Macs are easier to get fixed than PCs

[@rossmanngroup]

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[@PiousSlayer]

My only worthwhile suggestion is to link the corresponding video of the livestream channel, since I assume edited videos will uploaded at a later date than the livestream? Thank you for the content, how are you doing?

[@rackneh]

Great video, although i would say that the mac ram fix clip got dragged out a bit too long, after 10s of you talking about your shiny balls i just skipped to the last 10s of the video. It's not like i'm a genius, i just wanted to share my honest opinion^^

[@ReneSchickbauer]

I like how to basically skipped the easiest repair: Replacing the battery.

[@spacebartoloud]

i'd say that I am pretty savy when it comes to computers, never owned a mac, and I am glad I haven't, thank goodness PC is the master "race"/preferred computer of the masses, and I can see why that is the case. - Seems like there are tons of how to videos on how to fix a PC with "x" operating system, the same is the case for android phones, and while they may 'mess' up more, you still have a potential to correct the error yourself/without having to spend hundreds too thousands of dollars to have someone like you repair it for those of us who can't for whatever reason, or hope the manufacture doesn't bone you under a technicality. Granted there are horror stories in the pc 'universe'/android side of things, but they still seem to be far more willing to help, and if they don't chances are pretty good that you can google it and get help elsewhere on the internet, granted that can obviously be a do at your own risk kind of thing, because as you are well aware of, with the internet you have to be careful of what you do/who you trust, as part of the flexibility when it comes to pc/android phones there is indeed a double edged sword, while there may very well be an solution, you may be getting a nasty virus/malware instead of a fix.

[@hairulole]

Mr. Rossmann how much temperature did you used?

[@VonSchpam]

PC's are horrible to repair. You have to troubleshoot, run diagnostic software, turn it off, unplug stuff, remove screws, plug stuff in again, turn it on run more software.... bleh! what a pain in the ass. Especially when you consider that you might have to buy new parts and then there is the hassle of deciding which of the varied vendors to buy from.... why would anyone put themselves through this when if your Mac breaks down you just throw it out and go buy a new one!

[@trailfork7815]

good point! the best point

[@redknight4]

that was what that article from that website was going more toward you send the dead mac for a flight out the second story window and buy a new one and not care about the data on the storage device in the dead mac that is retrievable by anyone that finds it.

[@Beastman44]

Haha

[@dan_loup]

It's all fun and games with the mac until captain planet comes and punch you in the face. And he will come, all it needs is to gaia to find 5 young people willing to actually fight for nature instead of just virtue signaling about it on twitter.

[@yummyramen2821]

Алек Георгиев same , i was about to rage but that last statement made me "oof"

[@szeptaczsprezarek]

Typical Louis repair: 25% work 15% complaining about Apple 10% showing how stuff works 50% jokes about balls And I like that, keep on making these!

[@nandornagyilles3290]

20 percent skill

[@orppranator5230]

Nandor Nagyilles 50% pain

[@uyt6uyt5]

This type of repair definitely takes balls.

[@michaelsoest]

And a 100% reason to remember the name

[@andreaswehrmann365]

Also 50% pp-bus. LUL

[@Ghost26968]

1:53 Louis: *takes out battery* Mac Users: WHAT SORCERY IS THIS?!?!

[@richardmoore609]

Yep. You can fit smaller batteries if you wire them in but then you can't just pop it out. This is why a lot of phone companies went with non removable batteries.

[@kellynolen498]

@@richardmoore609 yeah it sucks on cheaper model phones that have both small battery and no way to swap it out

[@thegreenfather1978]

I know this is an old comment, but with my old 2007 macbook pro, you could remove the battery just as easily (I remember, it was one from a batch that tended to bloat up, eventually slightly defroming your computer, before eventually catching fire...). Then you could remove a couple of screw to open a little trapdoor, and swap out the ram. It was a fine computer, overpriced, but fine. Then I got the last one they produced before the retina display ones (I'd like to plug stuff in my computer, and read CDs too, thank you). Big mistake. Since then I replaced it with a MSI Prestige. I recommend. Also PC master race ftw. Can't plug my Valve Index on an iMac!

[@rockymountainrocker5630]

soldered RAM.. lmao. you can't make this stuff up!

[@Canyster]

Apple's motto if we can make traditionally repairable stuff irrepairable, let's do it!

[@matthewnickolas4706]

@@Canyster it's the year 2060 and apple has finally mastered building the most unreparable tech ever, every component, every microchip is connected to each other with a specially manufactured self disintegrating nano Icable. It was made maticoulusly from carbon, silicon and gold fibers in a particular secret pattern, and the chips will only work if they are connected to these think different circuits. If you try to remove/replace any part of your macbook pro 2059 model (even just a loose screw) it will trigger a chemical reaction that will disintegrate every single atom of these cables within the entire circuit.

[@Canyster]

@@matthewnickolas4706 lol I'm sure that's an Apple pencil pusher's wet dream 😂

[@testaccount4191]

@@matthewnickolas4706 shhh don't give them ideas

[@Spazza42]

And yet, many Windows laptops are built the exact same way

[@Tathanic]

PC: undo things, open, pull out ram, replace, put lid back on, redo things & done! Mac: undo things, avoid the trap while pulling of back, place slime over ram, melt slime, let it cool, clean your balls, ???? & uhh done?

[@Feligresa]

You forgot the part where you have to buy special tools that literally only Apple uses to open it up, and if you are unlucky buy new ram for twice the price of the product.

[@oliviercharmoy5709]

What the site meant was it’s easier to GET it repaired not actually Repair it yourself, basically you take it into the apple store and then they basically do everything, whereas finding support for Windows/PC is harder

[@Ninja_Bryden]

@@oliviercharmoy5709 Even then the prices are grossly inflated to the point where you might as well buy a new device. You need to have repair shops like the Rossman's if you want reasonable repairability

[@uteriel282]

@@oliviercharmoy5709 the way to get your windows machine repared without doing it yourself is the same as apple. take your computer to the nearest electronics store with a repareshop, tell them your problem with it and wait from a few minutes to maybe a week to get it back fixed like its new. and it wont cost you more than the computer is worth either. and you can fix a problem with a windows computer yourself if you want to which is something apple will never allow you to do.

[@authenticNL2]

Tathanic my laptop: unscrew screws with a normal screw driver, release pins, pull, find the ram protection shield thing, pull the pins to let go of the ram, take the ram out, open pin again, put new ram in, repeat for duel channel, place ram shield back on, get laptop bottom and place it back, put pressure around the laptop to make sure the bottom is secured, boot on. Done

[@brendanpelle2566]

Its obvious that the mac was the easier repair. Just think about it. On a pc based laotop you need to remove a few screws and pop out the DIMM and then replace it with anouther one. On the mac all you need to do is make sure you keep your balls clean.

