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Did EU 'right to repair' law force Apple to make a repairable MacBook (Neo)?
- VERIRoot 7mo agoApple will surely have a good but legal-illegal walkaround on this.
- giuliomagnifico 7mo agoUhm i don’t understand, the MacBook Neo is really more reparable than other MacBooks, so yes the European law helped. Is what the article says
- znpy 7mo agoI tend to agree but we have to see how this (repairabiliy, i mean) happens in practice. What if replacement parts are super expensive? Like a 200$ battery for a $600 laptop? Is it really repairable then? Will compatible parts be allowed? There are a bunch of tricks to prevent unofficial parts from working…
- giuliomagnifico 7mo agoAt least it can be easily disassembled, compared to other Apple products. Then the third party components will be available for cheaper prices than Apple.
- Someone 7mo agoFTA: “When the policy floor was raised, Apple’s engineers didn’t quit; they innovated” “Apple always knew how to build a repairable laptop; they simply lacked the business reason to apply that knowledge.” So, which is it? Time will tell, but I also think the claim “With the Neo, Apple is experimenting with a tiered compliance strategy. The $599 model demonstratively meets and fulfills the letter and spirit of the law to satisfy regulators, while the $2,499 MacBook Pro remains ‘black box’ for professionals” is bogus. Yes, there isn’t a repairable MacBook Pro yet, but I bet their next product refresh will be repairable.