Apple could have given us a glimpse of what the brand new 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pros’ insides appear like, nevertheless it had a shock ready for the oldsters at iFixit nonetheless. The iFixit group mentioned eradicating batteries from current MacBook Pros required “infinite patience, a bottle of isopropyl alcohol, and an optional bottle of human-friendly alcohol.” They anticipated the identical from this era of laptops however have been pleasantly stunned by the presence of pull tabs as a substitute once they tore down the brand new MacBook Pros.

The outer battery cells have noticeable pull tabs you could, properly, pull to detach them from their adhesive beneath. Even the central battery cells have pull tabs — they’re simply more durable to search out contained in the laptop computer chassis beneath the trackpad. iFixit was in a position capable of verify that the laptops will acknowledge and work with battery replacements simply advantageous.

In addition, a lot of the laptops’ ports, aside from the SD card reader and the HDMI port, are modular. That means they are often simply and cheaply changed in the event that they abruptly break or malfunction. Conversely, the laptops’ keyboard will nonetheless be onerous to switch, however hey, no less than the times of Apple’s butterfly keyboard at the moment are over. You can watch iFixit’s teardown course of within the video beneath, and it additionally has extra images of the laptops insides on its website if you wish to have a greater take a look at their elements. iFixit additionally took apart Apple’s $19 sprucing fabric, in case you are questioning what makes it costlier that its typical counterparts.