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The horrible truth about Apple's repeated engineering failures.

Louis Rossmann · 3.9M views · 2018-04-24 · 24:48

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Overview

Louis Rossmann, a Macbook repair shop owner, goes through a long list of Apple hardware engineering failures, from GPU defects to keyboards and repair practices.

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Mostly cited by critics of Apple hardware quality, and as a rabbit hole for people curious about laptop repair.

Recommended by 2 HN people across 2 months · HN mentions 2018–2023

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Repair, teardowns & right to repairConsumer devices & gadgets
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What people said

computerex · 2019-10 · Recommendation

Louis Rossmann made a video highlighting a lot of the engineering problems with Apple laptops. His whole business is about repairing Apple laptops so he has all the reasons and incentives to defend Apple and downplay their issues. [VIDEO]

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Severian · 2018-10 · Recommendation

Louis Rossmann, a well known advocate for right-to-repair and a repair shop owner has a lot to say about Apple's build quality. [VIDEO] His videos are a great rabbit hole to go down, if you are interested in laptop repair methods. He knows his stuff.

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DesiLurker · 2023-04 · Criticism

laptop repair guru Louis Rossmann has repeatedly echoed the same sentiments about apple: [VIDEO] its all broken & proprietary by design. performance aspect a distant second but apple fanboys love it when apple fleeces them even more.

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