That discussion is nothing more than a forum post, as much anecdotal as something posted to reddit. Whoever told him the top case had to be replaced is in error; the battery is glued to the top case, but with special adhesive that releases when pulled (like a strip of tape). iFixit calls this a “moderate” on it’s scale of difficulty.
It is glued, but designed to be replaced.
You “apple haters” are just as dogmatic as fanboys, but you act superior because of it.
Don’t know where you’re getting either of those criticisms. You most certainly don’t need to replace the topcase when replacing the battery in any modern apple laptop, and the pairing of the LAS is for calibration purposes.
Insofar as there’s no ethical consumerism under capitalism, I agree. Is Apple better than most or as good as they say? Hardly. But don’t act like you’re some ethical tech warrior because you avoid Apple hardware.
Now, we can have a serious dissuasion about the questionable-to-downright-wrong decisions Apple (the business) is making, and I would think we are 100% aligned on that. I cannot wait until Cook is gone when maybe some sanity can return. Any criticisms of how they’re handling the App Store, their bending of the knee to Trump, and/or the sneaky upsells they’re including in the OS and default apps are fully shared.
Now that the neo has been announced at $499 for students with twice the storage of your example, care to reevaluate the overall value differences?
People who buy Apple buy the whole package, not only specs.
here’s a whole ass laptop for $360
You’re absolutely right, that is an ass laptop.
No doubt. In response to such a joke, boomers would take credit for a time when the military was successful. My reply is an attempt to preemptively take the wind out of their sails.
I don’t think Vietnam is views as easy nor was it successful.
Funny, works for my wife too. And I consider her speaking to me to be the ‘pro.’
If this is the way forward, I’d very reluctantly accept some central organization (Apple, Google) to provide a Boolean isOfAge = true that you can use across the web. To be clear, I don’t like this either, but it’s just barely more stomachable than providing my ID to every fly-by-night poorly-secured website.
Inconvenient ≠ impossible.
The answer (IMO) isn’t to succumb to their demands, it’s to cease using their platform. I promise you, you can do without Facebook (or insert any other problematic platform).
Besides, it’s not like age gating is going to prevent children from getting on under their parents ID. My kid has been trying for months to get us to use our IDs to get them full access to Roblox. My spouse might cave but for my annoying and stubborn insistence that that’s a line we do not cross.
While I think your intent is fine, there’s no way I’d trust a for-profit company– Facebook no less– to be the gatekeeper. Their priority is and will always be to wring every possible cent out of your data/privacy. That it might align with children’s safety is coincidental at best, and in any case temporary.
Genuinely curious, why do you think this is a good thing?
Thank you for that. I love it. But can I ask why paint a bright color? I would think flat black is what the current environment calls for.
As an aside, I’ve been toying with the following idea:
I like to refurbish bicycles for my own use. The idea I’ve had is to buy cheap Facebook marketplace / Craigslist bikes, disassemble, grind off the serial, and paint in a uniform and non identifiable (or at least less so) and reassemble, replacing wear parts. Put them into the community to use however they see fit, cheap enough to ditch without caring.
Perhaps. I guess my point is they no longer are as out-of-line with the rest of the market. Comment meant as a backhanded “compliment” toward Apple.
Apple over here not raising their RAM prices because they’ve always been massively and unjustifiably inflated. Now, they’re no longer unjustifiably inflated.
This particular sleaze is definitely male perpetuated and worth calling out. But shittiness knows no gender (or age or ethnicity for that matter.)
To paraphrase Homer Simpson:
“…the cause of, and solution to, all life’s problems.”
That chassis hasn’t been for sale for 4 years, so judge repairability on what they sell now. And regardless of sourcing it from Apple or not, you can easily source the battery.