Some people associate repairability with bulk and thermal issues. This is almost never the case. There is ultimately some tradeoff between repairability and si

Some people associate repairability with bulk and thermal issues. This is almost never the case. There is ultimately some tradeoff between repairability and size/weight/thermals due to physics. But companies compromise on repairability way below an actual physical limit. Examples: - To replace the batteries of a MBP Retina, you must disassemble the entire motherboard before freeing up the batteries [0]. A lot of people end up damaging the board in the process. - The Surface Laptop isn't even meant to be opened. If you open it, you can't put it back together [1]. I wonder what "physical tradeoff" Microsoft made here that even Apple didn't have to make in an iPhone? - All MBPs after MBP Retina have the NVMe drive soldered on [2]. The drive is paired with the secure enclave, but clearly they could've offered a mechanism/service to pair a new drive rather than force the user buy a whole new laptop. [0] https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/MacBook+Pro+15-Inch+Retina+Display+Mid+2014+Battery+Replacement/90276 https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/MacBook+Pro+15-Inch+Retina+Disp... [1] https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Microsoft+Surface+Laptop+Teardown/92915#teardownConclusion https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Microsoft+Surface+Laptop+Tea... [2] https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/MacBook+Pro+16-Inch+2019+Teardown/128106#teardownConclusion https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/MacBook+Pro+16-Inch+2019+Tea...