3 Jan
2006
3 Jan
'06
4:51 p.m.
to open my Macs. If you're running a Macintosh
maintenance
facility, get the special tool. Otherwise, you're wasting time
and money going after the special long-handled TORX screwdriver.
The screws are threaded into Plastic, not anything really
difficult to turn screws out of.
And I've never had much difficulty getting the case back to slide
off once the screws are loose. I have opened four compact Macs
It's perhaps worth mentioning that the easiest way to remove the case is
to put the Mac front (screen side) down and pull the case off upwards.
Same with most monitors, actually.
this way over the years. It strikes me as folly to
spend a lot
of time and money chasing after a tool that you'll probably use
once.
Maybe I;m odd, but I like to have the right tools to do the job. I even
make them if necessary (see the post a few weeks ago when I described how
to make the alignment tools of the HP7245A printer/plotter. I can't
believe I am ever likely to use those very often...)
-tony