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Mac Studio is a sealed box – mostly

In continuation of the last post about the trend towards appliance-computers as opposed to general purpose, user-maintainable computers, I just came across this:

https://twitter.com/mkbhd/status/1504551304961695747?s=21

Appleā€™s recently released desktop computer, the USD 2,000+ Mac Studio, is a closed, sealed box, no different from an iPad.

Update: apparently there are screws to open the case underneath the rubber rim. This YouTube video has a detailed tear-down of the machine. In any case this is a desktop computer that’s clearly not intended to be user-serviceable:

Twenty minutes of unscrewing.