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Macbook Pro 17" Unibody First Look

Reply by cody

FedEx should be delivering our new Macbook Pro 17" today! That means that as soon as we get it, we'll be tearing her apart to see how she is made. Sadly, we probably wont even boot her up first before taking her apart, but that just mean you get to see inside sooner!

Reply reply by cody

P.S.

Here is a link to the first look page. Once we get it, we'll start posting pictures.

Reply reply by cody

It's here! Yay!

Reply reply by Brady Cabe

We are going to have to wait while I test the 8 hour battery life all day, THEN we can take it apart...just kidding!!!

PS. I wish I got to play with it all day...

Reply reply by Brady Cabe

< that is a picture of me clutching the 17" MBP unibody....NEVER LETTING GO!!!

Reply reply by Kyle Wiens

We're wrapping up the disassembly. Are there any more photos anyone wants before we stop?

Reply reply by karpodiem

keep up the great work, that guide is fantastic!

Reply reply by terje

Looks great! I want to replace the DVD-drive with a 500GB SATA disk. Possible?

Reply reply by Luke Soules

Quote from terje:

Looks great! I want to replace the DVD-drive with a 500GB SATA disk. Possible?

Maybe... While the optical drive connector is not the same as that on a standard SATA hard drive, using an adapter may be a possibility. We're looking into this, and will definitely let you know when we find out.

Reply reply by pierce

Hey guys, great work! Has anything you have done solve why the 15" can't take 15GB of RAM?

Reply reply by pierce

Whoops, 8GB instead of 15. ;)

Reply reply by m3power1

I wonder if the 17" battery can be fitted into the 15" by taking out the superdrive completely and moving the hard drive to where the superdrive is located. I rarely use the superdrive and would rather have more battery life in my 15". Anyone up for the challenge?

Reply reply by levinefa

Do you know the brand of the battery? Based on past batteries and the video I saw, i think it is either Sony or Apple makes it themselves, but I can't tell. Thanks!

Reply reply by Prospero

Right now, I spilled coffee on the upper right of my 17 inch unibody machine. I turned it off immediately and put it upside down. Its now 3 hours past since that happened. I wonder how can I open the upper panel of the machine so that I can clean some traces of the coffee if it did reach some parts of the machine. Is there a step-by-step procedure in opening the upper panel without voiding the warranty? In addition, I hope the coffee didn't reach one of spill detectors.

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