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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. High pitched noise from power supply by capmilk · · Score: 2, Interesting

    So, they are using stock Intel parts and still managed to mess up the power supply unit. As can be read here, more than a few users report a whining noise from the psu when the cpus are idling.

    Quick fix: leave PhotoBooth running in the background. D'oh!

  3. No, but... by interactive_civilian · · Score: 2, Informative
    You can get right click functionality by placing two fingers on the trackpad and then pushing the button.

    Or at least this works if you are using iScroll. I don't know if the usual scrolling trackpad prefs have this option or not.

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  4. Re:Sorry but I had to by 4D6963 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Offtopic? Come on! MacBook Internal Photos == porn what's so offtopic about it.. ok nevermind.

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  5. What they forgot to mention by jurt1235 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Or I just didn't see it: But did they manage to put together Humpty dumpty again?

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  6. A quick poll by frostilicus2 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Ok, raise your hands. Who among us here can say that he hasn't disassembled a computer before powering it up?

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  7. Re:Well, of course... by Richard_at_work · · Score: 2, Informative

    How about just holding down the mouse button for a little longer than normal? That produces a right click....

  8. USB == higher batter drain by soboroff · · Score: 2, Informative


    Note that by having internal components connected to USB, they have a higher battery drain (simply because of how USB works) than they would if connected some other way. You can save battery by shutting down the iSight and bluetooth when you're not using them.

  9. Why make the HD so hard to replace? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I've owned one in each major generation of powerbooks/ibooks (no macbok yet) since the 520c and the ONLY thing that has bugged me generation to generation is how hard it is to remove/replace the HD.

  10. 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.