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  • Who knew an upgraded keyboard could be such a huge upgrade?

  • Apple, has done some simple redesigns on it’s MacBook Pro and made it the most exciting

  • upgrade weve seen in years.

  • Not only have they given us a normal keyboard, but we also got a slightly larger display

  • and a physical escape key!

  • Apple says this updated Mac is all about listening to the customer but have they listened to

  • us and updated it’s repairability, were gonna say no, but just in case, let's tear

  • it down.

  • The same series of p5 pentalobe screws holds the case in place and with some force were

  • able to unlatch the rear case.

  • Turns out were dealing with pretty much the same internal design as before, there’s

  • not much here but a giant battery and a logic board.

  • There are a tons of cables ,and just as many screws to remove but then logic board and

  • heat sink lift right out.

  • Underneath that heat sink we find the 2.6 GHz 6‑core Intel Core i7 paired with the

  • AMD Radeon Pro 5300M, we also spot the 16 GB of DDR4 SDRAM and the 512 GBs of SOLid

  • state storage.

  • As with previous models all of these chips are integrated into the logic board making

  • upgrades impossible.

  • No surprise here, but disappointing like always.

  • What’s this?

  • We actually find some modular parts, both the newly re-designed fans and right and left

  • thunderbolt ports can be removed and replaced.

  • These fans are part of the new improved thermal design of this MacBook Pro.

  • The fans been re-tooled with bigger impeller blades,allowing them to push 28% more air.

  • The remainder of the upgrades are firmly glued to the case.

  • We spot the newly redesigned and awesome sounding speakers.

  • And of course the battery which is now rated at 99.8 Watt hours, just shy of the FAA’s

  • allowed to fly battery limit of 100 watt hours.

  • So with all these upgrades has the repairability score changed for the 16 inch MacBook Pro?

  • No, it scored a 1 out of 10 and here’s why.

  • On the upside the trackpad can still be removed and replaced with very little drama.

  • But on the downside minor components are modular, but the processor, RAM, and flash memory are

  • soldered to the logic board.

  • Glue and/or rivets secure the keyboard, battery, speakers, and Touch Bar, making those components

  • a tricky fix.

  • The Touch ID sensor is the power switch and is locked to the logic board complicating

  • third-party repair.

  • Oh if youre wondering about that new keyboard?

  • We did a deep dive into it’s new, but also old, scissor mechanism on out live first look

  • live stream and if youre totally in the dark as to why this new keyboard is such a

  • big deal weve also got a video explaining why the butterfly mechanism was such a disaster

  • and the various ways Apple has tried to fix it over the years.

Who knew an upgraded keyboard could be such a huge upgrade?

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