http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/Feb 17th 2009 7:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/But I guess if it were they couldn't price gouge on service replacements.
]]>Feb 17th 2009 7:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/Feb 17th 2009 7:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/Feb 17th 2009 7:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/Feb 17th 2009 7:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/Feb 17th 2009 7:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/
That's right, it's an *apple* battery...

You know, because their Li-On batteries are so much different. Oh wait, where was that Silver-Zinc battery?]]>Feb 17th 2009 7:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/Feb 17th 2009 7:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/A) hump
B) see
C) change
D) all of the above]]>Feb 17th 2009 7:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/This battery looks very much like it could have been made to be user replaceable.

Thanks for the opinion, professor.

Here's a bit of information for you: MacBook owners buy their batteries from Apple, regardless. A non-replaceable battery costs Apple more money: they have to pay a technician to replace the battery, and it eliminates the possibility of people buying spare batteries. So why don't you email Steve Jobs and inform him of your great revelation, I'm sure he'd be quite interested to find out that the MacBook Pro battery could actually be made user-replaceable. ]]>Feb 17th 2009 7:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/
Here's a hint. Almost all 3rd party after market stuff is cheaper than it is from the manufacturer, in every industry. That POS AC Delco radio in your dash will cost $700 from the GM dealer but a much better Alpine will cost $350. That's the way it is.
]]>Feb 17th 2009 8:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/Feb 17th 2009 8:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/Can you see the difference?]]>Feb 17th 2009 8:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/The iPhone, iPods, and 17" MBP are the only products that do not have user replaceable batteries. Everything else is....]]>Feb 17th 2009 8:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/The Nike+ sensor that goes in your shoe doesn't have a user (or professionally for that matter) replaceable battery either.]]>Feb 17th 2009 9:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/Feb 17th 2009 10:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/Feb 17th 2009 10:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/Neither does the MacBook Air.

So let's count up all the non user replaceable batteries that Apple has.

iPod Shuffle: non replaceable
iPod Nano: non replaceable
iPod Classic: non replaceable
iPod Touch: non replaceable
iPhone: non replaceable
MacBook Air: non replaceable
MacBook Pro 17": non replaceable

MacBook: replaceable
MacBook Pro (except 17"): replaceable

So that means only 20% of the products that Apple sells that use batteries are user replaceable. If you factor in each model of the respective products that's still only 29%

So to paraphrase you; "80% of Apples products do not have user replaceable batteries. Everything else is....."]]>Feb 17th 2009 11:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/
We can now see that this is was all just a load of crap.

As you'd expect, the battery is just a standard shape and could have been user replaceable if they had engineered the laptop properly.

Typical Apple crap.]]>Feb 18th 2009 4:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/Feb 18th 2009 4:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/
Personally, I'd prefer the extra battery life. I've never needed to buy a spare battery. I'm sure it's essential for some people, but if that's the case, there are still other options, like buying a 15", or buying something from another company.]]>Feb 18th 2009 4:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/
on a general note, the 95 watt hour beast of a battery should really speak for itself but I find myself not too surprised that facts do nothing to deter the trolls and whiners. oh, by and far best and longest lasting battery of any 17" laptop out there.

here is what I am thinking: of all you trolls and whiners, none of you would have actually bought this machine even if Apple caved in to all your demands. you would just find new "demands". Apple knows that and duly ignores you. instead, Apple is listening to the people who are actually spending their money on this thing, i.e., me. Hey maybe that's why they keep making profits year after year.]]>Feb 18th 2009 4:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/Feb 17th 2009 7:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/Feb 17th 2009 7:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/
Just like the FREE engraving crap. ]]>Feb 18th 2009 5:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/Feb 17th 2009 7:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/Feb 17th 2009 7:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/Umm . . . not really, not even in your wildest exaggerations. Well built, well designed and no major performance complaints (well, of course there'll always be complaints). And again . . . almost 4 times cheaper.
Not trolling, just defending my baby.]]>Feb 17th 2009 7:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/Feb 17th 2009 7:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/Feb 17th 2009 7:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/
Cheapest 17" Macbook Pro=$2799
Most expensive 17" Gateway laptop=$1299

$2799-$1299=$1500

I'd say it was an over exaggeration on both parts but you're $200 further off than bluesky_v2.01]]>Feb 17th 2009 8:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/MBP17: 0.95" x 15.47 x 10.51 = 154 in^3
The Gateway is 80% larger than the MBP.

