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@ 2022/08/26Expensive, pricey and not fit for the purpose -- Apple's repair programme is rubbish too
iFixit has rubbished Apple's latest "improvements" to its DIY repair programme so that it can heal borked MacBook Air and MacBook Pro laptops equipped with M1 chips (including the Pro and Max). The problem is that Apple has managed to make its gear even less repairable than ever before.
iFixit's Sam Goldheart writes that the new MacBook Pro guides "threw us for a loop." The issue: the documentation "makes MacBook Pros seem less repairable" than they have been in the past.
The repair manual for replacing the 14-inch MacBook Pro's battery, for example, is a whole 162 pages long. (One of the first steps, of course, is "Read the entire manual first.")
The reason the guide is so long, it turns out, is that replacing these batteries isn't just a matter of popping the battery out. A user needs to replace the entire top case and keyboard in order to replace the battery. It is unusual for a laptop battery replacement to require a full-computer teardown but it is pretty clear that Apple does not want users doing their own repairs.
iFixit has rubbished Apple's latest "improvements" to its DIY repair programme so that it can heal borked MacBook Air and MacBook Pro laptops equipped with M1 chips (including the Pro and Max). The problem is that Apple has managed to make its gear even less repairable than ever before.
iFixit's Sam Goldheart writes that the new MacBook Pro guides "threw us for a loop." The issue: the documentation "makes MacBook Pros seem less repairable" than they have been in the past.
The repair manual for replacing the 14-inch MacBook Pro's battery, for example, is a whole 162 pages long. (One of the first steps, of course, is "Read the entire manual first.")
The reason the guide is so long, it turns out, is that replacing these batteries isn't just a matter of popping the battery out. A user needs to replace the entire top case and keyboard in order to replace the battery. It is unusual for a laptop battery replacement to require a full-computer teardown but it is pretty clear that Apple does not want users doing their own repairs.
