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Re:The New MacBook Pro: Unfixable, Unhackable, Untenable by lmm on Friday June 15, 2012 @12:36PM (#4117333)
Oh, come off it. Have you really had a 5-year-old open your electronics? If they find a screwdriver they can stick it through the screen just as easily whichever screws Apple uses, and that seems like a more likely damage path.
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Re:The New MacBook Pro: Unfixable, Unhackable, Untenable by pdehaan on Friday June 15, 2012 @01:15PM (#4117512)
I was a 5-year-old with a penchant for opening electronics, so I'm fairly sure they exist. However, I'd be more worried about adults doing more harm than good by taking apart/putting things back together in an attempt to 'fix' it before going to someone that knows what they're doing.

Also, many people ignore that most of those crazy looking screw drives also have benefits such as better cam-out resistance.

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Re:The New MacBook Pro: Unfixable, Unhackable, Untenable by mikeash on Friday June 15, 2012 @09:41PM (#4119612)
Things like torx have such benefits, but does Apple's crazy pentalobe nonsense really have any benefits besides being uncommon?
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Re:The New MacBook Pro: Unfixable, Unhackable, Untenable by niels_olson on Friday June 15, 2012 @02:48PM (#4118019)
yes, and yes, here's a picture of my XO-1 that went viral

http://gizmodo.com/373124/kids-are-tearing-apart-the-olpc-la...

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Re:The New MacBook Pro: Unfixable, Unhackable, Untenable by pfranz on Friday June 15, 2012 @03:12PM (#4118137)
The ease of disassembling OLPCs is intentional http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/03/5-year-olds-repair-olpc-l...
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