I can’t say I’m disappointed - Apple’s approach to repairability is the same as their approach to sustainability: do just enough to make a nice snippet for the keynote and work behind the scenes to undermine all efforts to make things better. At least everything’s not glued down anymore.
Yes, it is, but batteries can be replaced very easily on a framework laptop. Apple has done an excellent job of switching to ARM applications; that's a fact.
If Framework doesn't allow other companies to make compatible/swappable modules for their Laptops, how are they really any different from Apple's "walled garden" approach ? Frankly, Framework is a novelty brand.
@@goobfilmcast4239 that thing is not released yet so we don't know if they haven't talked to other brands already. Plus it's dependent on whether ppl and other brands will like it first
If you're trying to say Framework 16" would be a competitor to the 15" MB Air, that's a really hot take. There are a plenty of excellent 15" Windows laptops already out there, and people will choose those over a MacBook Air if they don't mind Windows. This 15" Air is very much aimed at people who don't need the power of the Pros, but need the bigger display.
I have a 2012 MBA still humming along. On original battery, even. Well, technically I donated it to a friend when I upgraded to an M1 MBA when those launched, but it's still working and pretty much in daily (light) use.
This is a trillion dollar company we're talking about. They'll NEVER pass those manufacturing savings to their customers, let alone that ridiculously huge profit margins from memory and soldered SSD upgrades (and yes, Apple Tax. They love it.) You have to kneel to Tim Cook and their greedy investors at Apple before that happens.
The more compact the device, the more likely the teardown will be difficult. That said, I'd love to see iFixit always suggest ways that a design could be improved with minimal sacrifice. For example, how could the parts around the hinge assembly be rearranged to prevent trapping?
lol ifixit think they know everything if they know how to make everything perfect, why don't they do it them self then? waiting them to design and produce thair own devices? iffixit trash
@@siontheodorus1501 Industrial designers don't put extra effort into deliberately making something more difficult to repair. It's usually just the design that manages to accomplish the goal as cheaply as possible that wins out with assembly being the key cost concern. Making a design more repairable can be more time consuming and expensive. I'm not saying that's a good thing, just a reality of industrial design that's rooted in practicality, not malice.
@@soviut303 That's a bold claim to make about a company that straight up disables features arbitrarily if you replace an iPhone screen or battery with another original one...
@@fredrikcarlen3212 There's big a difference between a firmware checksum on a connected peripheral and changing the entire hardware layout to make it easier or harder to fix.
And you do not talk about serialization, when every part, including screen, track pad and angle sensor is paired to the specific T2 chip in the mother board
why they dont put a vapor chamber in it, when all this reviewers show the thermal messurements they never tell the room temperature wich is very important.
Looking forward to this one showing up in the workshop in the near future, though I do hope that I can acquire the boardview and schematics before then else it'll be a little bit of a drama to try fix them. Might have to buy one (or two) of these to get ahead of the game.
Hey ifixit or anyone else, I know this is a weird request but please do an in-depth video of how to align the home button on ipads, especially the ipad air 3rd gen. I have serious trouble with that.
Not to maintain the proper weight and heat and thinness. Or battery life. Now the Mini? Yeah they could add a lot compared to how much space their is. But here it kind of undermines the selling point of the air.
Really interesting video. At minute 1:31 we see a black component which seems a pad and it is over 4 screws that you pull off on minute 1:32 (one second after). Well, what is the black pad over the screws on minute 1:31?
I love the idea of a powerful fanless ARM laptop, they run really well (without much heat), and offer great battery life, and I really want one as my next computer. BUT I really don't like Apple, or anything that makes nearly unrepairable devices, so I'm still waiting for a normal laptop with an SOC like that, and by normal, I mean a computer that lets me install any OS and isn't that unrepairable.
I know there are some options, but they're still not as good as they should be, I don't need a very poweful computer, but the cureent alternatives to Apple, with ARM chips, are just a joke, the performance is terrible
If I understand, we have to tear everything to change the battery. Why Apple do this ? A battery is a known changing part every 3 years if you want to keep a productive and effective device. The samething with the MacMini Intel, tear everything to add RAM.
What about the heat spreader? M1 air have a metal one to soak up the heat. What about the M2 15 inch? Any improvements to how fast heat get dissipated? By law of physics it should improve but by how much.
Anything that has been assembled can be disassembled and repaired. The issue here is that Apple does not release parts to repair or even upgrade their laptops. Eventually the board schematic will show up. We still have to steal parts from another laptop to fix one.