[@acousticguitarpeter]

Brendan Pelle I think Louis needs a Tshirt about ball cleaning / clean balls or smth :-)

[@brendanpelle2566]

acousticguitarpeter agreed

[@bibasik7]

"Balls in my RAM, RAM in my balls"

[@RyllenKriel]

What the flux are you talkin' 'bout?

[@palemacaroon4836]

I have found you daddy

[@carlangelo653]

They aren'g wrong. Sine the "correct" way to repair a laptop is to buy an entire new one. Or that's what the genius bar thinks.

[@mjc0961]

But then they are wrong, because buying a new non-Apple laptop is easier than buying a new Mac. Other laptop brands are sold in more stores, so they're easier to find, and they're cheaper, making them easier on your wallet.

[@michaelburkhart8767]

And you still gotta transfer your data across... assuming it's still accessible. (You did do backups, right?)

[@ChurchOfTheHolyMho]

Indeed! I believe the genius bar has deleted my daughter's data twice now before convincing her to buy a new device (iPhone / MacBook Air). smh - at both Apple and my daughter.

[@Felix-ve9hs]

No, it's the only Way, because if you "repair" a broken Mac, you turn in into a PC :^) obviously

[@michaelburkhart8767]

Felix R - So, all the Apple computers that Louis works on are PCs when they leave his shop?

[@zeemon9623]

Somebody should send LinusTechTips that article.

[@outseeker]

lol yeah it's not exactly something to even debate is it... he couldn't get his apple device fixed at any cost- how is that "easier"? oh actually, selling the customer a new device is easier than either of the repairs shown XD must have been what they meant

[@tovenz5949]

Linus has turn his apple into pc. So good luck

[@bibasik7]

Linus destroyed everything inside that Mac except for the case. I'm not kidding. He broke the mobo and psu, and maybe all the components on it.

[@zeemon9623]

So why can't he just get a new mobo and psu? It works for PCs it works for cars it works for almost anything, just not for Apple devices because Apple think differently. They think much lower of their customers. Edit: I'm not saying he should get any of this stuff for free by the way. They would not give him spare parts at any price.

[@arakwar]

@@bibasik7 Yes. He acknowledged that. And still couldn't pay for it to be repaired. Any decent shop would quote the price, offer a small rebate for good convenience, and let the customer make his choice. They never got a choice. Apple told Linus they won't repair anything.

[@rfolks92]

3:26 "I have 2 ssds in raid 0." I too like to live on the edge.

[@mscislawin]

raid-ing on the storm :D

[@alessandroceloria]

*Next video:* _Louis attempts data recovery on broken Raid0 SSD stripe_

[@rtrdedn00b54]

Living on the Edge and beeing fast!

[@W0ND3RB0Y1]

It's perfectly safe to run RAID0, you just need a backup? I don't get why people moan so much about raid, you literally just swap a drive and run a backup..

[@kusucks991]

@@W0ND3RB0Y1 RAID0 basically takes your failure rate/probability and doubles it since one failure takes both of the drives' data. (Or more, if you have >2 drives in a RAID0 stripe) That being said, you're still totally right. If you have a backup, I don't see what there is to moan about either and I think people get overly bent out of shape about it as well. Uptime?

[@JustAPakistaniGamer]

i love your channels because it's 30% balls jokes 70% highly educational rants

[@imchris5000]

90% of the time you dont even have to get into the level of repair on a pc because the parts readily available for reasonable prices because those company's dont stop the parts at the border

[@jakublulek3261]

And you can easily open them up and repair yourself with basic tools.

[@jamestor6700]

well, that depends on the PC, I remember wanting to remove a hard drive out of my laptop and it was such a pain in the ass, you couldn't go through the bottom but instead through the keyboard, remove the disk drive then get to the hard drive, damn it HP why do you care so much about how thin the laptop is? on the bright side I was never going to use it again so I just ripped it to shreds to get the drive

[@navblank6848]

Assuming you get a PC that uses standard components. I was almost ready to purchase a HP ProDesk (business tower) and the manual showed three PSU connectors to the motherboard (2 4 pin and 1 weird looking thing). That was the deal breaker. I'm not relying on HP to sell me an overpriced part if they even have it in stock when it goes dead.

[@egmons8199]

not only the parts; the USA would also love to stop people like Louis at the border. Who is going to repair your Mac then??

[@meemoo1407]

the rules are simple. if its HP, dont buy it.

[@oswaldjh]

I'd rather fix the Mac because it gives me a reason to buy $1,000 in cool tools.

[@zackadiax2414]

@Jerry Oswald - $2,000

[@byungjaelee5110]

omg lolol hahahh i died...!!

[@saberruntv]

Well yoi can buy a pc and buy the tools as well xD

[@Mucho-Taco]

My nephew, who is 10 years old was able to replace ram in a PC

[@itzhalo6195]

Mucho Taco computer building is basically just like legos now.

[@adityabhardwaj1808]

Lackmey lol you should take it up with the manager. Apple typically has the best after sales team.

[@serang]

@Lackmey i wonder why they call themselves genius

[@harleyme3163]

yeah I started identifying the error beeps the bios makes when there's an error around that time. pc master race for a many many reasons

[@windowstips1430]

@@adityabhardwaj1808 No just no apple After service ttem IS shit

[@bac733]

Definitely a straight shooter. I wish I lived in New York so I could give Louis Rossmann my business. Too bad the only thing I ever owned from Apple was an iPod Nano that they failed to repair so I just chucked it in a drawer and bought a Zune.

[@liszcgsedt]

Zune? Yes, that must have fixed it. :D

[@s0nnyburnett]

Bought a Zune in 2009 use it everyday and still works, even bought a second one. Still love it.

[@Trainboy1EJR]

I had a PSP so I had music and games!

[@Dimondminer11]

You're joking right? Edit: However the iPod Nano did have some battery expansion issues.

[@yapod9061]

"Macs are easier to get fixed than PC" *and other hilarious jokes you can tell yourself* Volume II

[@stefaancodde6578]

True, most desktop problems are solved with up to date firmware , up to date bios, and windows or linux up to date.

[@Trillykins]

I'm starting to think Louis got into the repair business just so he could talk about his balls!

