Apple’s MacBook Pro memory problem is worse than ever::Apple still sells expensive “Pro” computers with just 8GB of RAM and charges a fortune for more.

  • CmdrShepard@lemmy.one
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    1 year ago

    Well that’s not very “green” coming from a company who stopped supplying customers with chargers “because of the environment.” When a hard drive craps out the only solution is to replace the entire board rather than a single part with an industry standard connector?

    • Zoolander@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      They disassemble those replacements and use them to create warranty parts. Apple is one of the few companies that actually does reduce and reuse first. Any parts that fail testing get recycled.

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        1 year ago

        They desolder components and reuse them or they scrap old laptops and scavenge the good bits like the screen and keyboard? Assuming someone brings in a laptop with a bad hard drive, what components later get disassembled?

      • Tiger Jerusalem@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Of course not, the “Bios” is stored on the SSD, so if you replace it your computer won’t even boot.

        Oh, and if your SSD dies it won’t boot too.

      • Patch@feddit.uk
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        1 year ago

        Removing individual soldered NAND chips directly connected to the motherboard, attaching new NAND chips, and somehow getting a working computer out the other end is so far beyond the abilities of most users that it’s not even funny.

        It’s way beyond the skillset of even most computer repair specialists too.

        In fact, in terms of “getting it working again” is concerned, anyone outside of an Apple assembly plant is unlikely to be much use.

        • Inktvip@lemm.ee
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          11 months ago

          People have done it on M1’s at least. You’ll need a well equipped rework station to do it though, especially since the NAND is essentially glued to the motherboard in addition to solder.