Posted by Mahit Huilgol on Oct 27, 2021 in MacBook
Earlier this month, Apple pulled the wraps from 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Professional. The brand new MacBooks have rather a lot going for them with class-leading efficiency and extra ports. The great of us at iFixit are tearing down a 2021 Mac Professional and have put up a preview.
One would count on the brand new MacBook Professional to attain excessive on repairability owing to ports, MagSafe, and a perform key as an alternative of a Contact Bar. iFixit’s teardown preview sings praises of how the brand new MacBook is DIY-friendly.
Usually batteries are troublesome to take away and are positioned beneath a logic board. Nicely, the MacBook Professional battery comes with battery pull tabs that allow you to change batteries with out meddling with the logic board or different vital elements. iFixit notes that it has not seen battery pull tabs in a MacBook Professional in a very long time.
The 4 outer batteries function pull tabs whereas the center cell is positioned beneath the trackpad. You’ll discover battery pull tabs for the center cell after eradicating the trackpad. iFixit says the brand new MacBook Professional has “the primary fairly DIY-friendly battery alternative process since 2012.”
We’re simply getting began, so we’ll have extra MacBook Professional teardown goodness coming your method actual quickly, together with a full video and extra evaluation on this put up. Within the meantime, remark beneath and inform us what you’re excited to see or ask any questions you might have!
That mentioned, the entire MacBook Professional teardown video is on its method and is certain to supply a greater take a look at the {hardware}. iFixit solely talks concerning the simply replaceable battery within the preview. It seems to be like Apple did the precise factor by bringing again Operate Key, MagSafe charging, ports, and the roomy casing. When you don’t like to attend, take a look at Redditor u/the_Ex_Lurker MacBook Professional teardown.
[via iFixit]