[@OhSoTiredMan]

Whats wrong with talking about balls? I play with my ball outside ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@zackadiax2414]

@Ghostwalker CIA - Edit* balls

[@WhiteLie---------------------1]

Shiny balls good tighty one

[@josephking6515]

@@zackadiax2414 Mmm, maybe _Ghostwalker CIA_ has an err, medical condition.

[@skyvenrazgriz8226]

Of course they are easier to fix, just get an apartment next to louis store! Then all you need to do is get over to louis , give him the mac, comback laterz and pay of the bill with the moneyz you seems to have too much of, thats why you got a mac in the first place ;) easy ~

[@louistournas120]

*later *money that's

[@skyvenrazgriz8226]

louis tournas its a YT coment, i dont care, the laterz and moneyz were even by desgin of slang the 'thats' is just pure laziness. And all misstakes in this reply i dont care for. Feel free to correct them as well, ofmyour life isnthat boring... lolz

[@louistournas120]

+Skyven Razgriz: I have turned into one of those guys.

[@foufoufun]

And lose your computer for a week? If there is a repair that I can do myself in an hour (including running to the store), I'd prefer that.

[@chrispham6599]

do you honestly think that Louis works at Apple speeds?

[@TheDisorderly1]

I've heard that you actually convert macs to PC when you fix them.

[@rexerator]

TheDisorderly1 ...ok just to be clear....your joking right? You don’t believe that right?

[@codeOwler]

that would be the funniest troll thing to do. just replace mac OS with a windows OS.... LOL. on a side note, when people say he converts it to a PC they means that: the parts are for the first time, removed in the mac and can be replaced/fixed easier; like how regular PC do it. where as regularly, its very difficult to fix a regular mac with all their proprietary mumbo jumbo. well i think, hope that helps.

[@ArkaPratimSamajdwar]

TheDisorderly1 ... You are not wrong actually. I think he covered this in one of the videos. And this is what I understood. Apparently it's Apple's terminology. According to Apple a Mac is supposed to be handled only by Apple or AASPs. Once a third party handles/ repairs the internals, it's no longer Apple approved system. It's not a Mac. It's a counterfeit product running mac OS.

[@HepCatJack]

Maybe it will make them easier to fix the second time around...

[@thatsawesome2060]

Well nevermind if you convert it to pc or convert it to banana, that's so much better than just letting it convert to trash.

[@bar10005]

I don't understand your point comparing batteries from the 'front' - MacBook batteries are a lot thinner and that's why they need to be wider, ThinkPad cells are thicker so it still has more battery capacity (90 Wh vs MacBook Pro 58 Wh), Lenovo probably decided that customers don't need bigger batteries and that space is much better used by other components (like removable RAM), bad battery life comes just from poorly optimised operating system and applications (compared to Mac OS).

[@schwarzerritter5724]

A big part of the Thinkpad battery is just the casing, wile the Apple battery is mostly battery.

[@gorkyd7912]

A 15" Macbook Pro from 2013 has a 95Wh battery, so depends on which model of MacBook Pro he's comparing. And which Lenovo for that matter, the new Flex 5 advertises 8 hours of battery but only has a 52.5 Wh battery smaller than the latest MBP.

[@Chalky.]

You can't expect Mac users to know how a screwdriver works.

[@gennadyreshetnikov5948]

It works flawlessly, especially if you ditch orange juice and go with pure vodka.

[@7777janna]

@@gennadyreshetnikov5948 никто не понял гениальности коммента. Мои соболезнования.

[@ivankrushensky]

You can't expect them to know what RAM is either. Macs are great...for computer illiterate, elderly, or those who just want to surf the web, type papers and watch KZbin videos. But then again, a $200 tablet or Chromebook does all of those perfectly fine.

[@eternalzeero]

​@@ivankrushensky I swear they never understand that last part. What's that? It does everything I want for literally 1/3 or less the price? The only caveat is I don't install weird shit or click on obvious (seriously it's 2020 if you can't spot obvious virus links I don't even know anymore) virus links? bUt mAc jUsT wOrKs! No flame btw if someone wants a macbook or a mac for video editing and that's their preference then by all means knock yourself out. But I just hate when some of them claim that we don't understand computers when they barely have an idea of what ram does.

[@jodinha4225]

@@eternalzeero why get a Mack for video editing? They don’t even have good processors for that...

[@patchouli3422]

"Ramming my balls" is how I feel whenever someone says Macs are easier to repair.

[@kusog3]

you mean, Ramming their balls is what we should do whenever someone says Macs are easier to repair.

[@Felix-ve9hs]

he feels a extremely high amount of pain when he hears an Apple Fanboy talk BS

[@Alexander-nd5de]

mac is pretty ballsy for their repair services lol

[@KrotowX]

Sound fair if you are looking further for video how refurbished Mac motherboards came back with pubic hairs stuck between chips.

[@fatetestarossa2774]

@@kusog3 indeed : ) jajjajajajajjajajajajajjajaaj

[@martinlumber]

It took longer to admire the balls than to remove and replace the P50 ram...

[@Trillykins]

A former friend of mine once took her iPod mini in for repair. It wouldn't charge. However, when they found a barely noticeable scratch on the back, they refused to fix it despite it being within warranty. Telling her instead to just buy a new one. This happened in two separate stores.

[@carlangelo653]

Trillykins They refused to repair my mac mini for no reason.

[@Farie977]

I remember bringing a Macbook Pro in for repair to the store. It came in with a flat battery and came home with a few chips missing and the adapter gone. Perfect.

[@johnfrancisdoe1563]

Trillykins But she could take it to someone like Louis or Jessa, because there are thousands of independent companies offering Apple product repair, while it's freaking impossible to even find a case for a 6 month old Android or a battery for a 5 year old laptop PC.

[@jorggamingcr409]

Trillykins damn Apple really became shit, the only Apple product I own is an Ipod Classic. I bought it in 2010 and it had the click wheel slightly off, they changed it for a new one (after a couple of weeks), around 2011 the earphones died and I tried to use tape to repaired them, as the ipod still had 1 week of warranty I sent them and they gave me new ones. Around 2013 the hdd died and after some search I bought a new 240GB hdd and change it myself(surprise surprise, both hdds were made by Toshiba). I just needed a new backplate from ebay, some tools and done. I still use the ipod everyday.

[@beachcomberbob3496]

PC ram fix=screwdriver. Apple ram repair=$1000s of specialist equipment. Hmm? Which am I going to buy?

