Apple makes life hard

Is it possible that i pay 2300EUR for a device where the screws are put badlyy? I wnat to add memory, using a (as stated in the manual) oo1 philips srcewdriver. 3 of them are easily removable but the forth is so stuck that there's no way of getting it out. it cannot be that i have to go to a shgop for unscrewing such a stupid thing.
a really big manko, apart from the fact that the computer after 2 month of use already has a defect ram....

I have found a way that works every time. The problem is not really that the screws are too tight, but that the screw drivers with a small enough head usually have shafts with small diameters.
PHYSICS WARNING:
Torque, the amount of force on an object in a twisting motion = radius of the object times the force applied to the object
Thus, a screw driver with a thick handle will allow you to create more torque on the screw, and it will come out. Alternately, you can take a pair of pliers and use that to twist the screw driver, as that also creates greater tourqe.

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