# how hard/expensive would it be to make a computer/laptop that is trivial to take apart/reassemble?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 23, 2010, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hard-expensive-would-it-be-to-make-a-computer-laptop-that-is-trivial-to-take-apart-reassemble/526114 "2010-01-23T14:53:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![coremelt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@coremelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coremelt)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hard-expensive-would-it-be-to-make-a-computer-laptop-that-is-trivial-to-take-apart-reassemble/526114/21 "2010-01-24T05:40:25Z")

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> [@dracoi](#):
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> The tower Macs remain one of the best (if not the best) system for access and ease of swapping parts and they’ve been that way since at least since the Blue/White G3 tower with its hinged side panel that was released with a simple lever.

yes the current mac pro tower is great for access to internal HD, PCI-e cards memory and optical drives.

Does anyone know of any brand of PC case that is anywhere near as easy to swap parts inside? I’ll happily pay a premium for it, 4U rackmountable models especially.

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**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hard-expensive-would-it-be-to-make-a-computer-laptop-that-is-trivial-to-take-apart-reassemble/526114/22 "2010-01-26T08:42:41Z")

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> [@coremelt](#):
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> yes the current mac pro tower is great for access to internal HD, PCI-e cards memory and optical drives.
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> Does anyone know of any brand of PC case that is anywhere near as easy to swap parts inside? I’ll happily pay a premium for it, 4U rackmountable models especially.

My thermaltake m9 is nice

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