![]() On the 15-inch MBP, Apple is again using DRAM from Elpida (now owned by Micron Technology). Haswell, among other tweaks, also delivers an extra hour of battery life with the same capacity cells. "The 15 MBPr now has a sleekified heat sink with just a single thermal pad, thanks to the more closely integrated GPU," iFixit said. The good news is the "Haswellification" of the MBP Retina, referring to Intel's new power-efficient fourth-generation Core processor with Iris Pro graphics. (Chances are high the user will "shear" the trackpad cable if battery removal is attempted, iFixit said.) You can thank Apple's penchant for proprietary pentalobe screws, RAM that's soldered to the logic board, a proprietary solid-state drive (which, by the way, has changed to a PCIe format), and a booby-trapped battery. That hasn't changed with the 2013 MacBook Pro Retina.īoth the 13-inch and 15-inch MBP got a repairability score of 1 out of 10 (10 being the easiest to repair) from iFixit, matching the 13- and 15-inch MacBook Pro Retina 2012 models. Thin laptops, especially those from Apple, aren't known for easy accessibility or repair as their cases are often completely sealed. iFixit said this week their repairability is still rock bottom. It should come as no surprise that the 0.7-inch-thick 15.4-inch and 13.3-inch MacBook Pro Retina models aren't easy to repair.
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