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That's not true. To upgrade the memory in an iMac there's 1 screw in the way. To upgrade the memory or hard drive in a MacBook, there are 10 or so screws, but
by johnthedebs 15y ago
That's not true.
To upgrade the memory in an iMac there's 1 screw in the way.
To upgrade the memory or hard drive in a MacBook, there are 10 or so screws, but as long as you don't damage your device in the process it remains under warranty.
People like to make Apple out to be draconian about this stuff, but let's at least do basic fact-checking.
- zdw 15y agoThat said, to upgrade the hard disk in an iMac is a total PITA and requires a special sensor cable to the hard disk that is HDD vendor specific: http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Repair/iMac-Intel-27-Inch-Hard-Drive-Replacement/1634/1 http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Repair/iMac-Intel-27-Inch-Hard-D... I pine for the old days of white G5's and original iMacs where they were a piece of cake to work on. That said, I don't pine for their bad capacitor problems...
- JoeAltmaier 15y agoI remember those; my wife had one; had to send away for the special screwdriver invented solely to keep me out of the case. "Piece of cake"?
- Naga 15y agoI have one of the first Intel iMacs and the hard drive is not easy to replace at all.
- JoeAltmaier 15y agoSorry, the mac mini on my desk had me confused I guess. With the special tool needed to pry off the friction-fit case after breaking the warranty sticker; then having to disassemble the entire stack of circuit boards to get at the memory socket.