or a screw was rammed in off center. The holes and threads are all messed up and impossible to tighen those screws. 3 out of 60 or more. Never knew there was anything wrong from the outside but I can't imagine wouldn't have worked loose over more time if I hadn't happened to have a reason to uncover them in the first year. I love that I was able to replace a keyboard, but 3 out of 60 is a pretty bad rate.
- djaychela 4y agoThe 2012 era ones are screwed in place (I didn't know this until this weekend when I took one apart to that level). I've never known one come loose, and a properly torqued screw will never be a problem in this situation.
- loa_in_ 4y agoI imagine more effective and faster assembly at production.
- djaychela 4y agoThey're cheaper to make this way. It's not 4 screws in the earlier models, it's more like 100. Fitting those, even with a special mechanism will be more time consuming and problematic than riveting. They don't care about repair. They are optimising solely for manufacturing.