during the Apple event back in October
Apple unveiled the new MacBook Pro line
with a fancy new touch bar they also
slip the 13 inch macbook pro that still
includes the function keys in under the
radar we've still got a couple of weeks
to wait until we get our hands on the
MacBook Pro with touch bar but today
we're going to tear down the brand-new
13-inch MacBook Pro with function keys
opening our new macbook started out as
expected with the removal of pentalobe
screws but when the bottom case didn't
want to budge we enlisted the help of
our opening picks and suction cup then
we finally got our first look inside the
first step once we enter a device is
always to disconnect the power source
normally that's pretty straightforward
but this is a puzzling connector we've
never seen before
this white-headed t5 screws serves as a
super secure press connector for the
battery next we tackle the trackpad and
we're pleasantly surprised to see how
easy it is to remove upon further
inspection we find some familiar digital
hardware piggybacking on the trackpad
the STMicroelectronics arm cortex-m 3
MCU the Broadcom touch controller and of
course the taptic inches all of which we
saw during our teardown of the 2015
MacBook next out is the battery only
this battery isn't going to come out
without advice we had to use a lot of
heat and prime before we finally got
this battery free this pro features have
as many battery cells as the 2015
MacBook Pro and is rated at 50 4.5 watt
hours which is 27 percent less power
between charges than last year's edition
next we come to the removable SSD this
SSD uses a high-speed PCIe based
interface but this form factor in pin
configuration look new does your factory
issued SSD is powered by four 64
gigabyte chips
SanDisk made and flash memory for a
total of 256 gigabytes and after a
little digging we find the Apple SSD
controller as you might remember from
the Apple event Apple boasted about an
advanced thermal architecture we're a
little disappointed that advanced
architecture really meant relocation of
the heatsink screws to the backside of
the logic board some chips of note
include the SK Hynix lpddr3
high-speed synchronous see RAM and the
Intel mate Thunderbolt 3 controller you
can see the complete list of chips we've
identified over at our teardown at
ifixit.com we've come to the end of our
teardown and now we turn our thoughts
towards repairability hell did the
MacBook Pro late 2016 scores it got a 2
out of 10 and here's why
on the upside the trackpad can be
removed without first removing the
battery but on the downside proprietary
pentalobe screws continue to make
opening the device unnecessarily
difficult the battery assembly is
entirely and very solidly glued into the
case thus complicating replacement the
RAM is soldered to the logic board pay
for the upgrade now or be stuck with
eight gigabytes forever there's no
chance of an upgrade
and finally the proprietary PCIe SSD
still isn't a standard Drive cross your
fingers for future compatible drives for
now you're stuck with what you got and
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