I think this is true based off the M2 versions of the 14 and 16 inch MacBook Pro. The lid angle sensor is tied with the device serial number if I'm correct. I could be wrong.
Do ya'll still sell the 2014 13'' MacBook Pro battery still? Mine is getting pretty bad and would like to replace it soon. And if anyone in the comments has bought a battery from iFitit are they good quality?
I had used a 13 inch M2 Air, it didn't get hot even when video editing. It's if you starts pushing it for long periods of time where you will notice it warm up. (I can't confirm the last bit since I didn't push for a long period of time.)
Reviews so far on performance for long term load tests say: Yes. definite improvement. 10-minute load benchmarks put it about half way between the performance of the 13" m2 and the 14"mbp with a fan.
Why does the battery need to be glued, screwed in place and trapped under other components ? It's not going to try to escape 8 screws would have been enough.
Probably to protect key components in case of failure. When they go bad, the cells expand significantly. I imagine it’s to prevent damage to delicate board components long enough to get the issue noticed by the owner.
Great to see Apple secured everything with bolts this time - this is what you complained about in the iPads and Microsoft laptops. Regarding the fan, I would take 5% throttling over fan noise any day. Air 15 is not an “Apple Chromebook”, it is the Macbook Pro for people who don’t want the drawbacks of a Pro. Absolutely sufficient for software dev, and anything else without multi-hour 100% workloads that video editing has.
I feel the most of the reason why Apple products are so hard to repair is the insane amount of over engineering they do. All those brackets and components have overly complex design. It’s funny when Apple Software revolves around simplicity but hardware engineering is as complex as if comes. Framework to make a totally customizable and repairable laptop, had to simplify the design of the components and how it mounts in the chassis at the cost of durability from drops or impact.
Don't care about fast charging as it is likely to kill the battery sooner. Laptop built in speakers... will never match a decent pair of external speakers, so increasing the speaker count won't make much of a difference in such a small chassis. Batteries that are a pain to remove... are still a pain to remove. And soldered RAM/storage is a no go. 8GB is going to be filled up in next to no time! Ultimately I won't be buying this, or any modern Apple product.
I don’t pay thousands of dollars to fix my own computer. My MacBook Pro from 2015 has had no hardware issues and still works perfectly. I would also have AppleCare as well. Why would I buy the parts and use my own time fix a laptop when I can get Apple to repair it and if something goes wrong I’m not liable.
@@ethankeon8152 there is no problem as I’ve never had to have any devices repaired am would trust apple do it instead of me so if they stuff something I’m not liable
I have never had a MacBook fail on me. I’ve got 6 of them in my office dating back 2013 and they all still work fine. Apple doesn’t need to make repairable laptops. They need to keep making them the way they are.
@@dolurosu Yea… I’m not buying what you’re selling. Apple enjoys the highest Customer satisfaction ratings for a reason. They make the best laptops on Earth.
after 10 years I had to replace the battery of my glorious MacBook Pro 15 inch late 2013 retina display ... other that that it is still working like well for every day use and light photo editing.
@@ericmatthews8497if you don't believe him, may I ask why you think otherwise? Are you suggesting Apple can't make good laptops if they make it repairable (nevermind the fact that ThinkPads exists)?
Making them repairable doesn't have to make them less reliable, your comment doesn't make any sense. But since you seem to be so deep into their ecosystem, you're just tunnel visioned into thinking there is no other way
@@ij6708 Deep? I also have HEDT PC (24-core thread ripper RTX 3080) on a full custom cooling loop. The best accessory for a desktop PC is a MacBook. When I have maintenance to do on my PC, the MacBook has my back.
Times are changing. These things are ultra reliable with no moving parts (and no dust ingestion), and ultimately end up being recycled back into newer laptops at the end of their useful life. Like it or not, that’s the intent.
Reduce Reuse Recycle. There's a reason Recycle is the last R of 3R. To be able to upgrade, repair and replace parts easily still trumps efficient recycling in terms of time, energy used and especially co2 emissions. This is even more important in parts of the world where recycling infrastructures are not well developed. Oh and Apple will upcharge you a ton to add more storage and RAM cuz it's soldered on and there's no option for easy replacement.
@@rcollinge325 Every single business is profit oriented. The way that the laptop is built, with the ribbon cables and the overall design, reminds me of the iPhone internals.