[@petrosdimitriospilichos9195]

well, im my job that isnt really specialist equipment XD

[@KT-pv3kl]

For most cases you don't even need a screwdriver just 2 working fingers

[@ataksnajpera]

Lenovo battery pack is larger because there are regular 18650 batteries inside (similar are used in Tesla cars). Probably it is cheaper to reuse what is already available on the market than ordering lithium batteries in custom shape.

[@RobertSzasz]

The apple battery is non user accessable so there is no need for a hard case and armored cells. The Lenovo battery needs to not explode even if subject to abuse.

[@Cheese_1337]

yes, and 18650 don't use all the space either. The rectangular cells would use more space in that battery pack enclosure of Lenovo laptop.

[@izoyt]

new laptops use lipo batteries.

[@thinkhard45]

My computer is completely custom built by me. Its a desktop, but I prefer that because if something goes wrong, its easier for me to figure out what went wrong and replace it. I dislike laptops in general. But dislike apple more than laptops.

[@Ballador]

Splak different tastes, Laptops now a days are same price or cheaper than desktops, with two built in advantages, mobility and a built-in battery backup. Don't believe me about the price? Try building a desktop cheaper than the Asus G703 SCAR with a non K 8th gen i7, gtx 1070, 1 TB FireCuda SSHD, 256 GB PCI-E SSD, Windows 10, a 144 Hz 1080P panel with Gsync, and peripherals. Try it on PC parts picker. And that's not taking into account the built-in battery backup nor the mobility advantages Edit: the GTX 1070 in the laptop is not a Max-Q design

[@berndarndt9924]

@condorwatch The thing is desktops are always cheaper bc its easier to cool them and the parts don´t need to be very small. Also its way easier to upgrade a desktop pc than a notebook. But lets play ur game, I take the "Intel Core i5-8600" its not a k and only a i5 but it has the same benchmark and so the same power: 300€. If k would be allowed I take the "Intel Core i7-8700K" also costs 300€ but has 25% more power. For the GTX 1070 its 470€, 1 TB FireCuda SSHD is 70€, for PCI-E I take Samsung 960 PRO MZ-V6P512BW bc they are the best 180€, Win10 ~10€, 144Hz Gsync Predator XB241H 390€, peripherals I take from Razer Ornata + Deathadder 150€. Also I need a case ~70€, Motherboard MSi Intel Z370 Mainboard 110€, for power its a GX 800 V3 80 Plus Gold 100€, RAM should be around 180€. Thats in total 2030€ vs 2500$+taxes So it is cheaper and if I would run a GPU benchmark test on both machines the desktop pc would be better bc it has a better air cooling system because it has bigger radiatiors and so more cm³/h airflow.

[@siloPIRATE]

Same. Then again, I haven't had to replace parts due to hardware failure on my PC. I replaced a power supply that I thought was bad, but in hindsight it wasn't, better safe than sorry. I have an optical drive that gets stuck, but I pretty much never use it so I leave it in there. That said, I do have a MacBook Pro too. Considered repairing my Windows one, but decided not to

[@mjc0961]

I immediately hate this article, and so far I've only read/heard "10 Reasons to Get an Apple Mac" An Apple Mac? As opposed to what, a Dell Mac? An HP Mac? A Lenovo Mac? Nobody else makes Macs, "Apple Mac" is redundant!

[@michaelburkhart8767]

Apple is the brand, Mac is the model. Dell is the brand, Inspiron is the model. HP is the brand, Pavilion is the model. Lenovo is the brand, ThinkPad is the model. Nobody else makes Inpiron, nobody else makes Pavilion, nobody else makes ThinkPad. Apple makes several different products: Mac is the computer, iPad is the tablet, iPhone is a phone, and so on through their watches, TVs, music players, etc. Ford makes the F-series trucks, Taurus, Mustang, Focus, Escape, Fusion, and of course several other models of cars, trucks, vans, SUVs, hybrids, and so on. Nobody else makes these models, yet I rarely hear people simply use the model name without prefixing it with "Ford," especially in commercials. "Apple Mac" may seem redundant, but it serves a purpose. FWIW, I wouldn't buy an Apple or a Ford, regardless of the model.

[@basilavenue7719]

pretty sure pavilion, inspiron, and thinkpad are models by themselves, owned by the companies HP, Dell, and Lenovo. The model should be, for example, a Dell Inspiron 840 or whatever

[@michaelburkhart8767]

Yes, exactly, that's the point I was making: Apple Mac, Dell Inspiron, HP Pavilion, Lenovo ThinkPad, Ford Mustang, Intel Pentium, AMD Ryzen... They're all redundant, yet you rarely see the model name without the brand prefixed. In responding to mjc0961, I was pointing out that even though it's redundant, it still serves a purpose. And now this thread is redundant.

[@AGRElectrics]

McDonalds BIGmac

[@beakerlabsinc.4585]

What about the big Mac, apple doesn't sell those.

[@radicaledward3783]

15 full uninterrupted seconds (yes i counted) of silence while louis marvels over those magnificent balls.

[@Anthem127]

I did t watch the video, I laughed hard from reading the title. To sum up, ones like performing heart surgery vs changing you shoes.

[@fatetestarossa2774]

indeed

[@Cipher71]

That's the most perfect analogy I've heard yet.

[@highvoltage12v]

A keyboard replacement video would have also been a good demonstration.

[@alaeriia01]

highvoltage12v ain't nobody got time to de-rivet the keyboard.

[@strgarmatjaz8848]

i said that thousand times ... Louis u rock , but there is only one way to really really repair apple product ... throw it from 20th floor #appleneveragain

[@Sai-zu2hy]

Strgar Matjaz yes your right but it cost me fricking 150000₹

[@strgarmatjaz8848]

dont know how much € that is but, you should save in first place and buy yourself a decent laptop .... u can get realy nice machine for 80% of apple price , and customer service at its best ... we here in europe we dont have problems with apple , coz only stupid rich peoplee use apple in EU so maby 20%

[@bytezero3818]

@John Bruh wow congrats on wasting two weeks of work (or something like that). But to be fair, Idk the pricing of an iPhone in comparison to what is considered "not rich" in your country. Written from a Smartphone that costed 120€ and still has a full HD screen and fingerprint reader. Edit: Not rich-> spends 2000 CAD on smartphones and doesn't even bother to get one fixed when it dies. There are two options, 1. There is a simple reason why you aren't rich. 2. You are rich and and don't give a crap

[@Catonzo]

Cleanest balls I've ever seen. Truly work of art right there. I envy your balls.

