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MacBooks, Chromebooks lead losers in laptop repairability analysis

Analysis heavily weighs how hard the brands' laptops are to take apart.

Enlarge/ A stack of broken Chromebook laptops at Cell Mechanic Inc. electronics repair shop in Westbury, New York, U.S., on Wednesday, May 19, 2021. The "Failing the Fix (2024)" report released this week [ PDF] is largely based on the repairability index scores required of laptops and some other electronics sold in France. PIRG also docked companies for participating in trade groups that fight against right-to-repair legislation and if OEMs failed to “easily provide full information on how they calculated their products."

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