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by mulmen 1474 days ago
It’s impactful but in what direction? How many repairable or upgradeable laptops actually got repairs and upgrades? Or was it just wasted material and energy in production?

I don’t have the answer but these things can be surprising.
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dsr_ 1474 days ago
None of the unreparable laptops get repaired.

None of the unupgradable laptops get upgraded.

Some of the reparable, upgradable laptops get upgraded and/or repaired.

Every corporate IT organization I've ever talked to wants to be able to swap batteries, RAM and disks, and if they're easy enough, keyboards. They'd really prefer if the user could be sent a screwdriver and a replacement for batteries and RAM.

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mulmen 1474 days ago
Ok but does the repairability always justify the added material and manufacturing cost? Especially in a consumer application.

I love my old repairable Thinkpad but I have been on the same MacBook Pro for 8 years now with zero repairs.

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