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We're inside!

Disassembling this laptop is reminiscent of the old PowerBook G4 Titanium models, and very similar to the MacBook Air.

You remove the bottom plate, and everything is screwed into the upper case. The case is now Apple's custom-machined unibody enclosure.

The interior is cleaner and flows together better than the previous Pro.

Cable routing from various parts of the case to the logic board is simpler in this than the new MacBook because Apple had more room to play with.

Removing the two 1 GB DIMMs. These chips are a new RAM type for Apple, 1066 MHz DDR3 SDRAM.

Apple claims this machine maxes out at 4GB RAM, but the Montevina chipset appears to support up to 8GB.

Shameless plug: You can upgrade your existing MacBook or MacBook Pro to 4 GB. We'll also be offering the RAM for the new Unibody machines in the near future.

We're going to remove the optical drive next.

Disconnect these two connectors.

To free the Superdrive, remove the following 3 screws

Liberating the optical drive from the confines of this beautiful machine.

The optical drive is SATA for the first time. Panasonic model #UJ878A.

The superdrive in the last model was ATA, model #UJ857.

You can see the different connectors in the middle picture. The new, SATA connector is on top.

The rightmost photo is a shot of the new drive label.

Pry the two fan connectors up off their sockets on the logic board.

Remove the following 6 screws:

• Three 3.1 mm Philips screws.
• Three 3.7 mm Philips screws.