I am most interested to know what their repair process will be for these systems... return to a factory with the right equipment to perform board level component replacements, or just swap out the whole board.
If it's component level repair, I just can't understand how this is more cost effective for Apple overall vs having modular components and easier to open systems, where repairs could be done in Apple stores. If it's swapping out the whole board, again, I can't understand how this is more cost effective overall - as you then have either throw away or send back to the factory for component seperation, the mainboard.
It's like they're willing to forsake the numerous benefits of a more modular system, for the sake of thinness and lightness, and the fact that it means whenever the consumer wants more RAM/CPU/storage, they have to bin the whole machine rather than just upgrade it - as owners of older generations of MacBook Pro have often done.
I just can't fathom it overall. It must make sense from a business perspective......... I mean..... does it? Really?