[NTLK] FW: iFixit: Apple ¹ s Diabolical Plan to Screw Your iPhone

Sat Jan 22 01:06:08 EST 2011

TRANSGRESSIVE REACTIONARY!!

Cheers
John
 minicapt1 at mac.com

On 21 Jan 11, at 22:02, Andrei Chichak wrote:

> Flip it. Those mother flippin' control freaks have flippin' made me flippin' flip now.
> 
> First they put a flippin' window interface on the perfection of the Apple ][ (and why wasn't the Apple I good enough for everybody???). Then they get rid of the perfect 6502 processor and go with that Motorola abomination. Then they change horses in the middle of the stream and dabble in RISCy business, how do you write assembly code for RISC, I ask you? And then they make everything so flippin' small. Grrrrr.
> 
> And you know where that all leads? That's right, an ARM processor and a window thingie that you hold in your hand. Hell in a handbasket I say!
> 
> I think we should all just shout "NO! I'M NOT TAKING IT ANYMORE! GIVE ME CP/M AND STRAIGHT BLADE SCREWS, AND GET OFF OF MY LAWN!"
> 
> Grumble grumble must stop watching The IT Crowd.
> 
> 
> 
> Carry on.
> 
> 
> 
> On 2011-January-21, at 10:28 PM, Ed Kummel wrote:
> 
>> But you gotta admit, it fits Apple's Type 1 control freak attitude towards their customers. 
>> Personally, I'm not surprised if Apple does indeed go through such extreme lengths as to put in a restricted screw to keep people out of their hardware...
>> Ed
>> web/gadget guru
>> 
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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>> --Ed
>> 
>> --- On Fri, 1/21/11, J.M. Heinrichs <minicapt1 at mac.com> wrote:
>> 
>> From: J.M. Heinrichs <minicapt1 at mac.com>
>> Subject: Re: [NTLK] FW: iFixit: Apple ¹ s Diabolical Plan to Screw Your iPhone
>> To: newtontalk at newtontalk.net
>> Date: Friday, January 21, 2011, 9:52 PM
>> 
>> I think it's an 'arrangement' between Apple and iFixit to generate 'business' for the latter. Note who has a convenient 'solution' to this apparent 'problem'.
>> 
>> Cheers
>> John
>>  minicapt1 at mac.com
>> 
>> On 21 Jan 11, at 17:44, Lord Groundhog wrote:
>> 
>>> I don't normally forward stuff and especially not to a list, but this seems
>>> important to us.  I don't like manufacturers telling me they're going to
>>> stop me from repairing or modding something once I put my money down to own
>>> it, and I see that there's a fair few of us who might feel the same.
>>> 
>>> So here it is.  The problem:  Apple wants to lock iPhone owners out of their
>>> phones.  The solution:  ifixit is selling the key.  Check out the links for
>>> the story and the photos that explain what's at stake, and see what you
>>> think.  
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Shalom. 
>>> Christian 
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>>> ------ Forwarded Message
>>>> 
>>>> ...
>>>> 
>>>> This Issue
>>>>  Apple’s Diabolical Plan to Screw Your iPhone
>>>> Apple Is Turning Planned Obsolescence Into Planned Failure
>>>> Featured Guide: Replacing iPhone 4 5-Point Pentalobe Screws
>>>> Featured Product: iPhone 4 Liberation Kit
>>>> 
>>>>   Apple’s Diabolical Plan to Screw Your iPhone
>>>> <http://createsend.ifixit.com/t/r/l/ydjivl/ozntkdl/y>
>>>> 
>>>> Apple is switching to a new type of tamper-resistant screw across their
>>>> product line. It is not a standard Torx, and there are no readily available
>>>> screwdrivers that can remove it. They chose this 'Pentalobe' fastener
>>>> specifically because it was new, guaranteeing repair tools would be both rare
>>>> and expensive. The iPhone 4 originally shipped with Phillips screws, but
>>>> Apple
>>>> has transitioned completely to this new security screw. Shame on them.
>>>> 
>>>> <http://createsend.ifixit.com/t/r/l/ydjivl/ozntkdl/j>
>>>> 
>>>> This screw head clearly has one purpose: to keep you out. Otherwise, Apple
>>>> would use it throughout each device. Instead, they only use it at the
>>>> bulwark—on the outside case of your iPhone and MacBook Air, and protecting
>>>> the
>>>> battery on the MacBook Pro—so they can keep you out of your own hardware.
>>>> <http://createsend.ifixit.com/t/r/l/ydjivl/ozntkdl/t>
>>>> 
>>>> We have sourced a screwdriver
>>>> <http://createsend.ifixit.com/t/r/l/ydjivl/ozntkdl/i> that works for the
>>>> 5-point "Pentalobe" fasteners on the iPhone 4 case. We're selling the
>>>> screwdriver along with replacement Phillips screws so you can restore your
>>>> iPhone 4 
>>>> 
>>>> <http://createsend.ifixit.com/t/r/l/ydjivl/ozntkdl/d>
>>>> 
>>>> to its original, serviceable state.
>>>> 
>>>> We also have solutions for your MacBook Air and MacBook Pro. You can use a
>>>>> 5-point MacBook Air screwdriver
>>>>> <http://createsend.ifixit.com/t/r/l/ydjivl/ozntkdl/h>  to open your machine,
>>>>> or the MacBook Pro 5-Point Torx Screwdriver
>>>>> <http://createsend.ifixit.com/t/r/l/ydjivl/ozntkdl/k>  to remove your
>>>>> laptop's
>>>>> battery! 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Read more <http://createsend.ifixit.com/t/r/l/ydjivl/ozntkdl/u>
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> ------ End of Forwarded Message
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