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First off, look we get it, you love Apple and that's fine. Just don't make comments of "oh, I don't like them but let me make a bunch of easily disproven claims to make them seem perfect and amazing".
And they are all over 10 years old. Apple at best supports 7ish. This isn't the brag you think it is.
Again, same answer. They are the shortest time supporter, and the highest cost.
No, they didn't. I've used Mac's since the 80s, in the 90s, and have a 2009 MBP. No they didn't. Never have.
Go find me one with a working CMOS battery. Those are soldered, non-replaceable. Again, I have a 2009 MBP, and even that can be replaced. And a quick eBay check will find the other motherboard.
And go look at how much Google claims to do the opposite. Which one is better, the one who's up front and honest, or the one who lies to your face?
Uh, huh..... Again, which one is better, the one who's up front and honest, or the one who lies to your face?
2009 is newer than what I was referring to anyway. But also, that's a super easy Mac to repair, the only non-Apple laptops I've found to be easier were the G1-G2 HP Elitebook 800 lineup and T series Lenovos up till like 2015.
Not worth ordering, nor storing. The correct answer for that other model is that you just dump it in the trash after destroying the drive.
It's easy to stock parts for most Macs when you're running a refurb shop. With other laptops, you only have parts for the top 3 or 4 models per manufacturer because the rest aren't worth the time or effort. It's all waste when there's something model specific that's gone bad.
Also, since when did Macs go back to CMOS batteries? They've been using the main battery for that for a long time, though there's a backup for when the main battery dies competely. That backup does indeed fail but it's a nonissue if your main battery is good.
And this entire side thing was a giant whataboutism. All laptops have always been unique. It's why I made sure to point out things like the pentalobe screws. But you were so desperate to defend Apple that you grabbed at laptop mobos as your only hope. Think also things like Apple keyboards/mice using RJ-11 connectors, TSR connectors, ADB connectors, etc... Always refused to use any standard for a long time. Other things like ADC for monitors. No one else does this.
What are you, 5 years old? You ask a question, got an answer and this is the best response you could think of? Bad troll. Also, it's not "easy to stock parts for most Macs when you're running a refurb shop", since with Apple doing "parts pairing", those parts don't work. It's been happening since 2018.
And you know CMOS batteries leak and can permanently fry the mobo. And again, this is Apple it's not a standard CMOS, it's a PRAM battery, same thing, different name.