Mastodawn

Apple has issued an emergency recall for the new Neo laptop after discovering a critical design flaw: it’s repairable.

Internal testing revealed the device contains replaceable parts and a battery that comes out without adhesive. Unacceptable for their standards.
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#AprilFools #iFixit #RightoRepair #FixTheWorld

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@iFixit This is art.

@iFixit <3

apple execs: "folks! we were joking! there's no *WAY* we want hardware that is field repairable! that's just crazy talk! get 'em all back!"

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Nazo 13h ago

@iFixit It was necessary to have it this way for a little while to regenerate the fanboyism that helps keep people rushing to buy stuff on day one at any price they set.

They'll fix it in the next generation and people will line up to trade in their old ones for that soon enough.

@iFixit 🙄

Unreal!
40 years ago, apple would have died doing shit like this. People back then had principals, they only wanted to deal with others who had values and integrity.

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waffles 13h ago

@iFixit define repairable. user serviceability is fine but for it to be repairable they should be offering schematics for board level repair, not just allowing you to swap the motherboard if it dies.

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geomaster337 9h ago

@wafflesies @iFixit considering board level repair is required to swap the SSD when it inevitably wears out, I agree. This thing is kind of a joke, in that regard.

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