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MacBook Pro 13" Retina Display Late 2012 Teardown

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  • We open it up to find…

  • …a grumpy face?

  • It's a familiar face, though it seems to be missing some teeth. There is definitely a battery design change, specifically the migration of two battery cells off of the trackpad. We will examine this more later, but it appears that the trackpad will be a little easier to replace this time around.

  • Grumpy kitten glares back at the grumpy-faced MacBook Pro Retina, likely reminiscing on Retina displays past.

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