[@vanhetgoor]

I guess the people at Business Insider watched Louis Rossmann and then they said that repairing a Mac is easy. It is always a great joy to see Louis bring life back into a broken Mac. Clicking in a new RAM isn't repairing, understanding what a circuit is doing, analyzing the fault, looking into the schematics, replacing the defected chip, that is repairing! But you have to be able to see the beauty of years of study. I guess that is what they ment.

[@lawrencebeck4777]

Brilliant series, Louis! I began with the show on how the Genius Bar misrepresents problems and over exaggerates the repair costs and ended up here. Reminded me of a 2015 15" MBPro Retina the Apple Store said would cost a fortune to repair because of water damage. I then took the laptop to a Mac Repair Indy facility in Tucson who said they could replace the battery, so I ordered one, brought it to the facility only to be told: "What? You expect me to replace this Lithium Battery that could explode and blind me?" And this after. they had told me over the phone that they could replace the defective battery and keypad. So I'd really like to know if you could do a video on how to replace a 15" MBPro battery and keypad. If you need a laptop to do this video on I'll send mine, along with the parts I bought, and pay for your repairs as I have huge respect for your integrity and the fact that you're helping so many with these videos. Wishing you the best with this series. It's the best thing I've seen on youtube in a good while!

[@iamdarkyoshi]

Well the battery is easier to replace, right off the bat...

[@Bialy_1]

People have often backup battery for laptops like that Lenovo and just swaping it if its empty, with Apple if your battery is empty then thats it, game over.

[@figgledoi]

Biały See the key to fixing an empty battery is charging it.

[@kaitou55]

Not as easy as a laptop. You do realize that you can fuck up putting your new battery on it because you pretty much have to tape it on there? lol

[@rBennich]

I love the fact that the "help translate this video" notification came up during your "ram in my balls"-rant.

[@aidanjt]

Obviously fluxing and hot air blasting RAM chips is way easier than a DIMM swap. You'd have to get your head examined if you ever thought otherwise.

[@alexandruilea915]

Right but still he just reflowed the ram instead of replacing it which was a good luck. Still I don't think the way apple is heading is the right one.

[@tin2001]

If reflowing fixed it, doesn't that mean it was a design/manufacturer fault? Ie Apple made a pile of poop....

[@HarisHeizanoglou]

You are joking right?

[@SimonZellox]

0:19 used to* Many windows laptops like the newer LG grams have crazy good battery life. Gaming laptops may have bad battery life due to internals but quite a few windows thin and light laptops have good battery life.

[@Thomas5937]

Many PCs, including several ThinkPad models, use soldered on RAM

[@fpupesh]

The problem of 2018 is that not only Macs have soldered RAM anymore :( Everybody seems to copy the worst things Apple have done into their computers...

[@izoyt]

murica companies like it soldered.

[@Lami3Chop]

@@izoyt No! company just love customers paying heaps of $$$$ for upgrade

[@izoyt]

@@Lami3Chop thats what i said ;)

[@jothugs]

profits

[@OtoyaYamaguchi777]

@@izoyt Lol, those companies stopped being American 30 years ago, this is international Capitalism, heavily inspired by the Chinese, which is an even bigger market for international capitalism.

[@KTSpeedruns]

I love MacOS. My workflow is typically much smoother on MacOS than Windows. And, heck yeah, I love the amazing screens and trackpads and how flawlessly it works with every printer I come across. But, Macs are definitely not easier to get repaired. Thanks for calling out the BS.

[@jessicagray5873]

Yes Louis, yes. Make the whole series.

[@AironExTv]

Yep. I really like my ancient Mac Book Pro(pre-unibody-but-not-quite-unibody) from 12/2007. It had easy to access RAM and batteries, though swapping out the drives was a pain in the ass. Keep rocking. Thanks to you, I am way more interested in repairing than replacing these days.

[@thatmatt41]

Here's my two cents. I have an old Mid-2012 Macbook Pro that I use occasionally for creative stuff like music and video. On Prime Day a year or so ago, I got a new SSD and a stick of RAM so I could upgrade the machine. Ignoring the time it took for the files to transfer from the Hard Drive to the SSD, It took maybe 15 minutes to replace the RAM and install the new drive. On an older Macbook from 2010, I replaced the MagSafe charging outlet on the computer as mine died, and I, with not much experience in repairing electronics did it in under an hour. The Macbooks before the butterfly keyswitches and USB-C ports were super easy to work on, easier than some PCs today, for example, my Surface Book 2, is essentially a tablet and I see no way to upgrade it unless you were super experienced. Modern Macs are a pain in the ass to work on compared to only half a decade ago. I know I'm not buying a new mac any time soon, until Apple can fix their act.

[@Bullet25fxbx]

To be fair though. There are also many Windows based laptops that have soldered on ram. The gist of the statement is correct though, you still can get may other Windows based laptops with removable ram still.

[@JebusGolpez]

Wait what? what year/parallel universe do you live in? I work in IT, have worked with all major brands (toshiba, Dell, Lenovo, HP, MSI, etc) and have not seen a PC based laptop with soldered on RAM, GPU chipsets? of course, but never the RAM, please give me an example of this as I REALLY need to see it.

[@djroadie22]

@@JebusGolpez yes i want to soo see i to

[@trparky]

Three words... Microsoft Surface tablets.

[@JebusGolpez]

@@trparky yeah but those are tablets, not laptops, but there IS one I had not thought about and it's the surface book

[@trparky]

The Microsoft Surface devices are just as much of a throw-away type device. I'd much rather use a traditional desktop where I can replace stuff in it if and when the need arises and do it on the cheap.

[@PhoenixLive_YT]

9:13 i don't know what i am supposed to feel Lol....

[@Alex-bx3st]

because u don't watch half of those channels so youtube just unsubs you

[@popokatepetl80]

balls

[@bibasik7]

"Balls in my RAM, RAM in my balls" -Louis Rossman

[@SimonNitzsche]

"Ramming my balls" -Louis Rossman

[@Lami3Chop]

This is how the world would remember Louis Rossman.

[@DoctorX17]

One of the things I love about you is that while you call Apple out for their mistakes, you also credit them for what they get right. A lot of people just get pissed about the bad and mindlessly rail against a company regardless of what they do, and sometimes even after things get fixed

[@Mikri90]

"Have you ever seen cleaner balls than this?" Quote of the year right there folks!