@@JTech22 its not that bad, ok. But to put a notch on a laptop just because its an apple thing 🤓 I find this hard to understand, whats the point of it? Most than likely its marketing.
@@gurulo_rubelek In other videos I have watched, people think it’s mostly a way of recognizing it’s a Mac. Since now they removed the text from the front. Plus it’s allows for more screen area while stilling having a webcam.
I'm always amused by folks complaining about how hard it is to take apart a MacBook… Who cares if it's repairable or not… It's an appliance… There should be no user serviceable parts inside… Mark my words in the very near future Apple switch to a leasing models and all these issues of repairability will disappear
Well wen your appliance holds your important and confidential stored data, you care about estracting the harddrive and ways to recover the functioning parts, something that with that beituful appliance gets fried because of the lack of better cooling you will loose all your data.
@@devcybikoThere's no such thing as "cloud" storage. It's just someone else's computer, that's storing your data which is well, now not your data anymore
I can’t say I’m disappointed - Apple’s approach to repairability is the same as their approach to sustainability: do just enough to make a nice snippet for the keynote and work behind the scenes to undermine all efforts to make things better.
At least everything’s not glued down anymore.
Really appreciate the work and a video that goes straight to the point.
When the 16-inch framework laptop is released, I hope it will be a better choice for those who love big screens. What matters is the price.
Battery life will always be inferior
Yes, it is, but batteries can be replaced very easily on a framework laptop. Apple has done an excellent job of switching to ARM applications; that's a fact.
If Framework doesn't allow other companies to make compatible/swappable modules for their Laptops, how are they really any different from Apple's "walled garden" approach ? Frankly, Framework is a novelty brand.
@@goobfilmcast4239 that thing is not released yet so we don't know if they haven't talked to other brands already. Plus it's dependent on whether ppl and other brands will like it first
If you're trying to say Framework 16" would be a competitor to the 15" MB Air, that's a really hot take. There are a plenty of excellent 15" Windows laptops already out there, and people will choose those over a MacBook Air if they don't mind Windows. This 15" Air is very much aimed at people who don't need the power of the Pros, but need the bigger display.
I used my macbook air butterfly keyboard for nearly 5 years now. These machines last and still supported under Sonoma.
I had to replace keyboard 3 times. They didn’t charge money but it was a huge inconvenience.
Oh, they last alright, years
@@cat-.- I know. I don't know how I never had ZERO issues with it.
I have a 2012 MBA still humming along. On original battery, even. Well, technically I donated it to a friend when I upgraded to an M1 MBA when those launched, but it's still working and pretty much in daily (light) use.
@@mascot4950 Original battery!! Is it plugged in all the time? Can't see how it would have any battery life left.
When the SSD on my 2017 13inch MBP failed and they quoted me 1000+ because the entire motherboard had to be replaced. That was my last Mac laptop...
Thanks for such a concise, to-the-point video.
Wife and I just got 15" M2 Airs yesterday and so wanted to see the tear down...even though would be a pain to fix, I am loving the machine!
Deserves a way lower repairabilty score. Like 0/10 because of the convoluted disassembly procedure and parts pairing.
Nice to know..thank you for information and educating us
After getting a Framework, I watch these MacBook teardowns with a new sense of horror.
It doesn’t have to be this way!!!
If Apple was smart they would do what framework company is doing
@@NicVandEmZ it’s always funny to hear somebody say that they know better than a $3 trillion company how to make money.
@@uttherkunst3806 Yeah Apple isn't in business to gain kudos from nerds, they want money.
It's 4 mm thicker with way worse battery life, but the repairability is great. Mine is getting a mainboard upgrade later this year.
You guys are funny. Seriously.
This is a trillion dollar company we're talking about. They'll NEVER pass those manufacturing savings to their customers, let alone that ridiculously huge profit margins from memory and soldered SSD upgrades (and yes, Apple Tax. They love it.) You have to kneel to Tim Cook and their greedy investors at Apple before that happens.
0:25
_A surprise, to be sure, but a welcome one!_
That reference for Star Wars :D, well done iFixit :D
The more compact the device, the more likely the teardown will be difficult. That said, I'd love to see iFixit always suggest ways that a design could be improved with minimal sacrifice. For example, how could the parts around the hinge assembly be rearranged to prevent trapping?
lol ifixit think they know everything
if they know how to make everything perfect, why don't they do it them self then? waiting them to design and produce thair own devices? iffixit trash
nah... they make it this way just so that people can't repair it easily without breaking anyting
@@siontheodorus1501 Industrial designers don't put extra effort into deliberately making something more difficult to repair. It's usually just the design that manages to accomplish the goal as cheaply as possible that wins out with assembly being the key cost concern. Making a design more repairable can be more time consuming and expensive. I'm not saying that's a good thing, just a reality of industrial design that's rooted in practicality, not malice.
