The latest Apple news is about the review regarding the new MacBook reparability. There has been no secret regarding the fact that Apple does not consider anything when it comes to the device reparability on the basis of “do it yourself” phenomenon. However some of the devices belonging to the company such as iPhones, tablets are considered to be friendlier than the others. The latest MacBook that has been launched is said to be the decidedly on the unfriendly aspect of the scale. A company, iFixit has unveiled the step by step teardown, which is apparently exhaustive, of the new MacBook with almost visible frustration. According to the company, “It’s like they took note of iFixit’s reparability scale, and actually tried to hit zero.”
That shows how frustrated the iFixit team seems. The detailed teardown has been made available on the company’s website but it is not a pleasant read for anyone who is fond of replacing the broken hardware in the devices by themselves. The standard Apple features are retained in the new machine which includes the batteries that are glued down and etc. The entire machine has been designed using, “futuristic pegs and weird spring clips.”
Also there are some aspects where Apple has been complemented such as the motherboard is called “lovely” as the hardware designers at Apple had done a creative and mind boggling job when it comes to squeezing the entire apparatus in tiny chassis, as reported by Apple news. However all of the squeezing has come with a high cost. Cable connections that are fragile, cable routing which is odd and glue abound when it comes to its configuration.
The battery has faced some criticism as well; every battery cell has been glued down firmly, even the center one. The entire keyboard has accommodated 83 pentalobe screws for being screwed down, astonishingly. Also the individual key can relatively be replaced easily, but if you wish to replace the entire keyboard circuit board, welcome to the nightmare.
There is no RAM upgrade option, happening for a while now though. There is incredibly difficult to replace USB-C connector along with it.
One major reason for hard to replace hardware could be the company’s idea behind forcing the users deliberately to change the machines and devices every year or so in order to be updated. If the hardware becomes easily replaceable, what is the need of new MacBook anyway? This seems quite a strategy and maybe it hooks the end users to the company, however it can annoy a few techy users as well.
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