This lack of repairability is actually not a recent thing at all. For example, I worked a support job in the late 90s where a high proportion of Applecare complaints were resolved with &quot;replace the motherboard.&quot; With PCs we just replaced the offending part, which was rarely the motherboard.<p>The worst part of this is that Apple&#x27;s success has dragged the rest of the market toward things like non-replaceable batteries.