Gimmicky or not, the real star of the show is the Touch Bar and as you may have guessed, it's not exactly easy to get to or remove. Replacing it could require help from Apple or even a new logic board.Įlsewhere, the teardown specialists found that the MacBook Pro's speaker grills on either side of the keyboard are largely cosmetic. It's coated in sapphire crystal which, while a boon for security (the sensor, not the sapphire), is a pain to replace as it is linked to a chip on the motherboard. This is the first MacBook to ship with a Touch ID fingerprint reader (located just above the Delete key and to the right of the Touch Bar).

Moving past the twin heatpipe cooler, the mainboard reveals that both flash storage and RAM is soldered in place meaning you're stuck with the configuration you initially purchase. In its teardown of the 13-inch MacBook Pro, iFixit had little trouble getting into the notebook and even removing the trackpad. Apple hardware is notorious for being difficult to repair and the company's latest addition, the new MacBook Pro with Touch Bar, is no exception as the team over at iFixit recently discovered.

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