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Opening up Apples (computers.... )

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Lionheart

SOH-CM-2014
Hey guys,

Ever wonder how you open up these apple computers?

Being into design, such as product design, packaging, etc, it intriques me that such a firm can design cases that have no screws or latches, etc, for opening their computers up. Some might find it offensive in that it deters some from opening theirs up. I find it pretty wild, like Alien technology, that you can actually do this. The iPhone for instance, has no visible way of taking it apart, yet you can take it apart quite easily. Same with the new 24inch iMac UniBody. No screws on the back! But if you take suction cup handles and pry the glass of, (its held on by glued on magnets), you then have full access to the interior and parts of the computer.

I recently got a family member the Mac Mini, a strange little cube made of Alum and white plexi. The thing is an entire Desktop computer and will fit in a womans purse. Wild design, but simple, as its mearly a laptop with its parts placed in a verticle stack, delicately fitted onto a unique chassis that is covered with a neat little casing.

Well..... For those that would like to see whats in an Apple and how they are taken apart, you can go here; http://www.ifixit.com/Guide and click on the Mac section, or you can google Mac and iMac and iPhone and iPod disassembly. Youll find tons of YouTube videos and repair guides that will show you how its done.


Funny how the Mac Mini takes a basic paint scraper to flip the inner retainer clamps in order to slide the cover casing off. Easier then a screwdriver, lol...

<--- owned a couple of Chinese puzzles when I was a kid...


Bill
 
Now I am figuring out my iMac - how did they snap the screen to the casing. A glass connected to a magnet??:isadizzy::isadizzy::isadizzy:

Uhhh, you gave me a headache!
 
I couldnt believe it myself. The tech at my shop showed me how its done.

Take some suction cups and fasten them to the glass, with the computer laying on its back face up. Lift swiftly and the glass comes right off. On the back side of the glass (not plastic, does not scratch, woooo hoooo!), you will find black paint around the edge, and then glued on magnets along the glass underside edges.

The actual screen is under the glass and you take that loose with a screw driver and lift up and the computer is all underneath there, arranged similarly as like a laptop and desktop sort of mixed together. By the way, the graphics card is under the back of the 'logic board' which in Mac-anese means motherboard or MB. :d



Bill


EDIT: Note the speakers mounted in the bottom? They have a grille on the underside where the sound comes out. They are actually nice speakers and the sound reverberates off the tabletop with a nice effect. (I didnt know that, lol.. I had used my own speakers, thinking this didnt have any, just like normal desktop computers).
 
Actually ChaCha it is a rather ingenuous way of setting the screen as it cuts down the chances of light bleed or warping.
Ted
 
Actually I have yet to see one survive a 10 foot drop on to a concrete floor. :bump:

Opens 'em right up. LOL! :pop4:
 
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