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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: 2) by Rich on Thursday December 19 2019, @12:08PM

    by Rich (945) on Thursday December 19 2019, @12:08PM (#934165) Journal

    The main reason to open a computer is to swap out the hard drive. On average about 3 times over 10 years of machine lifetime for me. RAM upgrades are done about once or twice in this time. As I understood from a heise report, the Mac Pro's SSD is removable, but dongled to the T2 chip. We haven't noticed that before, because on the MacBook Pro, the SSD is soldered-in, but it's the same mechanishm. Apple obeying Hollywood's wishes to lock you out of control, as part of the information economy endgame.

    So, no thank you for me (and I'm in the target audience, 30cm behind me sits an original box with a cheesegrate Power Mac G5 Quad inside). It would also be "no, thank you" for the 16 inch MacBook Pro, alas, as a customer's software has to be ported to Catalina, I might need a test machine with all the latest newfangled shit inside - but this would strictly be bought with other peoples' money.

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