Retina Macbook 2015 Teardown

Found on iFixit on Wednesday, 15 April 2015
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The MacBook 2015 Repairability Score: 1 out of 10 (10 is easiest to repair)

Proprietary pentalobe screws continue to make opening the device unnecessarily difficult, and new cable routing makes the procedure even trickier.

The USB-C port is secured by tri-wing screws, and buried under the display brackets, complicating replacement. Also, being the only port, it will experience more use and wear than a typical single-purpose port.

The battery assembly is entirely, and very solidly, glued into the lower case.

The Retina display is still a fused unit with no separate, protective glass. If the display needs replacing, it'll cost a pretty penny.

The processor, RAM, and flash memory are soldered to the logic board.

Of course Apple makes it difficult, because you are supposed to be a good sheep customer and buy new devices as soon as the ones you have act up. Nothing will be done about this, because every little regulation could harm the economic growth. Not to mention that the lack of useability is increasing: a single USB port is all you get. Charge your shiney new Macbook while using an external harddrive? Sorry, not possible.