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[–] mipadaitu@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago (2 children)

What if they offered an upgrade path? New main board, you keep your shell and storage.

[–] Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 14 points 7 months ago

Unlikely unfortunately, they don't currently offer replacement motherboards at all.

When the ifixit repair parts initially leaked, they had a replacement motherboard available but priced at $350. Later when ifixit officially started ordering repair parts, the motherboard was no longer available.

My guess is that it wasn't worth selling the motherboard for $350 when a 64gb deck was only $400. I'd imagine the same issue would apply to an "upgrade" motherboard.

[–] AceBonobo@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago