we just wrapped up our teardown of the
new 15-inch MacBook Pro with an
all-too-familiar form factor nothing's
changed about how you get inside the
usual p5 rear screws secure the bottom
plate along with a few clips and once
they're freed it slides down and off
just like the previous version the
trackpad is easy enough to remove it's
held in place by 17 Torx screws and has
the taptic engine lying beneath the
logic board comes out next in his home
to the 2.2 gigahertz six core eighth
generation intel core i7 processor 16
gigabytes of ddr4 sdram and 250
gigabytes of toshiba made flash storage
just like previous versions the RAM and
flash storage were soldered to the logic
board so making any future upgrades is
impossible we also spot the newly added
t2 coprocessor chip which controls boot
and security functions with all that
soldered ram in storage it's a small
comfort to see some modular components
the fans headphone jack and both USB C
ports are super easy to remove the
battery is firmly glued in place on the
rear case but does come in with 11.4
volts and eighty 3.6 watt hours of power
lastly we take a look underneath the
keyboard and see what may be apple's
attempt at solving the issue of
unresponsive keys that's been plaguing
macbook pro keyboards for a while now
this updated keyboard now has a silicon
shield that we think should prevent dust
and debris from getting into the
butterfly mechanism if you're unfamiliar
with this issue we've got a couple of
videos explaining everything and we'll
put links to them in the description
below
with our teardown completed it's time to
talk repairability
the 2018 15 inch macbook pro scored a 1
out of 10 and here's why
on the upside the trackpad can be
replaced without removing the battery
but on the downside the processor RAM
and flash memory are soldered to the
logic board repairs and upgrades will be
impractical at best the top case
assembly which includes the keyboard
battery and speakers is firmly glued in
place making all of those components
hard to replace separately and lastly
the touch ID sensor doubles as a power
switch and is paired with the t2 chip on
the logic board fixing a broken power
switch may require the help from Apple
or a whole new logic board
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