Apple appears to have prematurely revealed the name of its rumored lower-cost MacBook model, which is expected to be announced this Wednesday. A regulatory document for a “MacBook Neo” (Model A3404) has appeared on Apple’s website. Unfortunately, there are no further details or images available yet. While the PDF file does not contain the “MacBook Neo” name, it briefly appeared in a link on Apple’s regulatory website for EU compliance purposes.
As always with crapple, the specs are solid… For smth that costs half as much as what they ask.
People who buy Apple buy the whole package, not only specs.
Yeah, like being forced to replace the topcase when the battery dies or having to repair the angle sensor 'cause it’s paired to the motherboard. But fuck sustainability and heil consumerism, I guess.
Not to say that I’m not an apple hater – because I certainly am – it’s just that there are quite a few reasons to be one.
You “apple haters” are just as dogmatic as fanboys, but you act superior because of it.
Don’t know where you’re getting either of those criticisms. You most certainly don’t need to replace the topcase when replacing the battery in any modern apple laptop, and the pairing of the LAS is for calibration purposes.
Insofar as there’s no ethical consumerism under capitalism, I agree. Is Apple better than most or as good as they say? Hardly. But don’t act like you’re some ethical tech warrior because you avoid Apple hardware.
Now, we can have a serious dissuasion about the questionable-to-downright-wrong decisions Apple (the business) is making, and I would think we are 100% aligned on that. I cannot wait until Cook is gone when maybe some sanity can return. Any criticisms of how they’re handling the App Store, their bending of the knee to Trump, and/or the sneaky upsells they’re including in the OS and default apps are fully shared.
Battery: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/256043979 Angle sensor has since been solved, apparently: https://hackaday.com/2023/09/26/beating-apples-secret-lid-angle-sensor-calibration-with-custom-tool/
That discussion is nothing more than a forum post, as much anecdotal as something posted to reddit. Whoever told him the top case had to be replaced is in error; the battery is glued to the top case, but with special adhesive that releases when pulled (like a strip of tape). iFixit calls this a “moderate” on it’s scale of difficulty.
It is glued, but designed to be replaced.
Depends on the device, I suppose, but incorrect for the m2 version at least, where you have to use adhecive remover: https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/MacBook+Pro+13-Inch+2022+(M2)+Battery+Replacement/156551. I wouldn’t go as far as to call this “difficult” as they did, but def. time-consuming.
Also, you can’t source just the battery from apple.
That chassis hasn’t been for sale for 4 years, so judge repairability on what they sell now. And regardless of sourcing it from Apple or not, you can easily source the battery.
Yap, newer models use those strips, my bad. Although, I disagree the inability to source stuff from the manufacturer isn’t a big deal: batteries made of chinesium tend to fail really quickly, up to the point I started replacing just the cells myself with known good quality ones after a couple of batteries failing in like half a year. However, I suspect apple should sell batteries for said newer models, since they’ve made 'em replaceable.