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Jony Ive, iPhone designer, announces Apple departure
Wow! So there is hope we will see better serviceable designs!
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They hit a home run with the non Unibody MBP in terms of serviceability - we haven’t seen anything like that since 2012.
Maybe we’ll see an rMBP with the old chassis, real ports, a standard NVMe SSD or T2/NVMe configurations and the upgradeability we lost when Apple decided thin was in with the “thin” rMBP.
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Are you kidding @nick ?
The newer 2016 onward systems are basically Throw-Away's Very expensive throw-aways for sure!
Repairing these systems is very costly even by Apple! They where not designed for service just modular replacement.
● Have a bad keyboard you'll need to replace the complete uppercase Bam! That will set you back $800.
● Oh you have a bad display cable sorry you'll need a complete display Bam! That will set you back $700.
● Have a RAM, drive or WiFi/Bluetooth problem Bam! That will cost you $800 to $1200 for a new logic board!
There is a balance point within design and Apple pushed it way too far. So many people are being blindsided when they discover how expensive these systems are to fix. Anyone buying a new Apple system is a fool if they haven't taken out an AppleCare+ service contract. As much as I hate saying that as it just give Apple more business at least if the person has a problem its a lot cheaper!
There was a point in our society we didn't need to buy insurance as the costs of repair was reasonable. Today it's very difficult not to pay for it.
From car, health & finical services all demand it! Even my dogs have it!
I'm just glad I drew the line at the classic rMBP (2012-2015) and called it there. The new ones are even worse.
The 2016-present makes it look good (which is genuinely surprising), but I'm still reluctant with those.