Powerbook disassembly

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  1. Silence

    Silence What's a Dremel?

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    Nice write-up :) I've taken apart many mac laptops, and they can be complete swines at times. The earlier model ibooks in particular :(
     
    Silence, 22 Oct 2005
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  2. Fruitloaf

    Fruitloaf Tinkerer

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    Even my Dell laptop which is designed to be far easier to dissasemble is a pain in the ass when it comes to getting at the main system, something like 20 screws to get inside. That said its 2 screws to remove the hard drive tray, same for RAM and mini-pci and only one for the DVD writer - thats the sort of flexibility I like :D
     
    Fruitloaf, 22 Oct 2005
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  3. K

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    Fantastic link. What a God-send. I've been considering upgrading my ageing hard drive.
     
    K, 23 Oct 2005
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  4. radek

    radek What's a Dremel?

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    You think that was a challenge?!

    Wil, you should see this:

    http://www.macmod.com/
    Follow the translation link...

    Some kid just overclocked his PB to 1.83! I have seen work done on minis, I have one on my own and I would never approach this thing with a soldering iron. But Power Book, which is "only" 3 or 4 times as expensive?
    Now, that is some modding!
     
    radek, 25 Oct 2005
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  5. dw_drummeruk

    dw_drummeruk What's a Dremel?

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  6. Zidane

    Zidane What's a Dremel?

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    dude! hire someone to carry around that lappy! bulging dvi ports, 'bent' optical drive slots (i really cant beleive you actually bent your optical drive port, you have a smiley-mac now), all those scratches and dents......

    i'll volunteer to be your official lappy-carrier, i'll even put up with the inevitable lap-dog jokes. of course, you'll be needing that laptop when e3 comes around, so dont forget to get an extra ticket for me...... *snickers*
     
    Zidane, 25 Oct 2005
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  7. korhojoa

    korhojoa durr

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    korhojoa, 22 Jan 2006
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  8. ./^\.Ace./^\.

    ./^\.Ace./^\. What's a Dremel?

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    My friend has one of Apple's Power Book Pro's and he replaced the hard drive, he said it was a nightmare to do :hehe:
     
    ./^\.Ace./^\., 9 Jun 2007
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  9. identikit

    identikit Minimodder

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    Not really, I can do it in a few minutes. iBooks, now there's something that takes years.
     
    identikit, 9 Jun 2007
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