Gregory's Serveran MNT Reform customer in the US was able to get an industrial repair company to fix their damaged laptop on the board level independently using only the public documentation for <$280.
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 I've kind of wondered about going to Louis Rossman's store. He's only a few blocks from an aunt of mine. Interesting idea, but I wonder, many things now: Do you know if he would be wlling to fix such a problem for a price, etc? I don't doubt, he has the skill if he tried to learn the schematics, etc... given his work on apple stuff which must be mega hard given its... apple Right to repair problems, makes apple a very big mess to repair. @frostknight @mntmn @klardotsh This is more an idle thought. I don't live in NYC right now nor do I have an MNT in need of repair at the moment. And as things in our life have become more complex, repair shops have become more specialized, and his shop primarily does Apple products. But I think that for Right to Repair to be really good, whether MNT or Framework, we must have not only the ability to self-repair, but be able to pay for repairs by 3rd parties, in practice not just theory. @emacsen @mntmn @klardotsh To be honest, what you say, might not even go far enough though... All hardware should always be by default usable without any proprietary crap if that is their choice. @mntmn @klardotsh So this is good to hear |
@mntmn For the next time I inevitably break something, where was this shop? Lot easier/cheaper than shipping it back to y'all in Germany 😅