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17" MacBook Pro Disassembly, RAM, HD and Battery Access
macrumors.com - 2/17/2009
17" MacBook Pro Disassembly, RAM, HD and Battery Access
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iFixit has posted disassembly photos of the new 17" unibody MacBook Pro that has started arriving in customers hands. The 17" MacBook Pro was announced at Macworld San Francisco and incorporates Apple's new unibody design but with a non-r...
Premium-priced MacBook Pros top sales at Apple retail stores
appleinsider.com - 2/25/2009
Premium-priced MacBook Pros top sales at Apple retail stores
— appleinsider.com — Despite repeated calls from industry watchers for Apple to cut prices on its computer line, a new... study reveals that sales of the company's premium-priced MacBook Pros are topping all other Macs at the majority of U.S.-based Apple stores. (more) Premium-priced MacBook Pros top sales at Apple retail stores

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ifixit.com - 2/17/2009
MacBook Pro 17" Unibody First Look
— ifixit.com — Removed the battery! That was pretty easy. It's only a matter of time until you'll be able... to buy this battery online from companies like us. Removing the battery in the 17" is reminiscent of the MacBook Air-- several screws to remove the lower case, ... (more) MacBook Pro 17" Unibody First Look

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appleinsider.com - 2/16/2009
Apple sued for iPhone screen tech; 17-inch MacBook Pro shipping
— appleinsider.com — Apple has been served a lawsuit for allegedly infringing on patents with the iPhone's graphics technology. Also,... the company has started delivering unibody 17-inch MacBook Pro systems to early buyers. (more) Apple sued for iPhone screen tech; 17-inch MacBook Pro ...

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17-inch unibody MacBook Pro gets disassembled, examined
Engadget — ... else that isn't soldered on. As you might expect, however, apart from that over-sized battery, the internals aren't too different from the 15-inch unibody MacBook Pro, although the 17-incher unsurprisingly has a pair of noticeably larger fans to keep everything cool, and iFixit describes the component density as "amazing." Hit up the link below for the complete teardown, and try your best not to imagine a matte black MacBook Pro after catching sight of that battery. [Via Mac Rumors] ...

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17" MacBook Pro disassembly reveals ginormous battery
arstechnica.com 2/19/2009 — Our friends at iFixit are currently in the process of dissecting a brand new 17" unibody MacBook Pro and are posting pictures as they go. Of course we were interested, as any self-respecting geek would be, and we have gleamed some ...
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MacBook Pro Unibody 17-inch Disassembled — iTech News Net
iFixit has disassembled Apple’s 17-inch MacBook Pro Unibody notebook. You can see more photos after the break: Related Posts New MacBook and MacBook Pro Disassembled Apple MacBook Air Disassembled ColorWare make MacBook Air Colorful Apple MacBook Air now has ...
17" MacBook Pro houses mega battery — The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)
As usual, the fine folks at iFixIt immediately took apart the newest piece of Apple hardware to arrive at their offices, a unibody 17" MacBook Pro . The whole process was detailed with step-by-step photos, some of which reveal an internal battery roughly the size of a baby dolphin. In case ...
Naked Pics of 17" Unibody MacBook Pro Hit the Internet — Mac|Life all RSS Feed
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Disassembly Pics of a New Unibody 17″ MacBook Pro — Cult of Mac
Give up some love to the peerless inquisitors at ifixit , who will get under the hood of just about anything Apple makes, tell you exactly how they did it and document the whole thing for you in hi-res color. Check out a couple of shots from their meticulous disassembly of a brand ...
The 17-Inch MacBook Pro (Unibody) Gets Lovingly Gutted [Dissection] — Gizmodo
The Mac junkies at ifixit are performing another one of their brilliant autopsies on the 17-inch MacBook Pro . It seems the only surprise thus far is that the laptop's mega battery screws in. [ ifixit ]
iFixIt dissects the unibody MacBook Pro 17-inch — The Apple Core
After a month delay, The good dudes over at iFixIt.com have started disassembly of the new MacBook Pro 17-inch. They’re not done yet, but promise to post a complete wrap up of their findings when they are. My favorite part so far: Ignoring all manufacturer warnings, we are removing the ...
17" Unibody MacBook Pro Orders Begin Arriving — MacRumors : Mac News and Rumors
Two MacRumors readers (123free, UFOGoldorak) have reported receiving their orders for the new 17" unibody MacBook Pro today. UFOGoldorak has also posted preliminary benchmarks for the 2.93 GHz model with 4 GB of RAM. Image pos...
Apple's 17-inch unibody MacBook Pro gets unboxed — Engadget
We had heard that quite a few early birds were receiving shipping notifications, and sure enough, Apple's 17-inch unibody MacBook Pro has left the docks. One proud owner has even taken the time to host up a handful of unboxing shots as proof, and while nothing here is out of the ordinary for ...
Accessing RAM/Hard Drive/Battery for Unibody MacBooks — MacFixIt
pple has released a few new and updated Knowledge Base documents on how to access the batteries and hard drives in the new Unibody MacBook and MacBook Pro laptops.
Memory and Hard Drive upgarde on the new 17" Unibody MacBook Pro — HardMac.com
If some of you had any doubt about it, you can just sit back and relax because Apple released a note explaining how to change both Hard Drive and Memory on the new 17" Unibody MacBook Pro: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3419?viewlocale=en_US This procedure, if carefully followed, will ...