{"id":8362,"date":"2012-06-20T12:36:19","date_gmt":"2012-06-20T19:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/37prime.wordpress.com\/?p=8362"},"modified":"2012-06-20T12:36:19","modified_gmt":"2012-06-20T19:36:19","slug":"captain-obvious-called","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/37prime.com\/news\/2012\/06\/20\/captain-obvious-called\/","title":{"rendered":"Captain Obvious called……."},"content":{"rendered":"

Yet another award winning article by AppleInsider that is seemingly sponsored by iFixit.<\/p>\n

Teardown of non-Retina MacBook Pro finds thicker RAM slots, hard drive
\nhttp:\/\/www.appleinsider.com\/articles\/12\/06\/20\/teardown_of_non_retina_macbook_pro_finds_thicker_ram_slots_hard_drive.html<\/p>\n

In case you’re wondering why the line above is not an active link, that’s because it is not an active link.<\/p>\n

The post started with this gem:<\/p>\n

Apple’s updated MacBook Pros featuring the same design as the last generation are thicker than the new Retina display model thanks to stacked RAM slots and a 2.5-inch hard disk drive.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

No shit, Sherlock!
\n(editor’s note: this was the original title of this post.)<\/p>\n

Then the article goes:<\/p>\n

iFixit took a peek inside the new 15-inch unibody MacBook Pro and found the individual RAM models are 3.15 millimeters thick, but the modules are stacked, leading to a total thickness of 9.15 millimeters. That’s more than half the entire thickness of Apple’s newly redesigned 18-millimeter thick Retina MacBook Pro.<\/p>\n

Another component adding to bulk in the legacy design of the MacBook Pro is its hard disk drive, which is a standard 2.5-inch serial ATA drive. It’s 9.45 millimeters thick, compared to just 3.16 millimeters for the flash memory in the Retina display MacBook Pro.<\/p>\n

Obviously another key part to the bulk of the legacy MacBook Pro design is its inclusion of an optical disk drive. iFixit noted that a “significant portion” of the weight cut from the new Retina display MacBook Pro came from ditching the disc drive.<\/p>\n

The solutions provider said it appreciates the inclusion of the optical drive in the MacBook Pro, because it can be removed to add in a second hard drive. In fact, it gave the non-Retina MacBook Pro a repairability score of 7 out of 10, compared to the 1 out of 10 given to the Retina display MacBook Pro.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Is this a slow news day?<\/p>\n

Apparently iFixit found out that the “legacy” MacBook Pro has an optical drive, stacked RAM modules and standard 2.5-inch serial ATA hard-drive. Which iFixit employee should the Noble Prize go to for this findings?<\/p>\n

That goes the other way around. Macbook Pro with Retina display was designed to be thinner and lighter than the Unibody Macbook Pro.<\/p>\n

Unibody MacBook Pro was first introduced on October 14th, 2008<\/a> sporting swappable battery. At the MacWorld Expo keynote on January 6th, 2009, the Unibody MacBook Pro was revised with a non user removable battery. The physical dimension stays the same throughout different iterations of Unibody Macbook Pro including Mid-2012 Ivy-bridge MacBook Pro (iFixit called it “legacy MacBook Pro” and\u00a0AppleInsider called it “non-Retina MacBook Pro.”)<\/p>\n

Apple’s Phil Schiller touted the thinness of new MacBook Pro with Retina display during WWDC 2012 Keynote.<\/p>\n

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Apple also touts the thinness of new MacBook Pro with Retina display on its page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Yet another award winning article by AppleInsider that is seemingly sponsored by iFixit. Teardown of non-Retina MacBook Pro finds thicker RAM slots, hard drive http:\/\/www.appleinsider.com\/articles\/12\/06\/20\/teardown_of_non_retina_macbook_pro_finds_thicker_ram_slots_hard_drive.html In case you’re wondering why the line above is not an active link, that’s because it is not an active link. The post started with this gem: Apple’s updated MacBook … <\/p>\n

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