iFixit tears the 2013 Mac Pro asunder, finds an actually repairable Mac

Credit: iFixit/Ars Technica

http://arstechnica.com/apple/2013/12/ifixit-tears-the-2013-mac-pro-asunder-finds-an-actually-repairable-mac/

http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Mac+Pro+Late+2013+Teardown/20778?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Mac+Pro+Teardown+PR&utm_content=Mac+Pro+Teardown+PR+CID_833b53074cc4aa2c0712edc7265b1748&utm_source=CampaignMonitor / Apple iFixit company company's products thin customer consumers incredibly difficult end users user repair battery glued into case CPU CPUs RAM solder soldered motherboard proprietary teardown tear down connectors Mac iPhone iPad iPod iOS OSX iFixit tore new Mac Pro apart break computer down teardown accompanied high-resolution photographs pictures detailed notes found computer despite more integrated nature fair number proprietary parts part easy repair upgrade Macintosh Mac RAM easily easiest component remove replace requires require slide case case's cover push button special screwdrivers suction cups MacBooks MacBook iMacs iMac standard 1866MHz ECC DDR3 DIMMs DIMM trivial purchase upgrade your own RAM replace replacing replaced SSD simple connector proprietary drive held in place single Torx screw PCI Express SSD very similar PCIe drives 2013 MacBook Air Retina MacBook Pro display difficult remove FirePro GPUs GPU case each held four screws screw clamp proprietary PCI Express connector connects daughterboard computer main logic board CPU socket RAM slots rear panel port ports GPUs can be removed theoretically possible upgrade Apple third parties new GPUs fit into the Mac Pro's case cooled system system's single fan connect daughterboard /