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    Macbook Pro Top Case compatibility question

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by sparta.rising, Sep 14, 2008.

  1. sparta.rising

    sparta.rising Notebook Consultant

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    Is the top case (palmrest) of the 15.4" Macbook Pro Core Duo not compatible with the Core 2 Duo top case? Or can they be used interchangeably?
     
    sparta.rising, Sep 14, 2008
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    orthorim Notebook Evangelist

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    Check iFixit, they sell both. If it's the same part number, they can be used interchangeably. I believe I remember they are different though.
     
    orthorim, Sep 14, 2008
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    They're different part numbers, but part number change could be for something trivial. Anybody know?
     
    sparta.rising, Sep 14, 2008
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  4. Tony

    Tony Nissan ftw!

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    I'd help you since I have both Core Duo Macbook Pro and Core 2 Duo Macbook Pro...

    But my dad smashed my Core Duo Macbook Pro into pieces and bent my keyboard in half...
     
    Tony, Sep 15, 2008
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    sparta.rising Notebook Consultant

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    !?!

    Is your dad Gallagher or does he have anger problems?
     
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  6. Tony

    Tony Nissan ftw!

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    Yeah.. kinda... he broke my speakers, my mouse, my BRANDNEW apple wireless keyboard... and beat me half to dead... cause i was playing computer game at 4 in the morning and wouldnt go to sleep.. lol he's crazy...

    I drove to apple store the next day and bought a Core 2 Duo Macbook Pro with his credit card ;)
     
    Tony, Sep 15, 2008
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  7. Stunner

    Stunner Notebook Deity

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    What he have to say about that?
     
    Stunner, Sep 15, 2008
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  8. MrSneis

    MrSneis Notebook Consultant

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    crazy world we live in. I don't know the answer definitively but you might want to try calling a "authorized" apple repair center or googling the mbp service manual?
     
    MrSneis, Sep 15, 2008
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    Yeah, I'm quite as curious as Stunner is. What did he say about that?
     
    Oceanus, Sep 15, 2008
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  10. Tony

    Tony Nissan ftw!

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    I told him that was the price it costs to get it fixed
    he felt pretty bad afterward so he didn't really say anything
    my parents are asian... and they are pretty extreme sometimes..
     
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    sparta.rising, Sep 15, 2008
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