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posted by Fnord666 on Wednesday December 18 2019, @02:29PM   Printer-friendly
from the sudden-outbreak-of-common-sense? dept.

iFixit surgeons dissect Apple's pricey Mac Pro: Industry standard sockets? Repair diagrams? Who are you and what have you done to Apple?

DIY repair site iFixit has announced the results of its teardown of the 2019 Mac Pro – the latest eye-wateringly priced, professional-oriented computer from fruit-branded-biz-turned- kitchenware supplier, Apple.

And while the Mac Pro looks like [a] cheese grater and costs a lot of cheddar, you'll be delighted to discover it's no stinking bishop[*]. With PCIe slots galore, and modular RAM that isn't soldered to the motherboard, Apple's latest tower is delightfully easy to repair and upgrade, or so iFixit found.

The screwdriver botherers bestowed the Mac Pro with a repairability score of 9. That's pretty much unprecedented for Apple's latest crop of machines. The 16-inch MacBook Pro, for example, has a score of just one, with most components either soldered or glued in place.

In its teardown, iFixit commended Apple for the ease in which punters can open the case, remarking that some simple procedures require no tools at all.

It also lauded Apple's decision to use industry-standard sockets and interfaces, as well as its publication of repair diagrams and instructions. Both moves will allow owners of the ultra-pricey boxes to repair their kit without making an appointment at the Genius Bar.

Or, you could just purchase one fully-kitted out from the start for only $53,000. (Display not included.)

[*] Stinking Bishop cheese.


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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by meustrus on Wednesday December 18 2019, @05:18PM (1 child)

    by meustrus (4961) on Wednesday December 18 2019, @05:18PM (#933793)

    I used my ipod as a portable HD. It was just a setting in iTunes to turn it on. Didn't have access to the music partition still, but I didn't really need it, and it seems a minor concession to the idiots at the RIAA considering I could still use the thing for any unprotected media I wanted (not wma, but who wants that format anyway?).

    As far as Jobs being a control freak, I'd take a locked down Mac over a 90s crashes-all-the-time Mac. By the time Jobs came back, those were really the only options.

    At least Apple doesn't try to subsidize their platform by selling your privacy.

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  • (Score: 2) by Bot on Wednesday December 18 2019, @09:19PM

    by Bot (3902) on Wednesday December 18 2019, @09:19PM (#933909) Journal

    My digital audio pc in the 90s were macs with an audiomedia gotten new half price from a windows guy who could not get it to work reliably. It was quite stable, I still use it sometimes for MAME games as I can't bear classic games on LCD.

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