” Because their screws are proprietary, you need special equipment to open up a device.”
The Apple screws are not proprietary. They are pentalobe screws, which were widely available before Apple started using them. Several makers offer pentalobe screwdrivers.
Indeed. I finally realized how easy it was to repair an iMac after I was given one with the screen already removed.
Everyone scared me off from opening one because we have to ‘removed the glass’ with ‘special tools’
Rubbish.
Glass is held in with magnets. The suction cups just make it easy.
The replacing the hard drive was drop dead easy…. (Computer guy at work had given up on it. Took me ‘five minutes’.