Open question: can you buy individual board-level components for other major OEMs like Dell, HPE, Lenovo and such?
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Apple Provides More Details About Independent Repair Provider Program for Macs
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How about this: Apple simply doesn't make it impossible for us to buy chips from their suppliers then. My laptop costs more than a used car. Yet Apple actively blocks some of its suppliers from selling power supply chips to potentially fix them. It's bad for consumers and bad for the environment.
Ooh ooh I have a G3 Wallstreet that could use a new battery. Like, a fourth new one."The program covers all Mac models"
I don't think so.
Okay I need my PowerBook G4 1Ghz repaired.
nobody cares what Apple want. If I own a ford car, I can buy parts from ford and fix it. Why? Because it keeps the car from going in a landfill.
I also doubt suppliers would want to deal with onesy-twosy sales from consumers, as well. They're geared up to bid on and supply large contracted volumes of parts to large manufacturers and their contract assemblers. Yours and others tiny orders would be a huge distraction and cost them more than they'd make. Not a good deal for them.
And Apple is not going to create parts distribution inventories and networks across the US and other countries so you and other hobbiests can fix your computer purchasing single unit parts. That would be incredibly stupid, and a big money loser.
I think it has little to do with who's working on it.. This is just a guess, but I would think that Apple would want anything under warranty back in their hands for quality control. Since warrantys cover only 3 years max, maybe it benefits Apple to know exactly whats' coming in, whats wrong with it and being able to examine the broken parts.
I’ve been lucky enough to never need service even with AppleCare but I know it used to be a pain in Newfoundland as they literally used to have no authorized repair there would always have to send by mail. That’s changed with Jump Plus thankfully.
Going by that photo, I guess they will let them work on Macs with DVD drives and Seagate hard drives. Or is that a Western Digital? Could be a Toshiba.
As far as I know, the answer is no, but there is always a first. Apple could be that company. If I'm not mistaken, the other OEMs do sell replacement parts at a reasonable price though.
There's a huge circular problem with this.
To open up a business to repair phones/Macs, you have to have employed Apple Certified Hardware trained people. But to become a certified hardware trained person, you have to work somewhere that is already approved to repair.
I checked this out last night and it's crazy.
To open up a business to repair phones/Macs, you have to have employed Apple Certified Hardware trained people. But to become a certified hardware trained person, you have to work somewhere that is already approved to repair.
I checked this out last night and it's crazy.
It might offer more options for Out of Warranty repairs for some customers (depending on how many apply and where they are located).
That's what happens when you're a company that acts like a t*rd. Clever way to get hold of spare parts from a company that doesn't give out spare parts
That would be great if it were actually true. Unfortunately this repair program is so full of ridiculous conditions and gotchas that it is completely and utterly useless. It's just a con to convince the regulators that they have done something good when they haven't.
Not just appease, but maybe obligation under existing contracts. Plus with warranty service, there's more trust needed, since they're going to be filing for reimbursement.
None of these would have mattered if;
Apple's product reliability are exceptionally good, so good they could afford to offer free replacement in most cases ( assuming the cause are legitimate and not fraud )
Apple's repair price are fair(er), instead of a price that is literally forcing you to buy a new Laptop or products. That is especially true on the Mac.
Apple could actually offer exceptional repair experience instead of customers waiting weeks for basic repairs. ( And that is before you could book a bloody Genius Section ) When turn around time, not just from professional repair shops like Rossman, but Dell, HP and even IBM are doing it faster than Apple.
You then have a problem with Apple Store and Apple Shop that is not within a hundred miles of your home or office. Especially true if you are not in the US. Not only does US have the largest number of Apple Store, Highest Apple Store per Apple User, Largest Official Third Party Repair shops, Highest Third Party Partner ( Best Buy ) offering Repairing programme. If it is happening in US, imagine those who are not in US.
Apple's product reliability are exceptionally good, so good they could afford to offer free replacement in most cases ( assuming the cause are legitimate and not fraud )
Apple's repair price are fair(er), instead of a price that is literally forcing you to buy a new Laptop or products. That is especially true on the Mac.
Apple could actually offer exceptional repair experience instead of customers waiting weeks for basic repairs. ( And that is before you could book a bloody Genius Section ) When turn around time, not just from professional repair shops like Rossman, but Dell, HP and even IBM are doing it faster than Apple.
You then have a problem with Apple Store and Apple Shop that is not within a hundred miles of your home or office. Especially true if you are not in the US. Not only does US have the largest number of Apple Store, Highest Apple Store per Apple User, Largest Official Third Party Repair shops, Highest Third Party Partner ( Best Buy ) offering Repairing programme. If it is happening in US, imagine those who are not in US.
Once again, I don’t care if Apple loose money on this it’s just horrendous that a company that claims to be green strictly limits the access to spare parts. There is no defence for this.
It’s not that long ago that you (or more preferably a repair shop or a wholesaler could order parts for home electronics). Apples has definitely led the way in the move for this and other companies has followed.
The EU opened up competition in the market for spare part for cars which triées to remove all of those hurdles that car companies put up like IP-rights or special screws. The European Commission is moving for a right to repair and I really hope that Apple and others are put in place on this because everything from Pentalobe screws, to limits in what you can order from Apple, to the whole closing of of third party suppliers and swapping of motherboards with the SSDs need to go.
That you don't care make zero difference. I'm not shocked you don't care about, or understand the realities of the situation.
We're long past the days when people could fix their tube-based TV sets. And Apple has hardly lead the way. Consumer electronics today is crammed full of fine-pitch surface mount components. A tiny percentage of even hobbyists are capable of reliably replacing surface mount parts on a board. And that's why you won't find any TV manufacturers today selling one-off component parts to individuals. And that third-party shops are required to work with board-level replacements. What a nightmare that would be creating the infrastructure to deal with selling individual replacement parts to hobbyists. And a huge money loser. There's a reason no consumer electronics companies work that way.
Don't like the situation? Find a company that bows to your wishes, reward them with your business and currency, and find happiness. Easy.
Oh look the picture is of a MacBook Pro that you could actually repair that doesn't have consumables glued in -_-