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| [* black] To make room for the Touch ID sensor alongside the Touch Bar, Apple seems to have trimmed a little mass off the heat pipe, left of the exhaust. Compare the 2016 "Function keys" version (top of image) to this year's model (bottom). | |
| [* black] Should we be worried? Cooling already seemed like it was getting short shrift on these ultra-thin "Pro" laptops. The 15W TDP on this year's processor is no lower than the one from 2016. | |
| - | [* black] We twirl away the pancake screw from the battery connector and kill power—with a little help from our [product|IF145-392-1|Manta driver kit]. |
| - | [* black] Where the 2016 model's [guide|72415|modular SSD|stepid=144817] used to live, we peel back a sticker—only to find a soldered-down shield. Unsurprising perhaps, but still disappointing—one of the last serviceable components on the MacBook Pro line is totally gone. |
| + | [* black] We twirl away the pancake screw from the battery connector and kill power—with a little help from our [product|IF145-392-1|Manta driver kit|new_window=true]. |
| + | [* black] Where the 2016 model's [guide|72415|modular SSD|stepid=144817|new_window=true] used to live, we peel back a sticker—only to find a soldered-down shield. Unsurprising perhaps, but still disappointing—one of the last serviceable components on the MacBook Pro line is totally gone. |