reader comments 75 Chromebooks and MacBooks are among the least repairable laptops around, according to an analysis that consumer advocacy group US Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) shared this week. Apple and Google have long been criticized for selling devices that are deemed harder to repair than others. Worse, PIRG believes that the two companies ..
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Enlarge / Lumafield’s blog shared this image showing CT scans of three earbuds. The left is a real AirPods Pro (2nd Gen). The wire-riddled two on the right are fakes. reader comments 38 with Whether they’re products pretending to be made by a brand or devices claiming to be something they’re not, (like a microSD ..
Enlarge / Could the 12-inch MacBook make a return as some kind of “lower-cost MacBook”? Andrew Cunningham reader comments 127 with If you want a Mac laptop, you usually need to be ready to spend at least $1,000. Whether we’re talking about the white plastic MacBook from 2006, the 11-inch MacBook Air from a decade ..
Enlarge / Apple’s 15-inch MacBook Air. Andrew Cunningham reader comments 74 with For most of the last year, the rumor mill has indicated that the first wave of Apple’s M3 Macs will be hitting sometime this fall—perhaps in October, a month Apple has often used for iPad and Mac announcements that can’t be crammed into ..
Asahi Linux/Fedora reader comments 27 with Asahi Linux, the project aiming to bring a fully functional Linux system to Apple computers running on that company’s own M-series chips, has announced that its new “flagship distro” is Fedora Asahi Remix. As announced at Fedora’s Flock conference this week in Cork, Ireland, (and on Asahi Linux’s blog), ..
Enlarge / An iPhone undergoes repairs. reader comments 38 with Apple launched its Self Service Repair program in the spring of 2022, giving owners of some iPhones and Macs access to the same parts and repair manuals used by Apple-certified technicians. Since the program’s launch, most changes have focused on adding new devices—most recently, support for ..
Enlarge / Some of the tools and parts offered in Apple’s Self Service Repair program appear in this photo. reader comments 1 with 0 posters participating Share this story As of Tuesday, Apple’s Self Service Repair program is now available in eight European countries. It launched in the United States in April, with promises from ..
Enlarge / The 2021 16-inch MacBook Pro. Samuel Axon reader comments 69 with 0 posters participating Share this story It looks like the first benchmarks of Apple’s upcoming M2 Max chip have leaked in Geekbench’s database. When users run the over-the-shelf version of the Geekbench 5 benchmarking tool, the scores are logged to a public ..
reader comments 102 with 70 posters participating Share this story The MacBook Air after the teardown. iFixit didn’t find much in the way of a thermal management system in this machine. An X-ray reveals the new speaker system. The M2 MacBook Air has been arriving to those who pre-ordered it over the past few days, ..
reader comments 57 with 40 posters participating Share this story Apple’s 13-inch MacBook Pro. The 13-inch MacBook Pro with the lid closed. The 13-inch MacBook Pro has two Thunderbolt ports on one side and a headphone jack on the other. The 13-inch MacBook Pro’s keyboard still has a Touch Bar instead of physical function keys. ..