Ummm if repairability is a concern, I’ve got some news to share about your new Macbook.

I replaced some parts on my M1 MacBook Air.

For 90% of the parts it’s honestly pretty easy to work with. You just need a few screwdrivers. And I sourced all my parts from eBay.

The documentation is excellent:

https://support.apple.com/en-us/100586

The only thing that’s egregious is the batteries. They tape the batteries to the case, and to remove them you have to do this complex twirling motion with tweezers to pull the tape out from under the battery. If the tape snaps during this then the documentation basically says get a new case.

If the ports don't effing break in the first place, who cares?

No, repair ability is only important if it’s crappy quality to begin with.

> I’ve got some news to share about your new Macbook.

As long as you pay for Apple Care, not a problem. But maybe not the point…

Apple saves itself a lot of the trouble with superior build quality. With Samsung devices (so no cheap crap), USB ports last me about three years of heavy use.

With my old iPhone 12, 2019 16-inch MBP or my 2022 MBA? Not a single issue. The housing is simply constructed so tight and, being made of solid metal, rigid that the housing bears the torsion load and not the tiny PCB solder pads.

The only problem I have with my new USB-C iPhone 15 is that it is hard to clean pocket lint out of the socket, compared to the old Lightning connector.