ifixit.com - 2/17/2009
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The lower case. Apple's using wide, thin black rubber feet on the Unibody Pros, a departure from the small stubby bumpers on the Aluminum revisions. There are ten Phillips screws around the perimeter of the lower case to remove. They are a variety of different lengths. Apple's user manual for ...
mcetech.com - 2/24/2009
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mcetech.com —
FireWire SuperDrive Enclosure SuperDrive - External In order
to maintain the CD/DVD read/write functionality of the original...
internal optical drive replaced by the OptiBay Hard Drive with the MacBook Pro 17-inch and PowerBook G4, you can choose to ...
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MCE OptiBay Hard Drive for MacBook Pro, MacBook and ...
ifixit.com - 2/17/2009
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Removed the battery! That was pretty easy. It's
only a matter of time until you'll be able...
to buy this battery online from companies like us. Removing the battery in the 17" is reminiscent of the MacBook Air-- several screws to remove the lower case, ...
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MacBook Pro 17" Unibody First Look
ifixit.com - 2/17/2009
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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 ...
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MacBook Pro Unibody First Look
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Battery, RAM, and HD access on new 17-inch Macbook Pro
AppleInsider —
... and pop-up compartment that provides access to the hard drive. Therefore, users wishing to perform their own upgrades on the system will need a series of screwdrivers to access the various components. iFixIt has posted a disassembly guide , which notes that there are ten Phillips screws of varying length that sit around the perimeter of the MacBook Pro's lower case and must first be removed to access the internals. Once the bottom case is rotated off, another three tri-wing screws hold the thin but long battery to the notebooks chassis. The tri-wing screws can apparently ...
17-inch unibody MacBook Pro gets disassembled, examined
Engadget —
... The battery on the now-shipping 17-inch unibody MacBook Pro may not be removable for average, warranty-abiding users, but that didn't stop the folks at iFixit from removing it and just about everything else that isn't soldered on. As you might expect, however, ...
Novo MacBook Pro de 17 polegadas é dissecado; confira uma foto da sua versão com tela fosca
MacMagazine —
Mal os novos MacBooks Pro de 17 polegadas começaram a ser despachados para consumidores, o pessoal do iFixit pôs as mãos em um deles e o dissecou inteirinho. O mais bacana é conferir a nova bateria selada de longa duração, que não é tão difícil de ser substituída, como se esperava. Ela pesa 570 gramas, aproximadamente 20% de todo o peso da máquina.
A Apple já anunciou que cobrará US$180 para fazer o serviço de troca de bateria do novo MBP, porém o mesmo artigo do iFixit também já mostra como ...
Las interioridades del MacBook Pro 17 unibody
Gizmología —
... ya se están enviando, por lo que iFixit ha publicado uno de sus siempre interesantes artículos mostrando las interioridades del portátil. ...
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17-Inch MacBook Pro Battery Is Actually Removable
blog.wired.com 2/18/2009 —
Before the 17-inch, unibody MacBook Pro even started shipping, many interested customers were frustrated with the notebook's non-removable battery. They'll be delighted to learn that it actually is removable — unofficially.
iFixIt, which ...
Hands On: Old MacBook Pro vs New MacBook —
Wired: Gadget Lab
I bought a new MacBook. I couldn’t help it. Three days spent in and
out of the press room at the MWC in Barcelona meant three days of
seeing the tiny 13” package over and over (these unibody MacBooks seem
to be popular). Worse, I was seeing the svelte new carcass alongside my
old-model ...
17-Inch MacBook Pro Unibody Battery is Hidden, But Removable —
SlashGear
iFixIt disassembled the new 17-inch MacBook Pro and found out that the battery is actually removable. While it requires bottom chassis access, the battery was not difficult to replace or remove. Apple secured the battery with three tri-wing battery inside the case. Users can definitely ...
17-inch Unibody MacBook Pro, the Inside —
Gatzet.com
The guys at iFixit are really crazy. What they did was to remove the battery from the new 17-inch unibody MacBook Pro. For common people that would be unthinkable. You would break it for sure not to mention the guarantee that would be invalid.
But these guys they pretty much pull apart and ...
MacBook Pro autopsi —
Fosfor
Have you wondered what the new MacBook Pro looks like inside? Wonder no more because the guys over at iFixit has checked it out thoroughly. Go away and see lots of pictures of the gutted MacBook Pro.
MacBook Pro Unibody First Look [ifixit.com]
Apple's 17-inch unibody MacBook Pro gets unboxed —
Engadget
We had heard that quite a few early birds were receiving shipping notifications, and sure enough, Apple's 17-inch unibody MacBook Pro has left the docks. One proud owner has even taken the time to host up a handful of unboxing shots as proof, and while nothing here is out of the ordinary for ...
17-inch unibody MacBook Pros now shipping? —
Engadget
If the above picture is to be believed, the new unibody 17-inch MacBook Pro is beginning to ship a little earlier than Apple projected when it announced that two-week delay . That's a fun little valentine treat if it's true -- anyone else get a ship confirmation? [Thanks, Michael] 17-inch ...
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