[Paul Hillman]

The author mentioned he has been working on Apples since 2008, I’ve been designing/building/repairing stuff since the 70’s. (One thing that still puzzles me, back in the 70’s I had a spreadsheet program on a 64K SWTP computer with a preference to work in degrees not radians, still no modern spreadsheet has that option.) I really don’t find Apple computers that hard to work on, and I’ve replaced just about every component there is to replace over the years. One post here summarized the problems mentioned in the video. I’ve had many of the models mentioned and have only have had a GPU problem on an original Intel MBP as a broken/burnt out part (this may seem contrary to the earlier sentence, but there is replace to upgrade vs. replace to fix due to mishandling, vs. replace to fix due to defective/burnt out part). Maybe people are pretty rough on their stuff, rougher than really designed for (like the problem with iPhones bending/breaking when put in back pockets and sitting down on them). Maybe Apple hardware now is not the best for the price, but I really don’t like the alternative OSs for one reason or the other. But I do like the Apple ecosystem intergration, like being able answer my cell phone left in another room on my desktop or laptop. And although the Apple hardware failure rate looks to be middle of the pack, having an Apple Store in town beats most other manufactures. I’ve had Dells repaired by independant ‘professionals’ that were poorly done. As far as cost, Apple has to pay for those ‘free’ genius bars somehow. And that GPU (above) was fixed by Apple at a lower price than I could find the motherboard anywhere on the internet.