04-16-2007, 04:52 PM
> TORX screws used on the original Mac, called "Proprietary" by the industry
> pundits, "the tools required to open up the Mac are only available from Apple" total
> BS, TORX screws were invented by Textron and were an industry standard years
> before Apple was even a company.
I dunno about this one. You must admit that didn't *help* consumers open their Macs considering that most other $2000 PC hardware at the time used Phillips screws. The HEADS of the Mac Plus retaining screws most certainly were standard Torx (and are used on lots of other things, including car taillight lenses) but at least two of those screws sat at the bottom of a deep, narrow tunnel. Any ordinary driver was both too short and too fat to fit down there. The TOOL to open the Plus was a bizarre piece of hex-sided metal rod, 12 inches long, with a handle twisted in the shape of a "T"...you can't tell me that's a standard part.
> pundits, "the tools required to open up the Mac are only available from Apple" total
> BS, TORX screws were invented by Textron and were an industry standard years
> before Apple was even a company.
I dunno about this one. You must admit that didn't *help* consumers open their Macs considering that most other $2000 PC hardware at the time used Phillips screws. The HEADS of the Mac Plus retaining screws most certainly were standard Torx (and are used on lots of other things, including car taillight lenses) but at least two of those screws sat at the bottom of a deep, narrow tunnel. Any ordinary driver was both too short and too fat to fit down there. The TOOL to open the Plus was a bizarre piece of hex-sided metal rod, 12 inches long, with a handle twisted in the shape of a "T"...you can't tell me that's a standard part.