@@soviut303 That's a bold claim to make about a company that straight up disables features arbitrarily if you replace an iPhone screen or battery with another original one...
@@fredrikcarlen3212 There's big a difference between a firmware checksum on a connected peripheral and changing the entire hardware layout to make it easier or harder to fix.
And you do not talk about serialization, when every part, including screen, track pad and angle sensor is paired to the specific T2 chip in the mother board
There is no T2 chip on the m2 macbook air
If only Apple had collaborated with Framework to build a completely easy to repair and upgrade modular Macbook.
they will never do that, all they care is profit, and the "atleast it is there" repairability
why they dont put a vapor chamber in it, when all this reviewers show the thermal messurements they never tell the room temperature wich is very important.
Looking forward to this one showing up in the workshop in the near future, though I do hope that I can acquire the boardview and schematics before then else it'll be a little bit of a drama to try fix them.
Might have to buy one (or two) of these to get ahead of the game.
Those internals look so clean and pleasing.
Hey ifixit or anyone else, I know this is a weird request but please do an in-depth video of how to align the home button on ipads, especially the ipad air 3rd gen. I have serious trouble with that.
Well, at least the batteries easy to change
Love the intro
Seem there is more then enough room for apple to give user a, SD card slot, b, dual usb c (non thunderbolt) on the 3.5mm jack side of the machine
Not to maintain the proper weight and heat and thinness. Or battery life.
Now the Mini? Yeah they could add a lot compared to how much space their is. But here it kind of undermines the selling point of the air.
Such things cost money to add, this is the cheaper range.
@@TheBrozthey, a SD card version could be sell like more $100 USD ?
Heat killed all of the data on my MacBook Pro M1 Pro. Do the M3 Pro MacBook Pros still have that problem?
Im getting the Air 15 for sure. Was only eyeing the Pro 16 for the screen, not anymore.
The pro is for intense work, eg: heavy video editing, game engines, running many programs at once (like lots), gaming, etc
@8XUS Tech you mean lots of web browsing bcs that's what this is capable of .
@@Laciaty69 It can do alot more than just web browsing
Connectors here, connectors there, connectors everywhere! 🤪 Apple gone mad with this thing... 💀
Great video!
Really interesting video. At minute 1:31 we see a black component which seems a pad and it is over 4 screws that you pull off on minute 1:32 (one second after).
Well, what is the black pad over the screws on minute 1:31?
I love the idea of a powerful fanless ARM laptop, they run really well (without much heat), and offer great battery life, and I really want one as my next computer. BUT I really don't like Apple, or anything that makes nearly unrepairable devices, so I'm still waiting for a normal laptop with an SOC like that, and by normal, I mean a computer that lets me install any OS and isn't that unrepairable.
I know there are some options, but they're still not as good as they should be, I don't need a very poweful computer, but the cureent alternatives to Apple, with ARM chips, are just a joke, the performance is terrible
@@WolfiiDog13 And isn't the software support still terrible for most ARM systems?
If I understand, we have to tear everything to change the battery. Why Apple do this ? A battery is a known changing part every 3 years if you want to keep a productive and effective device. The samething with the MacMini Intel, tear everything to add RAM.
Idk anything about repair and structure of laptops, but it wouldn’t cost apple much to just move the battery to the top in the next lineup
They probably optimized the layout for build quality and use of volume. Repairability isn't high on their priorities
Awesome & Thanks :)
idk if id call this heavy tbh. Used multiple 15" laptops and this is by far the lightest ive ever held.
How do you think a macbook air 15" would work on an m2 max/ultra processor?
Heat spreader is too thin and too small
What about the heat spreader?
M1 air have a metal one to soak up the heat. What about the M2 15 inch?
Any improvements to how fast heat get dissipated? By law of physics it should improve but by how much.
Cinebench suggests it is still throttling.
Laughable when iFixit is calling it “heavy” - calm down
Anything that has been assembled can be disassembled and repaired. The issue here is that Apple does not release parts to repair or even upgrade their laptops. Eventually the board schematic will show up. We still have to steal parts from another laptop to fix one.
