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MacBook Pro 13" Touch Bar Teardown

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Re: MacBook Pro 13" Touch Bar Teardown

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Post by sp0rk »

rasz_pl wrote: post #10

I told you SSD will be permanently soldered to the PCB, received downvotes in return :) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12826005 Apple finally decided with this round of macbooks to shift from producing laptops into content consumption appliances like iPhone. Next step of this internal plan involves processors.

> I told you SSD will be permanently soldered to the PCB, received downvotes in return

Just because your prediction/information turned out to be correct does not mean that your comment was useful at the time. Why would anybody trust information left in a random HN comment by somebody that isn't even going to attempt to explain their source or reasoning?

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Post by ctz »

n1000 wrote: post #19

can anybody tell me why Apple didn't try harder to max out the battery?? apparently the 15" version has even more unused space: https://9to5mac.com/2016/11/15/2016-macbook-pro-non-removabl... if this is really a compromise to hit some weight target I will have to join the "Apple don't care about the Pros anymore" camp...

Lithium ion capacities are limited by the FAA to 100Wh per device, so it's not that.

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Post by mprovost »

n1000 wrote: post #19

can anybody tell me why Apple didn't try harder to max out the battery?? apparently the 15" version has even more unused space: https://9to5mac.com/2016/11/15/2016-macbook-pro-non-removabl... if this is really a compromise to hit some weight target I will have to join the "Apple don't care about the Pros anymore" camp...

The FAA limits batteries to 100 watt-hours. I'm not sure why they haven't maxed it out on the newer macbook pro like they did on the older one though.

https://www.cnet.com/uk/news/macbook-pro-october-2016-batter...

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Post by n1000 »

n1000 wrote: post #19

can anybody tell me why Apple didn't try harder to max out the battery?? apparently the 15" version has even more unused space: https://9to5mac.com/2016/11/15/2016-macbook-pro-non-removabl... if this is really a compromise to hit some weight target I will have to join the "Apple don't care about the Pros anymore" camp...

I can see the marketing storyline: 3.0 pounds sounds cooler than 10+h battery life. Because: 10 hours = 1 working day = enough

Re: MacBook Pro 13" Touch Bar Teardown

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Post by zimpenfish »

intoverflow2 wrote: post #14
rasz_pl wrote: post #10

I told you SSD will be permanently soldered to the PCB, received downvotes in return :) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12826005 Apple finally decided with this round of macbooks to shift from producing laptops into content consumption appliances like iPhone. Next step of this internal plan involves processors.

> decided with this round of macbooks to shift from producing laptops into content consumption appliances like iPhone I wouldn't go that far, but I would say for a company that likes to shout so loudly about environmental waste they sure like to make disposable unmaintainable devices these days.

And will recycle them for you.

http://www.apple.com/uk/recycling/

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