The iFixit team has dismantled the Touch Bar version of Apple's latest ultraportable computer. This MacBook Pro gets a repair score of 1/10, one point less than the model without a touch bar.
The version without touch bar of the new MacBook Pro of 13 inches was already very difficult to disassemble, iFixit had besides pasted a 2/10 in "repairability". A bad note, certainly, but in average other Apple products actually. This time, the experts of the American site have attacked the model equipped with the famous Touch Bar, and this one does not do better.
The device even gets a lower score: 1/10. The explanation is very simple, the main components are all soldered on this model, either RAM or SSD. Impossible, therefore, to change them without the help of Apple. If the need arises, it will be necessary to replace the motherboard in its entirety.
Most components are thus very difficult, if not impossible, to remove, as the Touch Bar that our colleagues even broke during their attempt to extract. The same applies to the power button, which incorporates the Touch ID fingerprint reader and a T1 chip. The whole thing appears indeed welded to the motherboard. In addition, there are Apple's proprietary screws and a significant use of glue, especially on the battery. A classic.
Some good points all the same: the touchpad retracts easily and without having to remove the battery beforehand. The USB-C ports are also fixed on a "modular" card easily removable and should therefore be able to be replaced without great difficulty, like the port jack. It's always taken
The version without touch bar of the new MacBook Pro of 13 inches was already very difficult to disassemble, iFixit had besides pasted a 2/10 in "repairability". A bad note, certainly, but in average other Apple products actually. This time, the experts of the American site have attacked the model equipped with the famous Touch Bar, and this one does not do better.
The device even gets a lower score: 1/10. The explanation is very simple, the main components are all soldered on this model, either RAM or SSD. Impossible, therefore, to change them without the help of Apple. If the need arises, it will be necessary to replace the motherboard in its entirety.
Most components are thus very difficult, if not impossible, to remove, as the Touch Bar that our colleagues even broke during their attempt to extract. The same applies to the power button, which incorporates the Touch ID fingerprint reader and a T1 chip. The whole thing appears indeed welded to the motherboard. In addition, there are Apple's proprietary screws and a significant use of glue, especially on the battery. A classic.
Some good points all the same: the touchpad retracts easily and without having to remove the battery beforehand. The USB-C ports are also fixed on a "modular" card easily removable and should therefore be able to be replaced without great difficulty, like the port jack. It's always taken
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