I need more ports😂
Iam your biggest fan!!
So what your really saying is that it’s an apple product.
Looks to be well built !!!
Too many connectors. Connectors are not cheap and are not a fast insertion. Looks like trouble to me.
Must be why macbooks last for years
Please do a teardown of the Dell G15 gaming laptop
I don't like sand.
I heard Apple is now locking MacBook screens to the motherboard like their phones. Could you please confirm this?
I think this is true based off the M2 versions of the 14 and 16 inch MacBook Pro. The lid angle sensor is tied with the device serial number if I'm correct. I could be wrong.
Do ya'll still sell the 2014 13'' MacBook Pro battery still? Mine is getting pretty bad and would like to replace it soon. And if anyone in the comments has bought a battery from iFitit are they good quality?
how to tight the hinges of MacBook Air m2
So in other words dont get it? Cause 102°f is wild on lap
Only hot thing you want on a lap is a hot woman
It’s built for short-burst performance. Definitely do not get this if you plan on maxing it out continuously.
I had used a 13 inch M2 Air, it didn't get hot even when video editing. It's if you starts pushing it for long periods of time where you will notice it warm up. (I can't confirm the last bit since I didn't push for a long period of time.)
@@JTech22 I have one and this is the case. The only gaming I use on it are PS2 and Gamecube emulation and they work very well on the Macbook
Is the heatsink any better than the 13inch model? 1:58
Reviews so far on performance for long term load tests say: Yes. definite improvement. 10-minute load benchmarks put it about half way between the performance of the 13" m2 and the 14"mbp with a fan.
*I predict a day that apple makes a gaming PC and pricing it 4,999$ for limited time and you can only play Fortnite on it*
Nah, Epic Games hates them. Which is fine by me, cuz I hate them as well.
@@falcontomtotim sweeny uses iPhone.
And then 500$ for addition of each game.
@@pooriakhosravi9415Many use Iphones
@@pooriakhosravi9415you can use a product but also hate it.
what the hell is a force cancelling woofer
It's a type of speaker, mostly for bass.
Where two of the same bass speakers are facing opposite directions. This cancels out vibrations making the sound deeper and have less distortion.
@@user-st4gj2sw9t Thanks for the info! I I didn’t know the full extent myself, so good to know.
Why does the battery need to be glued, screwed in place and trapped under other components ?
It's not going to try to escape 8 screws would have been enough.
Probably to protect key components in case of failure. When they go bad, the cells expand significantly. I imagine it’s to prevent damage to delicate board components long enough to get the issue noticed by the owner.
Wow! Amazing Teardown. Hoping For A Higher Score. But Still!
its apple, they have a snowball's chance in hell of making their shit a matter of 'broken shit out, working shit in'
What’s the song name?
Heavy???😂
I like semiconductors
Great to see Apple secured everything with bolts this time - this is what you complained about in the iPads and Microsoft laptops. Regarding the fan, I would take 5% throttling over fan noise any day.
Air 15 is not an “Apple Chromebook”, it is the Macbook Pro for people who don’t want the drawbacks of a Pro. Absolutely sufficient for software dev, and anything else without multi-hour 100% workloads that video editing has.
I feel the most of the reason why Apple products are so hard to repair is the insane amount of over engineering they do. All those brackets and components have overly complex design. It’s funny when Apple Software revolves around simplicity but hardware engineering is as complex as if comes. Framework to make a totally customizable and repairable laptop, had to simplify the design of the components and how it mounts in the chassis at the cost of durability from drops or impact.
Everytime when I watch your videos or have a look at your repairdirections I wonder why your workstation or yourself aren’t ESD safe🤔
Unless they’re in a particularly dry location, the risk of ESD causing damage during a teardown is very low.
I feel like it's a tablet in a fully laptop body, every piece inside
Don't care about fast charging as it is likely to kill the battery sooner.
Laptop built in speakers... will never match a decent pair of external speakers, so increasing the speaker count won't make much of a difference in such a small chassis.
Batteries that are a pain to remove... are still a pain to remove.
And soldered RAM/storage is a no go. 8GB is going to be filled up in next to no time!
Ultimately I won't be buying this, or any modern Apple product.
Oh no, anyway...
The first and second points are both false, and I can tell because you haven't heard the speakers on this laptop and I'm sitting in front of it.
