Pictures of the new MacBook Pro being taken out of its box and disassembled have been posted by iFixit and a blogger on TQB. The blogger's photographs indicate that the packaging of the new Pro has not changed since its predecessor. iFixit has gone in-depth, pulling apart the entire computer and analyzing the differences between current and previous-generation systems.

Notable differences include the removal of the battery access door, and the addition of an SD card slot and a FireWire input; the slot is said to protrude out of the computer's side by about half an inch. The computer lock has switched to the right side, and the exposed battery has a sticker claiming an absence of mercury.