MacBook teardown finds that portability comes at the cost of repairability
- apr
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The Retina MacBook teardown by iFixit reveals several interesting tidbits about the way the notebook is put together.
The teardown found that the MacBook shares more commonalities in its layout with the iPad and the iPhone than the MacBook Air. For instance, the battery connector was hidden under the logic board, similar to that of the iPad. The logic board itself is 67 percent smaller than what is found on the 11-inch MacBook Air, which was possible in part due to Intel's low-power Core M CPUs. Other findings include a battery assembly that is affixed to the lower part of the MacBook with adhesive and a display assembly that's fused into a single unit.
The MacBook achieved a repairability score of just 1 out of 10, due to the non-standard pentalobe screws and a new cable routing mechanism that makes access to internal components even harder. The single USB-C port was hidden under the display assembly, which complicates matters should you need to replace it.
To know all of iFixit's findings, head to the source link below. Interested in the MacBook? Be sure to read our review
Source: iFixit
