Can we talk about the week I had to fix 30 identical laptops with the same stupid hinge problem?

It was last Tuesday when a local school dropped off a whole cart of them, all with cracked plastic around the left hinge. Every single one needed the whole bottom case swapped, which is a 45 minute job if you're quick. By Thursday my hands were sore from popping plastic clips and my bench looked like a laptop graveyard. The worst part was knowing the next batch would probably come back in six months for the same exact thing. Has anyone else had to deal with a huge batch of the same flawed model, and did you find a faster way to handle it?

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andrew_harris31mo ago

Laptop graveyard" seems a bit dramatic for a few days of plastic clips.

william4071mo ago

I used to agree with @andrew_harris3, but seeing the pile of broken parts changed my mind.

gonzalez.rowan23d ago

@william407 saw the pile too huh?