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- | [* black] At MacBook's edge we come across a |
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- | [* icon_reminder] Remember the days you could upgrade your RAM, double up on storage, and drop in an SSD with a Phillips driver and a free afternoon? [http://www.macrumors.com/2016/10/27/apple-discontinues-non-retina-macbook-pro/|iFixit remembers|new_window=true]. |
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+ | [* black] At MacBook's edge we come across a shiny bar (held in by 12 P2 Pentalobe screws) that also serves as an antenna. |
+ | [* icon_reminder] That's the 6th kind of bit! Remember the days you could upgrade your RAM, double up on storage, and drop in an SSD with a Phillips driver and a free afternoon? [http://www.macrumors.com/2016/10/27/apple-discontinues-non-retina-macbook-pro/|iFixit remembers|new_window=true]. |
+ | [* black] Behind the antenna bracket, we spy some fancy tech alone the Pro's spine. |
[* black] A spring mechanism rolls a flat cable up when the display is closed, and unravels when the display opens. This seems to make it a bit easier to close the lid. | |
[* icon_note] Perhaps shaving a few ounces off the display assembly meant the new MacBook Pro couldn't rely on gravity to close nicely as much as previous models have. |