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New MacBook Pro Teardown Reveals 'Shoddy Assembly'
CWmike writes "Apple's new MacBook Pro shows some build-quality problems that shouldn't be seen in a notebook that costs $1,800, a teardown expert said on Monday. iFixit.com found several signs of substandard assembly while disassembling a 15-in. MacBook Pro. Among them: A stripped screw near the subwoofer enclosure and an unlocked ZIF (zero insertion force) socket for the IR (infrared) sensor. '[These] should not be things found inside a completely unmolested computer with an $1,800 base price,' iFixit said in the teardown description. iFixit also spotted an unusual amount of thermal paste applied to both the CPU and the GPU. 'Holy thermal paste! Time will tell if the gobs of thermal paste applied to the CPU and GPU will cause overheating issues down the road,' iFixit said. The refreshed MacBook Pro models launched last Thursday in what one analyst called a 'ho-hum' upgrade."
Amazing you can speak with your mouth full of Steve Jobs' cock.
I asked a friend; he said the line between this one data point and his preconceived notions shows a definite trend.
How can I believe you when you tell me what I don't want to hear?
You had me at zero insertion force
Anonymous coward offers anecdotal evidence. Well, I'm sold!
Anyone who loves or hates any language, platform, or manufacturer, doesn't know what they're talking about.
>>>Lets try open an equivalent HP/Dell then eh?
Damn straight! This whole Slashdot Summary should be modded troll. Apple would never, ever, never have "build quality problems" in their $1800 machines. Everybody knows their laptops are better quality than my - I mean those half-price $900 PC laptops.
That's why we Apple users pay so much for them!!! It's like buying Lexus/Acura instead of Toyota/Honda, even though they are made by the same engineers in the same factory with identical engines & chassis.
(kneels before porcelain Jobs)
Did I do alright master?
Information wants to be expensive AND wants to be free. So you have Value vs. Cheap distribution fighting each other.
That screw wasn't stripped! It's Apple's new screwdriver design. They take their ordinary pentabular screws, and apply a drill to eat out the head of one of them, forcing you to drill the screw out if you open it yourself.
So, you spend $1800 on a status symbol, and you expect quality too?
Who would win this election: Andrew Weiner vs Andrew Weiner's weiner.
what ARE you getting (hardware-wise) for the extra money
The Apple Shaped Reality Distortion Field Emmiter.