{"id":1218099,"date":"2025-02-20T14:20:21","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T19:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1218099"},"modified":"2025-02-20T14:20:21","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T19:20:21","slug":"apple-lenovo-lead-losers-in-laptop-repairability-analysis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1218099","title":{"rendered":"Apple, Lenovo lead losers in laptop repairability analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Apple and Lenovo had the lowest laptop repairability scores in an analysis of recently released devices from consumer advocacy group US Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) Education Fund. While Apple&#8217;s low marks are partially due the difficulty involved in disassembling MacBooks, Lenovo appears to be withholding information from shoppers deemed critical to right-to-repair legislation and accessibility.<\/p>\n<p>The report, US PIRG&#8217;s fourth annual \u201cFailing the Fix\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/FY25-Failing-the-Fix.pdf\">PDF<\/a>], calculated repairability\u00a0scores for PCs and smartphones from popular brands in the US. <a href=\"https:\/\/pirg.org\/edfund\/resources\/failing-the-fix\/\">The report<\/a> examines &#8220;the top 10 most recent devices from each brand that were available for sale directly from manufacturers in January 2025.&#8221; If a brand&#8217;s website didn&#8217;t allow people to sort by newest release, US PIRG picked devices by sorting &#8220;by &#8216;Bestselling&#8217; or something similar,&#8221; per the report&#8217;s methodology section.<\/p>\n<p>US PIRG&#8217;s analysis included finding each device&#8217;s French Repairability Index scores on PC makers&#8217; French websites and on third-party retailer sites. US PIRG calculated PC makers&#8217; grades by averaging &#8220;the total French score and the isolated disassembly score from each device.&#8221; It weighed disassembly scores more heavily because it believes &#8220;this better reflects what consumers think a repairability score indicates.&#8221; Next, the group subtracted half a point each for membership in <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/tech-policy\/2023\/02\/report-reveals-the-influence-big-tech-lobbyists-had-on-new-yorks-repair-bill\/\">TechNet<\/a> or the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en\/article\/apple-is-lobbying-against-your-right-to-repair-iphones-new-york-state-records-confirm\/\">Consumer Technology Association<\/a> (CTA), industry groups that oppose right-to-repair legislation, and added a quarter point &#8220;for each piece of Right to Repair legislation supported by the testimony of the manufacturer in the last year.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2025\/02\/macbooks-lagging-behind-pc-rivals-when-it-comes-to-repairability-report\/\">Read full article<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2025\/02\/macbooks-lagging-behind-pc-rivals-when-it-comes-to-repairability-report\/#comments\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple and Lenovo had the lowest laptop repairability scores in an analysis of recently released devices from consumer advocacy group US Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) Education Fund. 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