[@smokeduv]

Macs WERE easier to repair in that aspect, until they stupidly decided to make them smaller and lighter and soldered the RAM to the motherboard. And then they did it again with the SSDs. Same with the battery which is very difficult, but can be done. The thing with Windows PCs is that there are many brands and some of them don't sell all parts, and when you take them to a repair shops, they don't have the parts, unlike with Apple where you can supposedly take your Mac there to get it repaired, and even that is questionable now (Linus knows)

[@Shodkev]

Damn you really nailed it, My 2011 macbookpro has been so easy to repair and upgrade since everything was so modular back in the day, but with todays macs, not only are they faulty by design (new shitty keyboard), but they've essentially made them impossible to repair by soldering everything into the motherboard, really wish that they kept up with the modular design, but then again, that would mean that people wouldn't spend 2k every couple of years for a new macbook pro once theirs gets slow...

[@k4everut]

First off, I don't believe that ANY of the repair shops keeps anything but the basic (common) parts on hand, even Apple Stores. You can get parts for just about ANY PC/laptop. Second, I have multiple brands of Windows (Linux!) laptops. I have only needed to take two in for repair in the last 10 years. One had a fan go bad (after 5 years). It took 5 days to get the fan (the knucklehead ordered it from China, could have got it out of California in two days if he was paying attention, he apologized to me). One was an old laptop I forgot that I gave my daughter. Found it in her closet after she moved out and it wouldn't boot. Took it to my local shop ten minutes away, left it with them for repair, and it was done before I even made it back to my house. Turns out it had a bad RAM module (which I could have replaced myself had I known) and the shop had a new one on the shelf.

[@smokeduv]

Aside from some things like the RAM modules and the HDD/SSD, there are tons of different brands and models for each one and some of them are very common, and some of them are very rare. My Mac is a Late 2013 Retina and still works like a charm, unlike my previous gateway one (it wasn't a bad laptop and actually I had it for many years, but it had Vista, which was horrendous and made it slow faster than I finished installing Office, although it had some overheating issues when using it in the bed), but it worked well until some day it just died and I couldn't revive it. I killed this Mac from a Coke overdose, but I managed to revive it with a thorough cleaning and some other stuff and it still works 2 years after the incident and 4 years after I bought it. I bought a (then) expensive Dell with a high resolution monitor (really good one back then) but it got slow very fast and I couldn't do anything. Then it had overheating issues but it was extremely difficult to disassemble, which is very easy on a Mac (given you have those special screwdrivers...), just 10 screws, back cover off and that's all. I think it's all about anyone's luck. I've used Windows since 3.1 but I'm very happy with my Mac and haven't had issues. My brother always had issues in Windows with design programs like Illustrator and Photoshop, so when he had an opportunity he bought a MacBook Pro from 2010 (I think) and he still uses that Mac, just had to change the HDD for an SSD to make it fast again. Some might hate it and return to Windows (or even Linux, which is great for some other things), or some others even have really bad issues like aaaaaaall the Apple products that Louis Rossmann has repaired. Still, I don't think I'm a Apple fanboy, as I think they are doing many things wrong, specially nowadays after Steve jobs died and Tim Cook focused more on the brand itself and making them just a luxury brand (IMHO).

[@HighestRank]

Kelvin Miller The PC parts problem is not availability, but compatibility: ALWAYS has been. Laptopscreen.com says only to match the connector type, resolution, and physical dimensions, but then lists DIFFERENT part numbers for cross-compatible screens. WtF is up with that, I said! I know about tricky situations where CFL and LED backlighting were used noninterchangably, identical panels were used but with two or three different resolutions, and brackets vs. no mounting- even a series of model #s that suddenly introduced a 'Sony-only' variant, yet these self-appointed specialists only caught half of these differences half of the time. Scwewy wabbit

[@RobCarter04]

Stupidly from what perspective though? Perhaps from a computer enthusiast or power user perspective like many of us watching these videos, but from a business and sales perspective it was one of the best things they've ever done. Generally speaking, people love the sleeker and more solid unibody designs. They prefer smaller, lighter, quieter. They want a computer that acts like their iPhone and iPad do. Apple designs their hardware around an experience, and as shown by their incredible growth and success, consumers like that. For years computer hardware has been more than powerful enough to fluidly handle what the average person wants to do. At that point, it's no longer about stuffing better and better specs into whatever size package you can, making it is as cheaply as possible. When we reached that point, it finally became possible to really focus on the user experience of the physical form itself, on finally making it possible to leave the charger at home for a day, to make a machine that was nearly as quick to open and use as a phone. Turns out that was really the key, and it sold millions and millions of Macbooks for Apple. Now we're finally getting to a point where they've really got some good competition in that particular space thanks to Intel's Ultrabook initiative, Microsoft's Surface hardware, and others realizing how they needed to compete.

[@h33p]

You can't fix a Mac because you are turning it into a PC!

[@Dewata555]

This guy lol XD

[@bbmatias22]

It should be easier to fix after becoming a Pc

[@4nd3rzzon]

Guess what the mac was a PC in the first place

[@luisgurich9568]

I got a macbook early 2011. this one‘s actually gr8. I can litterally switch everything.

[@Ntinosg]

its funny the memory chip is called elpida(ελπίδα) = hope in greek !

[@W0ND3RB0Y1]

It's one of the main manufacturers along with Samsung, micron and hynix... But they went bankrupt and was bought by micron around 2013... Doesn't make it any better..

[@frogonlilypad]

hope it works after reflow

[@roxcyn]

Ntinos, it means "he asks" in Spanish.

[@fleabaganderson7248]

saw u answered my comment/question about flux earlier :) been on a binge on and off all day watching your videos earned a new sub 👍

[@bitrot42]

When you do things the Apple way, they sure are easy to fix. Either: 1) You are near an Apple Store or AASP, and have AppleCare. Apple replaces half (or all) of the machine, behind the curtain where you don't see it happening. 2) Buy a new one.

[@SOADslipsURknot]

I'm disappointed the thumbnail doesn't say: LOUIS CLEANS HIS BALLS

[@mysteryshrimp]

It is easier to GET an Apple product repaired, though. All you have to do is ask Apple who you have permission to hand their property off to. Go there, then several days later, pick it up. Simple. With PCs, you have to make the decision about where to have it repaired. Much harder.

[@jonjohnson102]

See that is true and I think everyone needs to know the tech side of things though

[@cthulpiss]

It works when your Apple is under warranty, right? If so, then the same (principle) applies to PCs

[@MrAntice]

Ahhh yes. those pesky hard decisions you get to do when there is competition in the market for a service.

[@Xfade81]

Asking Apple who can do it for you compared to decide yourself is so much harder

[@EMETRL]

ok but Apple has shown time and time again that when it comes to repairing, they don't do a good job and/or straight up lie about what they did. Oh, and uh... GETTING a laptop fixed is easier when it doesn't cost 2/3s the price of the laptop. B...b...but APPLE HAS STORES!!! Get over yourself.

