
MacBook Pro 15" Unibody Teardown
Teardown
Teardowns provide a look inside a device and should not be used as disassembly instructions.
We picked up our new MacBook Pro at the local Apple Store this morning. We practically mugged the Fedex delivery guy on the way in to the building, and we got the first box off the pallet.
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Step 3
New, rounded bottom. And a much darker plastic wireless window.
In the box:
In an insane move, there is no video adapter included. I don't care if DisplayPort is an industry standard or not, I just paid $2161.92 for a computer that won't plug into any monitor Apple has shipped to date! But Apple is happy to sell you one for $29.00!

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Step 4
The holes in the speaker grill are significantly smaller, making the upper case surface feel smoother.
Oh, that's right. Thanks for reminding us.

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Step 5
Ports, left to right:
Is the lack of Firewire 400 the beginning of the end for Firewire?

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Step 6
Removing the battery cover.
Aww, look at the cute little Apple logo.

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Step 7
Remove one Phillips screw to release the hard drive bracket. The screw is held captive to the bracket.
Remove the four T6 screws securing the hard drive.
Replacing the hard drive is significantly easier on this machine than the previous MacBook Pro.
This machine uses the same, industry standard SATA notebook drives as previous MacBook Pro and MacBook models.
Shameless plug: Of course, you can upgrade the hard drive in any Apple laptop. We have free guides for every model that makes hard drive replacement easy.
Kudos to Apple for making this easy. Keeping repair costs down is probably the most environmentally friendly thing Apple has done with this machine.

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Step 8
The first step to opening this machine is removing the bottom plate.
Remove the following 8 screws:
Let's see what's creating all that torsional rigidity that Jony Ive keeps talking about.
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