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Interesting.

https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/MacBook+Pro+15-Inch+Retina+D...

"MacBook Pro with Retina Display 15" Mid 2012 Repairability Score: 1 out of 10 (10 is easiest to repair)"

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Mine is the 2012 model before the retina display. Phillips head screws everywhere instead of the pentalobe. Open the case and you have access to everything. Battery can be replaced in 2 minutes. Hard drive in 1 minute. RAM in 30 seconds. Trackpad another 2 minutes after pulling battery. I even took out my optical drive and installed another hard drive in the bay since its SATAIII on that model. Then they came out with the retina mac and glued and soldered almost all of the above.

Gotcha. That one did do significantly better.

It's interesting to compare that machine to today's. 5.6lbs vs today's 16" at 4.3lbs. 2012 is 0.93" thick and today's is 0.64". I suppose, based on this datapoint, we can say there is something like a ~25% mechanical overhead for "repairability" then.

"MacBook Pro 15" Unibody Mid 2012 Repairability Score: 7 out of 10 (10 is easiest to repair)."

https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/MacBook+Pro+15-Inch+Unibody+...

The old macbook airs of that era were still light and just as repairable too.

On that ifixit disagrees. 4 is not a 1, but not a 7 either.

"MacBook Air 13" Mid 2012 Repairability Score: 4 out of 10 (10 is easiest to repair)."

"All the components—including RAM and SSD—are proprietary." Although I suppose there are probably 3rd party options by now.

https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/MacBook+Air+13-Inch+Mid+2012...

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