2 Jan
2006
2 Jan
'06
11:59 p.m.
Actually the 'Mac cracker' itself is not the long-shaft T15 Torx, but a
tool that can pry the case apart
without damage after the torx is used to remove the screws. The cracker
was simply two thin metal
plates with handles that operated somewhat like scissors in reverse.
Operate the handles to bring the
plates together, insert the plates into the case groove, then apply
pressure to force the case halves
apart. This can be done without using the cracker (like with putty
knives or screwdrivers) but without
the cracker (or sometimes even with) the case would be noticably
damaged/dinged splitting the halves.
I'm not surprised the current crop of Fry's guys don't know what a real
mac cracker is -- most of them
were probably not even born when it was around. Couldn't find any pix of
it on the net.
Cameron Kaiser wrote:
Never got a
response to the above, so I'm going to drive to the local Fry's
tomorrow and look for that "Mac cracker" someone mentioned -- It's a new
store, just opened, do you think they'd have it? If not, is there anything
special/exact I should look for?
When I went to my local Fry's, they didn't know it by that name, but that's
what they sold it under. It's a long-shaft T15 Torx.