[@why5784]

2 year of mine using Mac I have never had a problem with it, software or hardware. My first PC however had a keyboard defect (which I have to return it), Window Update problem (Window reinstall), hhd 100% all the time (ssd solved), boot problem (I gave up and took my dad's Mac). Use your Mac carefully and you will love it.

[@johnross102]

It's a clip show! I think BI's point was that it is easier for an end user to obtain (not always) straitforward service on a Mac though Apple than navigating the crazy world of PC repair. Few PC repair shops have your skills Louis!

[@Mkananoja]

apples are easier to be fixed. its simple: bring it to apple, wait 2 weeks, get replacement apple with all your files gone and pay couble hunred for because of some arbidary reason that voids your waranty rigthfully or morelikely not. with pc, you have the possibility to do that yourself, and thats haaaaaard. you could also wait 15 minutes at fixshop to get it fixed and to get it back with all your stuff. but we all know that waiting something to be fixed at location is so dificult, inhumane even. Least with apple you get to go to home for 2 weeks to relax all the stress out you get from apple customer service :)

[@Kenshin9977]

9:26 "These are the balls in my arms"

[@MASViper]

Dell 7559 and 7567 are much easier. Just one captive screw, and there you'll find the guts of the laptop.

[@CaptainTShirt]

Unknown Blogger yep. I have a 7577. So simple to upgrade, clean or repair.

[@RetromagneticDesigns]

HP 8760w - the whole back is secured with some sort of slider. (kinda similiar to some battere release mechanisms outta there) I don't even need tools to repair it. xD

[@jm036]

Don't forget HP Elite x2. IT'S A FUCKING TABLET AND HAS A REPLACEABLE SSD AND RAM!!! Apparently it runs Windows 7 too...

[@loreaver3882]

Looked it up and it has a 4K screen? How’s the battery life?

[@simmytu]

Those HP Elitebooks are a love letter to utilitarian and functional design. My 8770w has yet to show me its age and I'm happy to see HP themselves returning to those Elitebooks design philosophy with the new ZBook 17 G5.

[@Tyrian3k]

I still have bad memories of just changing a hard drive on a Mac Mini, but hey, it wasn't soldered to the damn thing, so I could still DIY it, even if you have to disassemble the entire thing to get to the hard drives at all. And it was the version with the normal Torx screws, not the following model with the Torx screws with the added middle finger in the center.

[@crownscolossal4772]

Hey Louis, thank you for continuing to share your knowledge via this youtube. It's been very informative. My question is this, If I must buy a Macbook, (and I must...), which years and models are the most durable, upgrade-able, repairable & serviceable? I know from watching your videos that the newer ones are far harder to repair. If you had to have a Macbook which year and model would you choose? Thanks in advanced, loving the content...

[@meoka2368]

New ringtone "Yeah. Yeah. Look at that. That is some clean balls."

[@johncoffelt6645]

without comparing the specs of the actual battery cells in each brand the overall physical size really means nothing

[@samuelwhite3173]

Exactly! Anyways, 99 watt hours is the max in laptops. You can't be on a plane with a battery higher than 99 watt hours.

[@prasadkadam4625]

9:21 This are the balls in my ram. Ram in my ball. Look at that. Haha

[@MrtinVarela]

rammin' my balls

[@fmh357]

Love your videos. At first I thought it a bit funny your listing of parts and tools, but thinking about it I find it useful knowing what tools work and those that don't. Thanks.

[@Dracogame]

I love how you left the "look at my balls in my ram" clip even if it was totally unnecessary for the purpose of this video.

[@somethingsinlife5600]

When they say "Repair" they mean "New from the Genius Bat".

[@dpoarch]

RAID 0... you live dangerously my friend

[@GroovyVideo2]

the Only reason i use mac computers is for FCP 7 Studio for editing video- apple decided to kill fcp studio and replace it with fcpx that is a upgraded version of imovie that is a fing bad joke - i live next to apple HQ in austin and am able to talk to many apple employees and they keep saying buzz words like - thinner - personally i dont care about thinner - i want it Works and i can upgrade parts like i could on my g4 /g5 - i started using apple Last century but i am Not buying another apple anything this century

[@kingsleyzissou1120]

@7:00 totally agree about Razer, returned everything I ever bought from them.

[@disquise2411]

It's about persepective. For the Author, what he meant was that it is more likely to find a shop which accepts apple products for repair. While some shops hang up early on the troubleshooting of pc-models which they don't seem to repair frequently. On the other hand, Rossman, knows how unreliable apple repairs are done by licensed companies. I don't think that the author is wrong about what he wrote. He just sees it under another perspective. And as a reader, I understood the statement.

[@andreaswehrmann365]

There are reasons to buy a Mac? Oh yes, of course! If you want to go to your local Starbucks, you can't show up without an Apple-product. ...or else they will piss in your triple-cream-veggielino!

[@SamnissArandeen]

Macs are the only place where you can get Final Draft so you can pretend to work on your screenplay while sitting there at Starbucks.

[@limanovember8435]

A wild doge appears!

[@LoneBeastYT]

2:33 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE GOT HIM JAYZTWOCENTS IMITATION

[@miguelmoran8110]

I do agree that newer macs have many things integrated and to replace the RAM the MLB needs replacement too (that’s crazy), The big but is that the article you picked up to make a point about macs are “easy to repair” showed the old 2009 MacBooks. Don’t think that today is the same opinion. Thanks for your very thorough and detailed video though/.

[@Da40kOrks]

I work on a lot of PC laptops with soldered on ram. Specifically XPS laptops from Dell. They are designed a lot like macs, with the small board, ram and a large battery. Still use a standard m.2 ssd though.

[@Earthboundmike]

Ram is easier in PC/laptop. By a mile. I can even diagnose which ram stick it is before hand usually if I'm still getting into windows.

[@pwnmeisterage]

Bad RAM is arguably one of the most common hardware faults. But dead mainboard is also common - maybe bad caps, cooked VRM parts, broken traces, cooked components, whatever - and equally difficult/costly to repair on either machine. Although of course on a PC you could choose one of dozens of replacement (or upgraded) motherboards, while on a Mac you get (or you don't get) exactly one option from Apple.

[@windhelmguard5295]

if your main board is dead and you have already given up on it you can try to throw that sucker in the oven at 375°F for seven minutes, let it cool off for a while and see if that fixes the issue, sure there is no guarantee that it will work, but when you're ready to give up on it anyways, trying it won't hurt.

