iFixit Tears Down the New 15-Inch MacBook Pro, Finds Few Major Changes
Exploded view of new 15" Core i5 MacBook Pro
iFixit yesterday announced that it had completed a teardown of Apple's new 15" Core i5 MacBook Pro released earlier this week. Unsurprisingly, the teardown reveals few significant changes to Apple's well-refined notebook computer, although it does show a number of minor tweaks that point to Apple's continuing evolution of its designs.
AirPort/Bluetooth card with antenna routed along optical drive opening
Among the changes are a redesign and repositioning of the AirPort/Bluetooth card to more closely match that of the MacBook, with the company also placing an antenna for the card along the frame of the optical drive slot to allow for better reception in the metal casing. The report notes that while the card design and placement is similar to that of the MacBook, the MacBook lacks the antenna placement found in the MacBook Pro, likely due to the plastic construction of its shell reducing the need for such an antenna.
Otherwise, iFixit notes a slight redesign to the speaker casing and the lack of heat sink contact for the chipset hub, as well as the slightly increased capacity of the battery, but otherwise finds the internals extremely similar to that of the previous-generation MacBook Pro.
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27 months ago
It doesn't say that the battery is physically larger than the previous generation, so I guess "in theory" you could swap them out to get another 20 minutes unless Apple put some sort of hardware DRM to prevent it. Wouldn't put it past them.
27 months ago
There's not a huge scope for change, really. Good to see that Apple are constantly trying to refine their internal designs too.
27 months ago
Apple has dramatically reduced this machine’s power consumption, and we expect it to run quite a bit cooler than the previous model.
Yet Anandtech said it was noticeably warmer. Should probably try and use it before you tear it apart iFixit ;)
New longer-lasting battery and wireless locations are welcome pluses.
27 months ago
Do they put these things back together, after tearing them apart?
Do you really need an answer to that? :confused:
27 months ago
Did I read somewhere that the speakers now have subwoofers on the 15 and 17 inch models? :confused: Or has it always been that way?
27 months ago
Id love to be able to swap out my 13" battery for a newer higher capacity battery.... Is this possible? How can i find thw part number of the new battery?
27 months ago
Did I read somewhere that the speakers now have subwoofers on the 15 and 17 inch models? :confused: Or has it always been that way?
Physics says that would be impossible but I'm sure that won't stop the Marketing department.[ Read All Comments ]
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