Ask Slashdot: Best Laptops For Fans Of Pre-Retina MacBook Pro?

Posted by timothy on Tuesday November 26, 2013 @05:17AM from the daddy-what-were-batteries? dept.

stigmato writes "Once upon a time the MacBook Pro line was well-regarded amongst IT professionals for their quality, performance, serviceability & upgradeability. As appealing as the new Retina displays are, I don't want a device I cannot upgrade or repair. Glued in batteries and soldered in RAM with high prices have made me look to other manufacturers again. What are you buying, /. community? System76? Dell? Old article but still rings true with the latest models. I post this from my 2010 MBP 13" with a 256GB SSD, 1TB HDD in the optical bay, 8GB (possibly 16GB soon) and a user replaced battery."

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Re:Cannot upgrade or repair? by h4rr4r · 2013-11-26 05:49 · Score: -1, Troll

For any self respecting slashdotter that should not be the case.
If you mean helpdesk monkey as IT person, then it might be.
How could you do damage with spark plugs? Take them out, put new one in. Don't crack them.