New MacBook Pro to feature removable battery and hard drive, according to latest leaked shots

It took a little while to come back around to them specifically, but if these pictures are any indication, Apple Insider's MacBook leak way back in July had a pretty good grasp on things to come -- even if it was frustratingly premature. New shots depicting the bottom of the new purported 15-inch MacBook Pro have surfaced on Chinese forum MacHome. The source confirms both a removable battery and a swappable hard drive for the upcoming laptop, with the whole bottom rear of the device lifting off to remove the goodies in store. Not not like this little tidbit is changing any opinions on the laptops due to be announced by Steve in a couple of hours, but hopefully it can serve as a filling, not fattening, snack to get you through to the keynote.

[Thanks, Chris]

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 14th 2008 10:09AM]

Apple's laptops have had removable batteries for years... but the hard-drives weren't 'user upgradeable' on the MacBook Pro, but were on the MacBook

[Derek Kessler Posted Oct 14th 2008 10:10AM]

How is it that these people keep managing to walk of with large pieces and parts of a laptop and not the entire finished unit? I have the case and a battery, I'm halfway to a complete unit!

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 14th 2008 10:17AM]

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LOL

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 14th 2008 10:36AM]

neat. I like how it looks. My iPod touch has low battery ver. 2.1

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 14th 2008 10:36AM]

So we're supposed to give Apple a parade for doing what most other laptop manufacturers have managed for years?

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 14th 2008 10:48AM]

Is that email address somehow suppose to verify that these shots are in fact real?

Looks good though. I really hope Stevie J makes my jaw drop today.

[gyffes Posted Oct 14th 2008 10:39AM]

I don't understand the infatuation with removable batteries. In my entire laptop-owning lifetime (from the Apple DUO -- remember that? -- to eMate to iBooks to MacBooks to my eee (oh, there was a Compaq in there for awhile but I'm trying to forget those years), I never removed/swapped the battery. That's what external chargers are for. Especially when the chargers are as sleek as those put out by Apple (and Asus, for that matter -- my phone charger and eee power adaptor are the same size).

I imagine those of you declaiming against Apple for the non-removable batt (excepting only those seriously concerned about recycle-ability) are the same who exclaimed in horror, "no floppy drive??"

Groweth Upeth.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 14th 2008 11:07AM]

That's because you've never used your laptop for business I take it?

[Wolfticket Posted Oct 14th 2008 11:15AM]

You have obviously not held on to these laptops very long, or bought them second, and experienced your battery life going down the drain after a few years of recharging.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 14th 2008 10:42AM]

UPDATE: The UK apple store's pages are now showing the 'we'll be back soon. we are busy updating the store for you and will be back soon' pages! Are we going to see these up for sale sooner than expected?

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 14th 2008 10:51AM]

well guess what. I have already put my 15" macbook pro on craigslist and have decided to build my own semi-pro mac pro using EFI-X. Apple has profited way too much from my expensive purchases through out the pass 6 years.

More power to self help and less to corporate monoply.

[Murphy Mac Posted Oct 14th 2008 11:04AM]

That'll bring them to their knees...

[roach Posted Oct 14th 2008 10:50AM]

I'm not really interested in the macs. I'm more interested with people interest on computer (mac) parts. With such interests, we can have a whole tech sites just on parts from one dissected mac with people commenting on every pieces. That would be weird!

[wax Posted Oct 17th 2008 7:49AM]

Apple Store Down !!!!

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 14th 2008 10:56AM]

Oh, guess what.. Apple store is down ;)

[DirtyVegas Posted Oct 14th 2008 11:09AM]

Looks ok to me...

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 14th 2008 10:58AM]

who gives a shit? I can remove the battery and harddrive from my current MBPro. All they did was change the way those two are removed. *finger twirl on one hand with a middle finger on the other up at Steve Jobs face*

[Madre Dios Posted Oct 14th 2008 11:01AM]

Chinese use Mac?

[DirtyVegas Posted Oct 14th 2008 11:18AM]

What? No engrish jokes yet?

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 14th 2008 11:27AM]

as of 11 am EST, store.apple.com says "We are busy updating the store for you and we will be back shortly."

hmmmm, should we be waiting for something to go on sale in a few hours, or is this just for hype?

[ubercool Posted Oct 14th 2008 11:38AM]

Nah, they have to be able to take pre-orders, remember? ;)

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 14th 2008 11:40AM]

SPAMMMMM YOUUU APPLE CHINA

[Pixelwix Posted Oct 14th 2008 11:54AM]

dam you apple!!

[keyser Posted Oct 14th 2008 12:51PM]

I, [e-mail], feel the urge to sign up for a buncha pr0n sites. I, [e-mail], hope I don't live to regret signing up for some of these hard c0re fetish sites.