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Battery, RAM, and HD access on new 17-inch Macbook Pro
AppleInsider —
... and pop-up compartment that provides access to the hard drive. Therefore, users wishing to perform their own upgrades on the system will need a series of screwdrivers to access the various components. iFixIt has posted a disassembly guide , which notes that there are ten Phillips screws of varying length that sit around the perimeter of the MacBook Pro's lower case and must first be removed to access the internals. Once the bottom case is rotated off, another three tri-wing screws hold the thin but long battery to the notebooks chassis. The tri-wing screws can apparently ...
17" MacBook Pro disassembly reveals ginormous battery
Infinite Loop —
... 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 interesting information from what they have so far. ...
17-inch unibody MacBook Pro gets disassembled, examined
Engadget —
... The battery on the now-shipping 17-inch unibody MacBook Pro may not be removable for average, warranty-abiding users, but that didn't stop the folks at iFixit from removing it and just about everything else that isn't soldered on. As you might expect, however, ...
New MacBook Pro 17″ Disassembled (HUGE BATTERY)
Cult of Mac —
... Apple made a huge detail about the non-removable battery it created for the 17″ Unibody MacBook Pro. By going with a sealed design, the company argued, it would be possible to make a much-higher capacity battery. Well, the guys over at iFixit have had their way with one of the new models, and it’s pretty clear the battery isn’t THAT hard to remove. It actually surprises me how much it looks like the interior of my existing MacBook, giant fans excepted. ...
Disassembly Pics of a New Unibody 17″ MacBook Pro
Cult of Mac —
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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 new unibody 17″ MacBook Pro after the jump.
Click here on each pic for a larger image and be sure to see their detailed forensic report for all the blood and guts.
Here we see the bottom of the logic board with ...
Naked Pics of 17" Unibody MacBook Pro Hit the Internet
Mac|Life all RSS Feed —
... indicating that "it's only a matter of time until you'll be able to buy this battery online". Another exhale of relief came from the revelation that Apple relocated the Bluetooth board. While it had been part of the display assembly in the previous machine, costing the users big money to get it replaced, it is now in a more accessible location behind the optical drive. The step-by-step procedure and photos galore (including a great close- up view of the logic board) can be found at iFixit . ...
17-inch MacBook Pro gets torn to pieces
Macworld —
... . The folks at iFixit have taken apart Apple's huge new pro-level machine and noted a few interesting details. Of course, the major focus of the 17-inch Pro is the brand new battery that Apple ...
17-inch MacBook Pro gets torn to pieces
MacUser —
... . The folks at iFixit have taken apart Apple's huge new pro-level machine and noted a few interesting details. Of course, the major focus of the 17-inch Pro is the brand new battery that Apple ...
17" MacBook Pro houses mega battery
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) —
Filed under: Hardware, Portables, Macbook ProAs 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 you're curious, and we know you are, that's a 7.3V 95Wh (12820 mAh) battery, Apple model #A1309. It contains no mercury (Hg) and weighs in at 1.5 pounds (0.7 kg)! The folks at iFixIt note, " ...
iPod Shuffle teardown reveals amazingly tight design
9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence —
... , the Shuffle has a "true volume" of 4,326 cubic millimeters and weighs in at 10.7 grams. A single MacBook Pro 17" weighs as much as 286 of these Shuffles. ...
