Apple's New Mac Pro Gets High Repairability Score

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday December 31, 2013 @07:04AM from the less-filling-tastes-great dept.

iFixit has posted a teardown of Apple's new soda-can-shaped Mac Pro. Despite the unusual form factor, it earned a relatively high repairability score: 8/10. iFixit said, "For being so compact, the design is surprisingly modular and easy to disassemble. Non-proprietary Torx screws are used throughout, and several components can be replaced independently." They say it's easy to access the fan and the RAM slots, and while the CPU is buried a bit more deeply, it's still user-replaceable. The Mac Pro doesn't get higher than an 8 because its uses some proprietary connectors and the cable routing is cramped. They add, "There is no room, or available port, for adding your own internal storage. Apple has addressed this with heaps of Thunderbolt, but we'd personally rather use the more widely compatible SATA if we could."

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sata is slower than thunderblot 2 by Anonymous Coward · 2013-12-31 07:10 · Score: 4, Funny

you fucking retards.
Re:Who takes apart their laptop? by smittyoneeach · 2013-12-31 07:10 · Score: 1, Funny

Isn't Reid that guy in the Senate or something?

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Re:Who takes apart their laptop? by marcello_dl · 2013-12-31 07:16 · Score: 4, Funny

Who takes apart their wastebasket, then? :D

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Re:Springing Back by NatasRevol · 2013-12-31 07:40 · Score: 4, Funny

Fish tank was the only way to make that thing useful though.
Too bad my goldfish didn't last long in it.
Maybe I should have removed the electronics.

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Re:Who takes apart their laptop? by lxs · 2013-12-31 10:55 · Score: 3, Funny

Yeah right! Next you'll be telling us that they didn't have wizards and dragons.