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Title: Apple's new 12-inch MacBook closely guards its secrets with screws, solder, and glue Post by: HCK on April 16, 2015, 03:00:11 pm Apple's new 12-inch MacBook closely guards its secrets with screws, solder, and glue
<article> <section class="page"> <p> It may be the most amazing MacBook yet, but as you no doubt expected, Apple's new 12-inch Retina MacBook (http://www.macworld.com/article/2908115/review-the-new-12-inch-macbook-is-a-laptop-without-an-ecosystem.html) is a nightmare for the fix-it-yourself crowd.</p><p> Per their custom, the teardown masters at iFixit (https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Retina+Macbook+2015+Teardown/39841) took apart this slender clamshell to discover all the secrets contained within its aluminum frame. What they found is that its secrets didn't come easily, thanks to a mess of proprietary screws, glue, and soldering.</p><p> In fact, iFixit gave the 12-inch MacBook one of the worst repairability scores possible at 1 out of 10, with 10 being the easiest to repair.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2910314/apples-new-12-inch-macbook-closely-guards-its-secrets-with-screws-solder-and-glue.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: Apple's new 12-inch MacBook closely guards its secrets with screws, solder, and glue (http://www.macworld.com/article/2910314/apples-new-12-inch-macbook-closely-guards-its-secrets-with-screws-solder-and-glue.html#tk.rss_all) |