Apple Really Doesn’t Want You To Tear Apart A MacBook Air [Apple]

The people at iFixIt rushed to tear down the brand new MacBook Air , but they discovered that Apple apparently really doesn’t want you to poke around the gadget. It’s packed with proprietary parts-all the way down to the screws.

Here are the highlights of the teardown in step with iFixIt :

* The flip-open port door has been scrapped and the IR sensor and sleep LED are gone. In exchange, the most recent model manages to fit a further USB 2.0 port along its right edge.

* Apple apparently doesn’t want you inside this thing. They decided to take advantage of proprietary 5-point security Torx screws to glue the lower case. Once inside, the Air is held along with more normal 6-point T5 and T8 Torx screws.

* The battery is comprised of six individual lithium-polymer cells, which combine to form a 35 Watt-hour battery.

* Although in one other form factor, the most recent MacBook Air uses an identical Broadcom BCM943224 Wi-Fi/Bluetooth chip as the current lineup of MacBook Pros.

* The back of the trackpad has a Broadcom BCM5976A0K chip on it, likely answerable for the multi-touch capabilities of the the trackpad.

* The 11.6″ MacBook Air contains a resolution of 1366×768. That’s a number of more pixels and noticeably more widescreen (16×9 vs 16×10) than the 1280×800 resolution of previous Air models. In a welcome improvement, Apple has substantially enhanced the rigidity of the display assembly.

As usual, you’ll find more gadget gore photos over at iFixIt inclusive of a step-by-step description of the entire teardown. [ iFixIt ]

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