Fixing laptops is all good and yes, i too think you should take broken things apart and at least try to repair them and i do it regularly.. Opening the very 17

Fixing laptops is all good and yes, i too think you should take broken things apart and at least try to repair them and i do it regularly.. Opening the very 17" MacBook Pro i'm writing this comment from has been a satisfying experience when i've replaced my harddisk - it's really beautiful and well-designed from the inside. However, that whole fix-something-yourself-when-it's-broken may very well become a thing of the past - especially with MacBooks which always prided themselves of being upgradeable and even mentioning the needed steps in the manuals. You just won't have that opportunity with the new Retina one as most of its internals are directly soldered to the logicboard :( I sincerely hope that this trend won't continue with newer models.