Gateway: 9.05 lbs
MBP17: 6.6 lbs
The Gateway weighs 37% more than the MBP.

Small size & weight are costly things... it's all a tradeoff.]]>Feb 17th 2009 11:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/
Hmm ... let's see the checklist for your Gateway:

Aluminium body? No
Hardened Glass Display? No
1920x1200 res? Uhm, no.
BEST Notebook display (is it S-PVA or S-IPS? Not sure)? No
Litium-POLYMER Battery, Not Li-Io? Uhm, No
Lightest 17" Notebook? No
Thinnest 17" Notebook? Hell, no
Slower CPU? Yes
Shitty, bulky, standard, plastic casing wrapped around standard components? Hell, yes.
Mac OS X? No
Shitty OS? Hell, Yes.
Usefull, awesome software suite included? No
Shitty, uselles TRIAL SOFTWARE?? HELL YES


Look:

Whatever suits your need.
You Computer is probably great for you.
And why not. I'd be the last one to tell you otherwise.
I'd never tell you to switch. Whatever suits YOU best.

But your BULLSHIT is unbareable.
Just STFU if you don't the differences and leave ME and MY CHOICE alone.
I don't fucking care about your choice, your Gateway thingy that suits YOU, either.

Fucking trolls.

(Sorry for the language in the end, but I can't bare this nerd trolling anymore.)]]>Feb 18th 2009 4:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/Feb 18th 2009 9:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/Feb 17th 2009 7:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/Feb 17th 2009 8:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/Feb 17th 2009 7:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/Feb 18th 2009 12:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/Feb 17th 2009 7:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/Feb 17th 2009 7:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/

Really it looks like others I have seen. And the battery I would have to assume that if another company wanted to build a battery like that they could and then charge what they do.

In fact Dell, and HP already have super long battery! They can last 8+ hours as well. Everyone just thinks Apple is the king of design and new tech, but really it's just marketing and making everyone think they were the first or are the best etc.]]>Feb 17th 2009 7:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/Feb 17th 2009 10:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/
Stop hating...this is quite marvelous. I'm sure Dell can make the same thing but have it be twice the thickness.]]>Feb 17th 2009 11:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/Feb 18th 2009 3:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/
Tell you what, you find another 17" laptop with a similar specification and dimensions, then we'll talk about this being "nothing special". In the meantime I tend to agree that this is a wonderful piece of engineering.]]>Feb 18th 2009 5:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/
Bottom line: computers are a blast. I have both as well, and I switch between my MacBook Pro 17 inch and my PCs all day. It would be nice to have a linux machine humming away here too...]]>Jun 28th 2009 3:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/
Why do they bother on something they don't want you to see?]]>Feb 17th 2009 7:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/Feb 17th 2009 11:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/
And isn't this this model that everyone was complaining that it doesn't have a removable battery? Isn't that the battery being removed in the picture?

And if that's how you put in the RAM, why is this Engadget worthy? Why would they feature an article that is just about opening a laptop which anyone can do themselves and are expected to if that's how to put in a new HDD....


]]>Feb 17th 2009 11:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/17-inch-unibody-macbook-pro-gets-disassembled-examined/"...not be removable for average, warranty-abiding users, but that didn't stop the folks at iFixit from removing it and just about everything else that isn't soldered on."]]>Feb 17th 2009 11:59PM