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New Anti-Consumer MacBook Pros - Teardown And Repair Assessment - Apple Silicon M1/M2 (youtu.be)
submitted 1 year ago by pizzahoe@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.ml
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No surprises here. Just like the lockdown on iPhone screen and part replacements, Macbooks suffer from the same Apple's anti-repair and anti-consumer bullshit. Battery glued, ssd soldered in and can't even swap parts with other official parts. 6000$ laptop and you don't even own it.

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[–] kool_newt@lemm.ee 16 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Better: https://frame.work

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 6 points 1 year ago

If I bought a framework laptop I would not physically be able to stop fiddling with it. I think I may end up spending more money in the long run. It's too configurable for its own good.

I wonder if they'll ever consider adding an e ink screen option, with a separate normal screen. There have been a few concept laptops like that, but I don't think the demand is enough to actually make that profitable, but if it was just a configuration option of an otherwise more normal laptop, then I could see it being viable.

[–] ChucklesMacLeroy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's sweet. Do you have one?

[–] kylemsguy@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've got a framework 13. It's not better than a Macbook except in terms of user-serviceability.

  • It's hot and loud (hopefully the AMD upgrade will fix this)
  • Battery life is atrocious (hoping AMD and battery upgrade will fix this)
  • Trackpad isn't as good (piano hinge, and the coating has more friction.)
  • fewer ports(!) (limited to 4 expansion cards)
  • sleep is broken (modern standby, ugh. S3 exists on the 11th gen model but it's no better than s2idle. I'll have to see if the AMD one is any better)
  • Keyboard has bigger keys than I'd like, and while the key feel is pretty nice, it's also heaver than any macbook I've used. Also, the layout is standard laptop garbage. The only reason the layout works on a macbook is because of macos's shortcuts. On a PC I want a full PC keyboard like we had on 2011 ThinkPads.

That said, I do really like the laptop. I just find myself reaching for my macbook especially due to the issue with battery life.

[–] kool_newt@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Ya maybe, but it's not an Apple product and that alone makes it 10x better to me. It's not surprising a new company with products you still need to be on a waiting list to get are not as refined as one of the largest companies on the planet with decades of history.