Between glue and solder, there was no easy way to remove the battery or ram. The solid state disk is non-standard dimensions. Opening the case requires a proprietary screwdriver thanks to pentalobe screws. The display assembly is also stuck.
Conclusion? For a $2,200 device, don’t expect to be doing any of the repair work yourself. With this iteration of the MacBook Pro, Apple will require you to take it in to them to handle any of the dirty work. For most, this won’t be a problem until the warranty runs out. However, with RAM upgrades not being feasible, it makes that optional 16GB of ram much more necessary at the time you buy the unit vs. a future upgrade. via iFixit …however, an inescapable fact of electronic devices is that with miniaturization often comes repair and/or upgrade unfriendliness. Remember that there are two forms of miniaturization: One is the type which Apple is using, for the moment, with its MacBook Pro wherein many of the very same parts used in larger computers are merely crammed into a smaller space. The other type is where the components, themselves, are improved and made more compact so that when they’re put into the very same smaller space as in the first method, suddenly there’s more repair and/or upgrade friendliness. The first (former) method is usually what happens in the early life of a product like the MacBook Pro, when the maker of the product is just trying to blaze a trail and get it out there; then, in time, the component miniaturization happens so that second and successive generations of the product begin to exhibit the aforementioned repair and/or upgrade friendliness. This is the nature cycle of things. Its never been quite so apparent with desktop computers; and decent component miniaturization in normal-sized notebook/laptop machines has existed for long enough, now, that most people have forgotten what the cycle looked like for them. Now, though, the era of the ultrabook is upon us… …and so the cycle begins, anew. Fear not, further component miniaturization will make future versions of the MacBook Pro more repair and/or upgrade friendly. Just give it a minute. Hope the helps. ________________________________ Gregg L. DesElms Napa, California USA gregg at greggdeselms dot com Give me a computer that works well for 3-4 years and I’ll be happy. I just don’t have time to fiddle anymore. I just need something that works and I’ll bet this MacBook Pro will do just fine out-of-the-box. That’s Apollo 13 air filters. Call me old fashioned, but I still dig my desktop towers that I can easily upgrade as I please, add new cards…etc… At least one main tower will always be in my computing arsenal — but I am looking to downsize a lot of what I currently have. But yeah — I don’t think they belong in the Corp. world yet. Comment Name * Email *
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