Apple is leading the pack in one laptop category, but it’s not an award anyone would want to flaunt. The MacBooks have taken the throne as the worst in laptop repairability.
The latest Failing the Fix report from the U.S PIRG Education Fund ranked these notebooks at the bottom. In the 2026 edition of the annual report, the group measured both major smartphones and laptop brands on how repairable their products were.
What do the rankings reveal?
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The report used European repair data and additional adjustments tied to Right to Repair lobbying and support. In the laptop section, the PIRG ranks ASUS with a B+ rating, followed by Acer with a B. HP, Dell, Samsung, and Microsoft were all tied at B-, while Lenovo got a C. Then there’s Apple, which finished last with a
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