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MacBook Internal Photos

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the fruit-basket dept.

kwiens writes "We just took apart a MacBook and posted some disassembly instructions and hi-res logic board photos. It looks like Apple's saving a bunch of R&D by using stock Intel chips in the MacBook Pro. Interestingly, the built-in iSight and Bluetooth connectors are USB 2.0. Apple also downgraded some features from the Powerbook: half the DVD-R write speed and no Firewire 800."

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  1. Why not use stock intel chips? by IIDX · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Reduced costs, shorter design cycles, excellent compatibility and good vendor support.

    No need to get all fancy with custom ASICs to replace ones that do the job just fine.

  2. Re:Upgrade? by arodland · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Er... what universe are you in? RAM is easy, drives (optical and magnetic) are easy, processors are hit-or-miss, but it's not bad on mine. Video... well, that usually sucks.

    Oh... you were talking about Apple hardware. Well of course it's going to cost more, be less capable, be impossible to upgrade, and break in ways that Apple will refuse to fix.