[RubberShoes]

Anyone else reminded of the fat PS3 in this teardown? Almost all the components are in the same place with a very similar disassembly sequence. I had a weird sense of nostalgia watching this for a piece of gear I've yet to see in person

[TMWNN]

It makes sense that the first iteration of a new product is going to be easy to disassemble, because large products are easier to design and manufacture. It's the later models (PS3 slim, PS4 slim, the future PS5 slim five years from now) that are optimized for maximum cost reduction and manufacturing efficiency and will be as hard to fool around in as a current iPhone or Macbook.