Finally caved and bought the $80 iFixit toolkit last month, and it's already paid for itself twice over.

I used to think my old generic screwdrivers were fine, but the right bit for a stripped MacBook bottom case screw saved a client's data recovery job from becoming a nightmare last Tuesday.

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evanr794d ago

Come on, that's just lucky. Most people will never need a special bit for a stripped screw, so dropping eighty bucks is crazy. My ten dollar set from the hardware store has fixed everything I've ever opened. That kit is for pros, not regular folks who just want to swap a battery.

oliver_ward144d ago

Wait, you've never had a stripped screw? @evanr79, that's wild luck right there. I've wrecked like three phones trying to open them with cheap bits.