How Apple Used to Design Its Laptops for Repairability
14 points by msangi
14 points by msangi
Ah, the 2012 MacBook Pro was the model of choice for me and for family for aaaages: we could swap out memory, storage, and batteries easily. Apple supported that system longer than Intel supported the included CPUs.
I've still got one; in fact I'm writing this comment on it. Just put a new battery in it - now getting about 5 hours out of it (running Solus Budgie).
It's funny to see the iBooks, which ime ranged from par-for-the-course (battery, memory) to absolute pain in the ass (hard disk) being considered good examples of repairable laptops nowadays. The early MacBooks, on the other hand, yeah those are pretty nice to work on.