Im in the market for new lap top . Its not going to be an Apple! Way over priced and under featured. Was disipointed with new Imacs .
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Teardown of 13-inch MacBook Pro With Touch Bar Reveals 'Cosmetic' Speaker Grilles [Updated]
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Why? Repairs will be easier--if anything breaks, just replace the entire logic board.
I missed the part where the microphones are located on the bottom of the machine. Source?
My biggest concern with this machine is not the inability to upgrade but rather the fact that virtually any repair will require replacing the entire logic board. IMO, no one should buy a new MBP without AppleCare unless they only plan to keep it only for a year or have a lot of disposable income in case something breaks after 12 months.
Surface book, I'm coming for you
I don't think it matters where the grilles are, how would they allow water damage if the holes are only cosmetic and don't go all the way through the case?
I like GE, although I'd call it 'Gimped Edition' as it covers multiple failures, from the speaker grill being poor, to the audio jack being retained but being limited to just headphones?!, Adapters adapters adapters, Magsafe, battery life, RAM limitation, lack of speed boost, removal of sdxc, solder of SSD.
The longer they took to update it the worse it became.
Truth be damned, you're sticking to your opinions. Good for you. It's the American way. . . .
Same here. I'm not bothered by them either.
However, what some in the industry have been bothered by is the repair time for these things. In the past, with the old silver MBPs and Powerbooks, repairs were deteremind by accessibilty of the part, and the time needed for the tech to get to the machine and replace the part. If we were pressed, and had a good reputation with the Genius Bar, we could get the tech to forgo all of the diagnostics and just fix the machine in the same day.
Now, I don't see Apple Retail stores stocking up motherboards left and right. RAM problems? Replace the logic board. Powerbutton? Replace the logic board. PSU? Replace the logic board. GPU? Replace the logic board.
They're going to have to ship the machine off for even a minor repair, and that could take two weeks.
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Sure, but that's typical for the release of any Apple product and good for generating clicks and comments. Look at the release of any previous MBP and the the comment counts exceed 700.
Realize, though, that this community is an extremely tiny sliver of those purchasing Apple products and not representative.
For a person like Ive and a company like Apple, who bleat on about every bit of design having purpose. Every mm of a device being important. Every port getting fought over as courageous design decision....then they introduce speaker grills nowhere near the speakers, in what looks like aesthetics over form or function. Just looks a bit weak/rubbish/poor.
How long will these machines last, before a component fails and it becomes unfeasible to repair / replace?
I've ordered a new MacBook Pro to replace my current 2011 MacBook Pro. A machine, which has required multiple fixes / upgrades over it's lifetime to keep it going, including new a logic board, a new track pad, new battery, 2 x HD upgrades and a ram upgrade.
I'm annoyed that'll I'll probably not get 5 years of use from the new MacBook, before something fails.
I want to love the new MacBook Pro, as I've waited patiently for Apple to release it... fact is I feel like I'll be cursing it in a few years, when it needs replacing, because it's impossible to repair / upgrade.
This strategy makes me loathe Apple and I used to be such a fanboy.
I've ordered a new MacBook Pro to replace my current 2011 MacBook Pro. A machine, which has required multiple fixes / upgrades over it's lifetime to keep it going, including new a logic board, a new track pad, new battery, 2 x HD upgrades and a ram upgrade.
I'm annoyed that'll I'll probably not get 5 years of use from the new MacBook, before something fails.
I want to love the new MacBook Pro, as I've waited patiently for Apple to release it... fact is I feel like I'll be cursing it in a few years, when it needs replacing, because it's impossible to repair / upgrade.
This strategy makes me loathe Apple and I used to be such a fanboy.
Are they really purely cosmetic?
Someone should glue/tape/seal the holes shut, see if it makes a difference in performance, heat, or sound.
Someone should glue/tape/seal the holes shut, see if it makes a difference in performance, heat, or sound.
I don't remember a good article since the launch. The only positive thing we heard was that there are record number of online orders. That is positive only for Tim Cook and co., not about the laptop.
While that might be true, I don't ever remember so many negative articles about Any new Apple product. Especially a Mac.
Completly closed... As in FAKE HOLES!!!
Someone should photoshop a Macbook without those speaker grills, so we can judge ourselves if it looks better with or without
Super quick job but here you go
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Apple must believe that most will not upgrade their Mac?
Why get upset about it?
I'll buy one of these blinged out MacBooks 4 years from now and they'll still be great!
Buy one used like I did if you don't like the prices.
I bought a 2102 MacBook Pro I7 2.7 quad and put an SSD in it, total invested $1050.
its got 80-90 % of the power of the new one and no dongles needed.
If you love the Mac OS, this is great time to be alive
All of those who claim that less then 1% of consumers want to tinker in their machines (upgrades etc.)
overlook that these are pro machines (Supposedly) and pros would know how to do simple stuff at least.
What if over time 4GB SSDS becomes the norm and become cheap?
Also, the 99% which do not open their machines, do not know what to do etc. would not be hurt, if the machines were upgradeable. They just do not open them!
Buyers like me and you, who buy one generation back and then buy a 16GB with the lowest SSD I can find and then put in my own 1TB SSD will now buy much much later and wait until one can find a maxed out MBP or not at all.
To ask people to shell out an extra large amount of cash on the initial buy to make the machine somewhat future proof is not what smart sales people do.
It's the same comments every time we get an ifixit teardown. Yawn.
Do we know for sure the speaker grills are just cosmetic? Just because iFixit makes that assumption doesn't make it so. Has Apple confirmed it?
Do we know for sure the speaker grills are just cosmetic? Just because iFixit makes that assumption doesn't make it so. Has Apple confirmed it?
So 58% more volume, 2.5X louder bass and 2x dynamic range and everyone has a problem with it?
Did you forget to put in the letter A someplace?