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A comment on Retina Macbook 2015 Teardown. Parent comment

Re:Retina Macbook 2015 Teardown by masklinn on Friday April 17, 2015 @07:42AM (#9393628)
> I think it's a combination of optimising for space and cost - every connector that needs to be aligned and connected, and every screw that needs to be installed, requires time and labour.

And yet the keyboard alone uses both glue and about 90 screws (https://d3nevzfk7ii3be.cloudfront.net/igi/YYpaGaNumhQuR5M6)

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Re:Retina Macbook 2015 Teardown by TazeTSchnitzel on Friday April 17, 2015 @12:55PM (#9395579)
Presumably glue is unworkable for some of it. Or it needs to be reparable.
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