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    ifixit teardown of a retina screen assembly

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by KCETech1, Jun 19, 2012.

  1. KCETech1

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    not surprising as tiny little thin as this thing is.
     
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    Apple Care strikes onces again...
     
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    screen assembly is marginally thinner than last year and with enough paitence you could swap a panel in last years models. but routing cables THROUGH the hinges could be a wear issue.
     
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    maybe it appears that way, but I have a previous model 15 and 17 I can sit by my Retina model, its its probably 33% skinnier in the screen.... I don't have a fine enough measure device to measure.
     
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    I dont have an mbpr but quote from teardown crew

     
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    ^^ yes check THIS out ;)
     
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    its at least a milimeter but I have ot eyeball it because i don't have a caliper or anything useful... it might be partly optical illusion because the old model bends abruptly at the ends and a big noticle curve, but the Retina model doesn't. The over volume of the screen section is definitely a lot less because of this... it might be less than a millimeter at its thickest point, but it has a whole lot of points thats much thinner.
     
    doh123, Jun 19, 2012
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