Chromebooks and MacBooks are among the least repairable laptops around, according to an analysis that consumer advocacy group US Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) shared this week. Apple and ...

Lenovo unveiled the ThinkPad T14 Gen 7 earlier this year at Mobile World Congress. The commercial laptop is the successor to the well-known T490 and looks to be a fixture in offices after it starts ...

The iPhone is the least fixable phone on the market, according to repairability experts. Phones from Samsung and Google are not far behind. Scores were better for laptops than smartphones, with Asus ...

Do you have a computer or smartphone that's easy to repair? Or, when your laptop or phone needs service, will you be forced to buy a whole new device? A new report from the U.S. PIRG Education Fund ...

The push to stuff more and more technology into a smartphone chassis has resulted in repairability taking a backseat. While there have been some efforts to make smartphones more repairable in recent ...

The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple has flunked its repair class. Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) Education Fund’s new scorecard, released on 9 April 2026, slapped it with a C-minus for laptops and a ...

Apple earned the lowest grades in a report on laptop and smartphone repairability released today by the consumer advocacy group Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) Education Fund. The report, which ...

In recent years, phone makers have been making efforts to make their products more repairable. Some do so on their own, while others are forced by regulatory bodies (mainly European). Google and Apple ...

Despite advances in user repair and the improvements in the MacBook Neo, Apple just can't get away from being rated poorly for repairability. Repairability is a long-time problem for Apple, after ...

While most consumers never really think about it, there's a large group out there that want the option to be able to repair their own devices. But in the process of making devices more streamlined and ...