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by chrisparton1991 3137 days ago
Reparability is the main downside to the retina MPBs for me. With my old MBP I could swap out the battery in 30 seconds, and I could upgrade the RAM. Neither of these are possible any more.

That said, I'm still using my 2012 retina MBP and it's going great. These things are built to last!
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bluedino 3137 days ago
Upgrade-ability forced me to selle mine last year. I had on of the low-end models with 8GB/256GB and needed more space and memory.
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chrisparton1991 3136 days ago
That's a bummer. It makes me sad that we have to stop using hardware that's 90% fit for purpose because we can't upgrade the 10% we need to.
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dzhiurgis 3137 days ago
> Neither of these are possible any more.

People in China are replacing memory modules on iPhones. I'd say you just don't have enough skill to.

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