[@pwnmeisterage]

Haha bad balls are never good news ... but Louis has ranted about the ovens before.

[@samuelwhite3173]

@@pwnmeisterage You could also choose from a dozen competing stores that are all great and fight to keep their customers.

Rossman: "lets zoom in on my balls" Me: :O!!!! Oh no! Rossman: "Look at my clean balls" Me: OH GOD, PLEASE NO! Rossman: "Those are some clean balls ;)" Me: I'll never the the same again.

[@BobofWOGGLE]

Oh sure, they're easier to get repaired. Take it into apple and drop the better part of a grand, they'll shred your old board and install a new one. Sure the new one will fail the same way, but at least it was _easy._

[@MASViper]

Bob Woggle Pardon me, but that is not fixing the problems, that just repeating the same problem in different time.

[@BobofWOGGLE]

nobody said repairs gotta be permanent my guy, everything is temporary.

[@MASViper]

Bob Woggle Wee, let's say your Mac laptop has a broken track pad, rather that go to repair the track pad, you just swapped the whole motherboard. In a few years, it developed the same problem. Alright, chance that you get the same problem with different motherboard is like the chance you get one higher-clockable CPU on a bunch of similar CPU. That's the 3rd reason why I choose to buy a Windows laptop.

[@BobofWOGGLE]

You seem to have missed the bit where I already agree with you.

[@MASViper]

Bob Woggle I think I am. Damn, 12:43 am right now, and I've a long flight tomorrow.

[@SGcomputing]

An older MacBook Pro comparable to your thinkpad still has ram cards, just take the bottom piece of aluminum off and swap out the cards... not to mention that there are pcs with soldered on ram too.

[@uchihasasuke7436]

I'm excited that, after all these years working on random electronics projects and watching these videos, I've finally had enough inspiration to re-thermal paste my XPS 13 :))))

[@ABaumstumpf]

About the battery size: Uhm - the Thinkpad battery you showed to me at least seemed to be bigger. It was a lot thicker. And when looking at the Macbook specs and those of different thinkpads that is also what you will find. maybe the reason for the shorter batteryLife is that most windows laptops used come with a nice bunch of bloatware and also often more powerful (and thus power-hungry) hardware than comparable macs? My laptop had a reasonable batterylife of roughly 6 hours, during gaming that was gone in 1 hour, with some tweaking it lasted for over 12 hours. Just depends on what you do.

[@MrTsolar]

13-inch MacBook Pro Retina Touchbar - 49.2 Wh battery. XPS 13 9343 - 52.9 Wh battery 15-inch MacBook Pro Retina Touchbar - 76 Wh battery Dell Latitude E5530 - 60 Wh, 90 Wh optional. The E5530 battery takes up less area of the machine due to being cylindrical. Prismatics aren't very energy dense when they're paper thin.

[@AndrejPodzimek]

There are no “Windows PCs”. There are just PCs. What you run on them is entirely up to you.

[@derpyguy]

If you're going to be that pedantic you might as well point out that Macs are just PCs too and have been for decades.

[@AndrejPodzimek]

@@derpyguy Yes, Apple desktops and laptops can be viewed as yet another PC brand. Which supports rather than contradicts my initial point that PCs (of any brand) are *not* automatically “Windows PCs”. Out of the ~5 PCs in my household, precisely zero are “Windows PCs” (and precisely zero use Apple hardware).

[@samsosa0525]

According to Apple they are easier too, bad usb port? Change the motherboard, bad ssd? Change the motherboard, no backlight? Change the motherboard! Too much pubes in your laptop? Guess what? Change the motherboard! It never says cheaper it said easier, one solution for all (for the record yes, this is sarcasm)

[@jantube358]

I was expecting a very apple fanboy-ish answer to the topic. But the video was very objective! Two things I want to add to that: 1.) The thing with the battery is true for the old kind of PCs. Take a look at the Microsoft Surface products and their counterparts from other companies like Acer. They have large propreritary batteries, too. The old kind of Laptops have these old kind of batteries because they think you may want to switch the battery without opening the case (because you don't have or need a power bank) and it's cheaper of course. 2.) As you said you didn't change the RAM on the Mac, you just reflowed it. Assuming both systems have a broken RAM element, it is even easier to detect which one is broken and has to be replaced on the PC. (assuming the RAM is not soldered the same way as it is in the Macs because some do that already)

[@richardbarrett8365]

Repaired PC for years and after watching you I will stick with a PC any day and all day. No Macs wanted here for repair.

[@Joe0400]

Louis pulls out his p-series laptop. Me: hell yeah I love my p-70. Thing rocks

[@vla.24]

After apple watches this video, they will probably make it impossible to repair

[@pompomaddons]

xR4bdT5 24 u predicted the future kiddo

[@ThePaalanBoy]

...Apple?.... Good battery and battery-life? ...i would never have guessed that based on their phones :/

[@matthewnickolas4706]

@@XaldinLonkhe My LG Power sireis phone cost me 100 dollars, runs all the apps you need well and has a battery of nearly 7k mah

[@spaceowl5957]

They said it's easier to GET repaired not easier to repair. I don't really know anything about repairing computers so I might be wrong, but I think this makes sense because there are gonna be way more of any single MacBook model on the market compared to windows laptops. This means that repair shops are more likely to have experience with fixing that specific model, there are also gonna be more resources available on the internet to help you identify/fix the problem, plus replacement parts are also more likely to be available. And I mean not every windows laptop is as modular as his thinkpad...

[@richwawa]

You should show some razer blade repairs if you ever get them. Id like to see how you repair newer thin and light pcs.

[@Zuldria]

Clean balls are clean.

[@CipherousOwU]

Macs are indeed easier to get fixed..at third party shops.

[@coldsnap4467]

Except even then, they technically can't keep apple components on hand, it all has to be ordered. So the repair could take at least a week before you get it back. But that only applies to shops that follow the rules.

[@TetraSky]

"easier to repair", because the Apple store will just trash your old device and give you a refurb one instead of even attempting to repair it, unlike PC stores where they generally try to repair them.

[@SuperBroomBrooom]

its actually quite therapeutic to watch louis repair laptops and even more so when he gets angry :)

[@MYuee]

The sad thing is that some pc manufacturers started to solder their ram in recent years. That's why always check when I buy a new laptop. It's a no-go for me. Some people don't like to upgrade/repair/troubleshoot their pcs/laptops themselves, I am not one of those people. I love to do those things.