We tore down the PROLED XDR to find out how it glows.
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We found the secret of the glowing Apple
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Apple waited until the first MacBook Pro without a backlight to bring back the glowing logo on the lid, so of course we had to get inside. The first touchscreen MacBook scores a 5 out of 10 for repairability. Beyond the new light show, it’s a lot like last year’s model: the lid swaps out just as easily, and Touch ID kept working after we traded logic boards between two machines.
Want to see a tandem OLED up close? Watch us put the display under the microscope.
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Apple’s user forums, where Apple owners have answered each other’s troubleshooting questions for decades, stopped taking new posts on November 10 and close for good on November 20. Years of fixes may disappear with them, so save any thread you rely on, and bring your next question to iFixit Answers.
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SOURCE: MACRUMORS
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Right to Repair language in this year’s defense bill would let troops fix their own equipment in the field instead of waiting on a contractor, and it has support from both parties. Defense contractors are lobbying against it over intellectual property as the House and Senate hammer out the final version.
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SOURCE: BREAKING DEFENSE
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When Microsoft 365 went down this week, Japanese securities firms and asset managers lost the email they use for trade confirmations, so they went back to fax machines and phones. Turns out the old machine in the corner makes a pretty good backup plan.
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SOURCE: GADGET REVIEW
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Featured Project: PAL 286
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Austin from our team brought a 1987 Compaq Portable III back to life with help from FixBot, swapping its very dead clock battery, 20 MB hard drive, and floppy drive for modern stand-ins. Then it got out of hand: with a Raspberry Pi hiding behind it, the 640 KB machine now greets visitors to our Chattanooga office by name, walks people through repairs, and plays YouTube and Doom in amber dots.
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Get your console ready for GTA VI
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A console that’s been running for a few years is full of dust, and dust means heat, fan noise, and stutters. Our Game Console Toolkit has the bits to open a PlayStation, Xbox, or Switch, plus the brushes and swabs to clean it out before GTA VI arrives November 19.
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