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CorporateFelon

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Oct 26, 2007
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Out of curiosity would it be possible to upgrade a 2011MBP body with the logic board from a 2012MBP?

Edit for clarification: I'm talking about the 15" model, but I guess the question would apply for the 13" as well.
 
Best way is to check ifixits teardowns

I've taken a quick look. While all the screw holes and connectors seem to be in the same place, there are a couple of components that are different that might also require swapping out the heat sinks as well. I can speculate all I want from looking at pictures, but I was wondering if any one else was the guinea pig with this and could confirm or deny it.

Here pictures of the early 2011 and the mid 2012.

http://d3nevzfk7ii3be.cloudfront.net/igi/QWKKPpAh4AHJm1bf.huge
http://d3nevzfk7ii3be.cloudfront.net/igi/11bHZBB6rRBmq5Iu.huge
 
They do look like a match on that side, but I think the other side might be more important - are the connectors for the display, iSight, WiFi, etc. the same?
 
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