MacBook teardown: terraced battery fully glued to body, CPU/RAM/flash storage soldered to logic board, 1/10 repairability score
Apple packed a lot in that tiny frame Mitchel Broussard / MacRumors : Retina MacBook Teardown Reveals iPad-Like Battery Connector, Details Force Touch Trackpad Luke Dormehl / Cult of Mac : The new Retina MacBook could be Apple's least-repairable notebook yet Adrian Kingsley-Hughes / ZDNet : The new Retina MacBook 2015: A tour of what's new inside Ben Lovejoy / 9to5Mac : It's MacBook teardown day, as iFixit's version provides better photos & commentary Stan Schroeder / Mashable : New MacBook teardown reveals a tight machine that's nearly impossible to repair Tweets: Dan Gillmor / @dangillmor : Apple's closed system approach: new Mac laptop is among most difficult to repair: https://www.ifixit.com/... Jeff Newfeld / @jeffnew : It's good to know, but does anyone actually make a MacBook buying decision based on repairability? http://twitter.com/...