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Retina MacBook Pro puts the ‘tear’ in teardown

June 24, 2012 by Pedro Hernandez

By all accounts, Apple’s MacBook Pro with the Retina Display is an elegant, capable machine with a dazzling screen. That beauty, it turns out, is only skin deep. If you crack open the case, you’ll discover like iFixit did, that the laptop’s innards are a disaster for people that like to repair and upgrade their own computers. […]

Filed Under: Gadgets & Mobile Tagged With: Apple, electronics lifecycle, MacBook Pro, teardowns

Sony’s Bloggie 3D: A gadget maker finally embraces the teardown

June 14, 2011 by Pedro Hernandez

This is neat. Sony’s own blog, SGNL, has done something pretty unique for a consumer electronics company. It embraced the teardown (sub req’d)! Engadget observes that while the video smacks of publicity, it’s unprecedented for a top-tier electronics maker to sanction an on-camera teardown of one of its products, with a prominent member of the […]

Filed Under: Gadgets & Mobile Tagged With: e-waste, iFixit, Sony, teardowns

Bookmark this! iFixit

August 18, 2010 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

iFixit.com Who’s it for? Gadget lovers, DIY types, green geeks Why should I bookmark this? Because you want to extend the life of your gadgets, hate e-waste and like to save money. OK, Tell me more. Sure thing! While writing about the green virtues of Dell’s touchscreen tablet, I realized that it had  been a […]

Filed Under: E-Waste & Recycling, Gadgets & Mobile Tagged With: e-waste, electronics lifecycle, electronics recycling, Gadgets, iFixit, recycling, repair, teardowns

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