I gotta say the speakers sound pretty good
I don’t pay thousands of dollars to fix my own computer. My MacBook Pro from 2015 has had no hardware issues and still works perfectly. I would also have AppleCare as well. Why would I buy the parts and use my own time fix a laptop when I can get Apple to repair it and if something goes wrong I’m not liable.
Ignorant to the problem
@@ethankeon8152 there is no problem as I’ve never had to have any devices repaired am would trust apple do it instead of me so if they stuff something I’m not liable
oh they should have more connector so you can replace individual parts,
(next video) oh there are too many connectors....
trash. no ssd or ram upgrade? Nop
Your video clip is the answer to the question why do you purchase AppleCare.
another disappointment from apple on the repairability front
I have never had a MacBook fail on me. I’ve got 6 of them in my office dating back 2013 and they all still work fine. Apple doesn’t need to make repairable laptops. They need to keep making them the way they are.
@@dolurosu Yea… I’m not buying what you’re selling. Apple enjoys the highest Customer satisfaction ratings for a reason. They make
the best laptops on Earth.
after 10 years I had to replace the battery of my glorious MacBook Pro 15 inch late 2013 retina display ... other that that it is still working like well for every day use and light photo editing.
@@ericmatthews8497if you don't believe him, may I ask why you think otherwise? Are you suggesting Apple can't make good laptops if they make it repairable (nevermind the fact that ThinkPads exists)?
Making them repairable doesn't have to make them less reliable, your comment doesn't make any sense. But since you seem to be so deep into their ecosystem, you're just tunnel visioned into thinking there is no other way
@@ij6708 Deep? I also have HEDT PC (24-core thread ripper RTX 3080) on a full custom cooling loop. The best accessory for a desktop PC is a MacBook. When I have maintenance to do on my PC, the MacBook has my back.
Times are changing. These things are ultra reliable with no moving parts (and no dust ingestion), and ultimately end up being recycled back into newer laptops at the end of their useful life. Like it or not, that’s the intent.
Recycled into newer laptops? How?
@@SoilentGr33n the aluminum is melted down and reused to make new chassis.
Reduce Reuse Recycle. There's a reason Recycle is the last R of 3R.
To be able to upgrade, repair and replace parts easily still trumps efficient recycling in terms of time, energy used and especially co2 emissions. This is even more important in parts of the world where recycling infrastructures are not well developed.
Oh and Apple will upcharge you a ton to add more storage and RAM cuz it's soldered on and there's no option for easy replacement.
All those useless beauty covers are symbolic of Apple's ego and their doubling down of anti consumer attitude.....
That thing is built like an iPhone. Wtf 😂😂😂
What do you expect for a Apple product. Profit is their main goal.
@@rcollinge325 Every single business is profit oriented. The way that the laptop is built, with the ribbon cables and the overall design, reminds me of the iPhone internals.
0:25 bro💀
Ooooo
'PromoSM'
Ah leave it to ifixit to bash Apple yet make good money on their product videos. So predictable.
What a great idea is to put a notch on the laptop screen 😂😂😂
Most users don’t even notice it.
@@davidjacobs6244 yeah right 🤣
It's not that bad, I use a 14 inch Pro on the daily and it don't bother me. I feel like it gives the Mac a modern look, but hey that's me.
@@JTech22 its not that bad, ok. But to put a notch on a laptop just because its an apple thing 🤓 I find this hard to understand, whats the point of it? Most than likely its marketing.
@@gurulo_rubelek In other videos I have watched, people think it’s mostly a way of recognizing it’s a Mac. Since now they removed the text from the front. Plus it’s allows for more screen area while stilling having a webcam.
First 🎉🎉😊
nobody cares
Last.
Was the ironic sexism really neccessary, sir?
I'm always amused by folks complaining about how hard it is to take apart a MacBook… Who cares if it's repairable or not… It's an appliance… There should be no user serviceable parts inside… Mark my words in the very near future Apple switch to a leasing models and all these issues of repairability will disappear
Well wen your appliance holds your important and confidential stored data, you care about estracting the harddrive and ways to recover the functioning parts, something that with that beituful appliance gets fried because of the lack of better cooling you will loose all your data.
@@Redwill encryption and cloud storage are your friends. also external storage
You sound like the type of guy who can't even replace a light bulb or a filter of a kitchen hood just because it's an "appliance"
@@devcybikoThere's no such thing as "cloud" storage. It's just someone else's computer, that's storing your data which is well, now not your data anymore