iFixit Not Impressed with Apple 15-inch MacBook Air Repairability

[enb141]

You both miss my point entirely. The original premise was that anyone who uses an Apple product doesn't care about the environment or repairability. It's an arrogant and inflammatory statement, and you're simply doubling down on it. I don't insult you for your buying choices, so why are you insulting me for mine? Are you actually trying to make a convincing argument, or do you just want to feel good about yourselves? Last I checked, Microsoft obsoleted a crap-ton of perfectly good hardware with Windows 11, but we don't believe that everyone who buys a Windows machine loves everything Microsoft does, do we? None of these companies care like we think they do. I'm not defending Apple. I agree that their current hardware path has closed the door on repairability and even more importantly, upgradability. Things like the Mac mini are small and use little power, but it would be an even better product if they made higher base configs than a paltry 8GB/256GB. Go visit a place like Macrumors, and you will find a lot of Apple customers who have the same stance. It's a very tired argument that all of Apple customers love everything the company does. They are often Apple's harshest critics.

In macrumors forum, people there say that macs are the best computers for almost all people

 

[lemonadesoda]

For me, more important than "self repair" would be longer warranty period. And ability to upgrade RAM and/or SSD/NVME. Although I fully understand that problems in trying to implement this:
- damage to phones and laptops is predominantly a user care issue rather than failure of the components on the device itself
- in a modern slimline laptop the current SODIMM connectors and NVME connectors are too fat/cumbersome to make this feasible without significant laptop physical size compromise
So perhaps less price gouging on the higher RAM and storage options? Not likely - because the lower spec series are to bait, and the higher spec devices is where the companies make their profit.

So I'll just have to hope for longer warranties - and the consequence of that - manufacturers making their devices as robust as possible.

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Regarding Apple products

The devices that have lasted the longest in our family are Apple products. No kidding. We have working early generation ipads and macbooks that get handed down and are fully working, perhaps slightly shorter battery life, but not a bad thing when you want to limit how much time the kids spend goofing. And laptops stay on a desk plugged in most of the time. Everyone's usage scenarios are different.

So I don't agree with all this Apple hate on this forum. In my opinion their hardware is some of the best for the physical format. However, Apple is more expensive and Apple runs iOS/OSX and that is a choice you have to make. I am not a fan of OSX at all, I prefer Windows. And all the management control I have over it and the applications I run. But then I was weened on Windows, and find W10/11 frustrating and have to spend a lot of time making configuration changes and downloading utilities to help me do that. And STILL the damn thing tries to shit me down for autoupgrades whereas Apples doesnt do that.

For grandparents or children just using a browser, email, youtube, I would recommend an Apple product over anything else. It is a better physical product, quicker to install, requires less (re-)configuration, and I can help them via my PC using nomachine.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Just like cell phones today, throwables, planned obsolescence

Exactly. They're effective garbage waiting to be thrown away.