I guess where the controversy comes in is that it doesn't state on their website that there will be signs of imperfection that did not exist prior.
Keep in mind when looking at those photos, that Apple did little less than tell the third party repair community to go F!@# themselves with the introduction of these machines. 30 years ago a designer actually thought to themselves "is this a repair friendly product" as they made design decisions. Which is why Neve 8088s and studer A800s from 1977 & 1985 are still in use in 2010. If steve jobs ran neve you'd replace the entire center section when a bulb went out!
On some the glass pops right off with a little heat and care, on others it is stuck as hard as can be and heat, chemicals, and all of god's might is not getting it off. They just want you to replace the entire display assembly. If people are ok spending $600-$850, fine, but this is the work done at the price that considers an alternative solution.
If they were charging that much to do it, then I'd say those marks were unfit.
FWIW, techrestore is "competition", and I am defending them. It's not like they have some bubble gum chewing britney spears cheerleader doing this instead of someone trained, or that they take a chainsaw to it. It's just the reality.
Same with the macbook air review I saw on another site, with techrestore. you can't buy those replacement bezels anywhere, you're stuck working with the original. The way one must take it off it is damn near impossible to keep it perfect, although with practice & repetition it can be done better than the average DIYer.
Keep in mind when looking at those photos, that Apple did little less than tell the third party repair community to go F!@# themselves with the introduction of these machines. 30 years ago a designer actually thought to themselves "is this a repair friendly product" as they made design decisions. Which is why Neve 8088s and studer A800s from 1977 & 1985 are still in use in 2010. If steve jobs ran neve you'd replace the entire center section when a bulb went out!
On some the glass pops right off with a little heat and care, on others it is stuck as hard as can be and heat, chemicals, and all of god's might is not getting it off. They just want you to replace the entire display assembly. If people are ok spending $600-$850, fine, but this is the work done at the price that considers an alternative solution.
If they were charging that much to do it, then I'd say those marks were unfit.
FWIW, techrestore is "competition", and I am defending them. It's not like they have some bubble gum chewing britney spears cheerleader doing this instead of someone trained, or that they take a chainsaw to it. It's just the reality.
Same with the macbook air review I saw on another site, with techrestore. you can't buy those replacement bezels anywhere, you're stuck working with the original. The way one must take it off it is damn near impossible to keep it perfect, although with practice & repetition it can be done better than the average DIYer.
