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More troubling is that Apple appears to be phasing out the non-Retina MacBook Pros, which were much more fixable, upgradable machines. The Terrible Battery Removal (Photo Courtesy iFixIt) These demerits and more detailed below add up to a terrible 1 out of 10 repairability score. How about replacing a non-responsive trackpad? Now it’s stuck (literally) underneath the battery, and guarded by a glued-down metal plate. What about replacing the aging battery three years from now? That will take more heating and prying than before.
#Macbook pro late 2013 ifixit upgrade#
So what if we want to upgrade to 8 GB? Tough luck our $1300 computer doesn’t have a slot for such shenanigans. We opted for the base 4 GB RAM version, and of course all four jiggabytes were soldered to the logic board. While the 15″ sported only iterative changes, this guy was a whole new enchilada. With the MacBook Pro 15″ Retina teardown out of the way, we focused our dissection magic on its 13″ brother. – Cirrus 4208-CRZ Audio Codec, similar to Cirrus CS4207 – Elpida J4208EFBG 512 MB DDR3 SDRAM (16 chips for 8 GB total) – 2.0 GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 processor (Turbo Boost up to 3.2 GHz) with 6 MB shared 元 cache Some noteworthy revisions come on the logic board, including the all-new Haswell Core i7 processor, Iris Pro Graphics, and Thunderbolt 2 support: Also in residence are a pair of Skyworks SE5516 dual-band 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac WLAN front-end modules.
#Macbook pro late 2013 ifixit Bluetooth#
Apple added a new AirPort card that supports 802.11ac Wi-Fi.The Broadcom BCM4360 on this AirPort card enables operation on the 5 GHz band at speeds up to 1.3 Gbps, while a Broadcom BCM20702 Bluetooth 4.0 Processor gets Bluetoothy things done for your convenience. One of the few differences: It now has a sleekified heat sink with just a single thermal pad, thanks to the more closely integrated GPU which we attribute to the “Haswellification” process, as we call it. – Samsung K9HFGY8S5C 32 GB NAND Flash Modules (8 chips for 256 GB total) – Samsung K4P4G324EB-FGC2 512 MB Mobile DRAM The new Samsung-based SSD contains the following ICs: The 15″ Retina now has a PCIe-based SSD instead of the mSATA drive of yesteryear. MacBook Pro 15″ Retina Display Highlights: Note that this is now your only 15″ option Apple stopped selling the non-Retina 15″ MacBook Pro. So unless you’re keen on soldering, replacing the headphone jack just became a $1,000 fix. Now people can’t replace their headphone jack without replacing the logic board. It scored the same terrible 1 out of 10 repairability believe it or not, the machine became slightly harder to fix. We did a “quick-n-dirty” teardown on that machine, since very little changed in 2013. Up first is the 15″ model, which is essentially the 2012 unit with a couple of performance upgrades. Today we have a tale of two MacBook Pro Retina teardowns, a 13″ and a 15″ variant. We’re going a bit teardown-crazy over here, but that’s expected everyone’s trying to release their products just in time for Christmas. IFixit Chief Information Architect Miroslav Djuric writes:
#Macbook pro late 2013 ifixit install#
The Fix Kit obviously also contains new installation adhesive as well as cleaning wipes to safely install your new battery.IFixIt Tears Down Late 2013 MacBook Pro Retina 13″ and 15″
#Macbook pro late 2013 ifixit skin#
As it contains acetone which can irritate skin and eyes we’ve added a protection set consisting of safety glasses and gloves.
#Macbook pro late 2013 ifixit driver#
To avoid this problem, we’ve included all the necessary specialty bits as well as a bit driver in the Fix Kit option.

