Your screen cracked. Your battery won't hold a charge. Your laptop sounds like a tiny helicopter.
The manufacturer says: buy a new one.
iFixit says: here are 47 photos and step-by-step instructions to fix it yourself in 45 minutes.
iFixit has free repair guides for over 100,000 devices. Every iPhone ever made. Every MacBook. Gaming consoles. Cameras. Headphones. Kitchen appliances. If it can break, they've probably figured out how to fix it.
The guides are written by the people who actually took it apart. Real photos. Real screwdriver sizes. Real warnings about the ribbon cable you'll definitely destroy if you're not careful.
They also sell the tools and the parts. Genuine replacement batteries. New screens. Specialty screwdrivers for those stupid proprietary screws manufacturers use to keep you out.
The whole thing is built on one radical idea: you own your stuff and you should be able to fix it. No planned obsolescence. No forced upgrades. No $300 repair bills for a $15 part.
Their slogan is "Repair is noble." They mean it.
Go look up whatever is currently broken in your life. There is a 90% chance it's in here.


