Sorry late to the party ;-}
Apples obsession with Thin is a big factor here! And you can thank Jony Ive as that was his vision that just went too far!
While I understand why we lost expandability & serviceability over the generations of Mac laptops. It’s still surprises me the top of the line would be so throw-a-way. Lack of imagination within the engineering group is the key issue.
With so much money Apple could have invented a new class of RAM for laptops! Just look at the A series SOC chip Apple designed for the iPhones. You mean none of this tech couldn’t have been used to create a smaller form factor removable RAM module?
I have a split view with the storage dilemma. Apple did make an effort to create a still faster storage solution with the T2 and raw flash chips. Which I do think was a good move! But!!! Lacking any expansion just blows my mind!
So I agree! Apple’s direction is very flawed with the top of the line models.
Now lets talk about serviceability! As Apple really stepped in it them selves with the butterfly keyboards failing and having to throw away these systems as the cost and complexity of replacing the keyboards under warranty really hit their bottomline! While we’ll likely never know the true extent of the costs to Apple we can see this series of systems will be a weight on the necks of the buyers of these systems once the service program ends. So the lifespan of these systems is shortened quite heavily!
Apple needs to get back to a good system design within the laptop & Desktop systems that is easily serviceable. Not just for us but for them as well! No riveted parts, minimize the use of glue focus on consistent screws (head & shape) minimize the use of different versions of the same part of mature parts.
Phones and tablets also needs better design but they have limitations given their size. But Apple could still do better with the basics Battery, screen and case should all be more serviceable from the onset.
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by iRobot
kyledavidwilke you already answered this yourself "they would have done this outside of just greed" is absolutely one of the main reasons for this
by oldturkey03