<story><title>Internal Documents Show Apple Is Capable of Implementing Right to Repair</title><url>https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/d3mqna/internal-documents-show-apple-is-capable-of-implementing-right-to-repair-legislation</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>beamatronic</author><text>I was recently upgrading a 2008 MacBook. Upgraded the hard drive and the memory. It was so easy. It is an absolute joy to service this machine. It also has many useful ports and an awesome battery indicator on the side.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>wlesieutre</author><text>I remember in the old iBooks back when WiFi was a new thing you could order without it and install your own card later in about 15 seconds.&lt;p&gt;There were little sprung pull tabs between some of the function keys, pull them back, lift the keyboard out, AirPort card slot was right there. RAM slots too.&lt;p&gt;And the &lt;i&gt;removable keyboard&lt;/i&gt;, gosh! Those keyboards didn’t just shit the bed if a piece of dust got in them, but even if they had it was a separate part that you could swap out without replacing half the computer. Good times.&lt;p&gt;I have a 2016 MBP now. Betting the resale value when the 4-year keyboard warranty runs out is going to be about what the rest of the computer is worth for spare parts.</text></comment>
<story><title>Internal Documents Show Apple Is Capable of Implementing Right to Repair</title><url>https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/d3mqna/internal-documents-show-apple-is-capable-of-implementing-right-to-repair-legislation</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>beamatronic</author><text>I was recently upgrading a 2008 MacBook. Upgraded the hard drive and the memory. It was so easy. It is an absolute joy to service this machine. It also has many useful ports and an awesome battery indicator on the side.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>cydonian_monk</author><text>I feel the same about my 2012 MacBookPro. While it was a _tiny_ bit down the path of &amp;quot;not user serviceable&amp;quot;, replacing the battery and trackpad was extremely easy. And one of the first things I did to it was replace&amp;#x2F;upgrade Apple&amp;#x27;s RAM and drop an SSD into the optical bay.</text></comment>