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Brendan said 9:41PM on 5-22-2006
Fixit should be called Disassembleit ;)
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David said 9:57PM on 5-22-2006
Everyone loves a good disassembly. I know I do!
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Richard Jones said 11:56PM on 5-22-2006
Sweet article, but I definitely cant see my MBP coming apart anytime to for the sake of research.
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Tim said 12:58AM on 5-23-2006
Seems they are having some problems with their site. I'm getting a mysql error when I hit the link. Darn, I like seeing nekkid 'puters.
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Kyle Wiens said 3:02AM on 5-23-2006
We're actually iFixit :-)
The site is up and running great. We've been getting a lot of positive feedback on this Guide. The MacBook was really a joy to take apart. People are going to be hanging onto these machines for a long time. I expect to see a big bump in SATA drive sales, too.
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Ultim8Fury said 3:35AM on 5-23-2006
I actually read through the other day. Am I right in thinking the 17" is exactly the same ?.
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Nacho Jimenez said 5:05AM on 5-23-2006
Man, the inner design is really cool. If you take out the superdrive you could get a really *really* small laptop.
Any bets on a "Macbook mini" next year?
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boo said 5:19AM on 5-23-2006
Did any one notice that the MacBook had the correct amount of thermal paste applied?
See here:
http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/86.1.17.html
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boo said 5:25AM on 5-23-2006
Appose to this:
http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/85.10.15.html
http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/85/images_large/44.jpg
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EricBunny said 9:42AM on 5-23-2006
Question time: is the CPU / GPU replaceble?
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NatemanAfter said 2:36PM on 5-23-2006
EricBunny-
I'd say no. From the pictures, it doesn't appear that the cpu is socketed. You'd have to do quite a bit of (un)soldiering to get the job done. Bummer =(
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