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Replace or repair?
LockedWhat is the critera for replacement versus repair? I work for a school system in Indiana and we have over 130 aging mac iBooks (the clamshell style) that are being used throughout five different schools. The macs are stable and solid, a little slow but acceptable, not a lot is demanded of them.
The problem is wear and tear on the power adaptors and batteries. Our suppliers have dried up. As near as I can tell Apple doesn’t make batteries or adaptors for these models anymore. Even third party vendors have moved on to other products.
We estimate that we will need 20 to 30 batteries and/or adaptors per year at a rough budget of $2000 to $3000 per year.
At what point does it make a valid argument to replace the laptops?