iFixitjust finisheda teardown of Apple ’s new 13 - inch retina MacBook Pro , and the findings are a motley bag of good and tough intelligence for folks who like to fix their own gear . Compared to the 15 - inch retina MBP , the small model should be marginally easier to tinker with . But it ’s still reasonably much impossible to remedy .
recall how the battery in the last 15 - inch retina MBP wasgluedinto spot ? Well , this clip around , Apple ’s placed some of the cells into a alloy tray hold into position with ass — iFixit managed to move out all six bombardment cellphone without destroying the anything . There ’s hope there , at least , for a refilling .
https://gizmodo.com/retina-macbook-pro-teardown-its-locked-up-like-fort-kn-5918021
But that ’s where the good newsworthiness stop . The iFixit teardown reveals thatthe new Pro is locked up by the same proprietary petalobe screws that ’ll keep you from opening it up , the RAM is solder to the logic plank so you ca n’t upgrade the retentiveness ever , and the display assembly is fundamentally impossible to deconstruct , which means that you ca n’t fix a cracked screen yourself . So much for self - adequacy . if you were marvel if you should get Apple Care for your shiny young MacBook , the answer ’s almost definitely yes . [ iFixit ]
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