The New MacBook Pro: Unfixable, Unhackable, Untenable

Re:The New MacBook Pro: Unfixable, Unhackable, Untenable by tjoff on Friday June 15, 2012 @11:18AM (#4116934)

These days, the stock specs of the Macbook Retina will be fine for even power users for years; almost certainly the life of a laptop.

When the battery dies it will be worthless as a laptop. For a power user that means you are forced to buy a replacement way sooner than you'd want.

Just yet another reason for why it is so obvious that apple does mainstream hardware, the sad part is that people confuse it with quality hardware.

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Re:The New MacBook Pro: Unfixable, Unhackable, Untenable by jonknee on Saturday June 16, 2012 @01:08PM (#4121044)

Or just have the battery replaced like you can with all the other Apple products without a user replaceable battery. The Retina replacement is a little more expensive than the previous model, but it's also a larger battery.

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Re:The New MacBook Pro: Unfixable, Unhackable, Untenable by ajross on Friday June 15, 2012 @11:27AM (#4116975)

The battery is glued in, but apparently it is replaceable via factory service. No, I don't know what that means either (maybe they replace the plastic case part with it?).

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Re:The New MacBook Pro: Unfixable, Unhackable, Untenable by reneherse on Saturday June 16, 2012 @12:14AM (#4119833)

Judicious use of a heat gun, I'm guessing, to soften the glue.

Ha, wouldn't it be great if the batteries were held in place with something like those 3M Command strips, which hold fast until you pull on one edge?

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Re:The New MacBook Pro: Unfixable, Unhackable, Untenable by CJefferson on Saturday June 16, 2012 @01:26PM (#4121074)

I think that 8GB might start to get a little tight.

I have a 2 year old 4GB MacBook Pro, and had to upgrade the RAM as I found it swapping too much.

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