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MacBook 2016 ripped apart by iFixit: always nice and impossible to disassemble

Apple's new MacBook has undergone the inevitable disassembly procedure conducted by iFixit has highlighted the differences in the level of internal components introduced since version 2015. Slight design changes, which are associated with more substantial upgrade of the sub CPU and SSD, already obtainable by scrolling review the features listed in the data sheet.

In the list of changes were those made to the hardware of the controversial USB connector Type C, now hooked directly to the USB adapter, forming in fact one body. iFixit also confirms the expansion of the battery, even if the outside looks the same form factor as the one used by the template 2016. Yet the increase and there is such as to ensure that hour in more than autonomy confirmed by Apple: switching from battery 39.71 Wh, 7.55 v model 2015 to the new battery from 41.41 Wh, 7.6 v of the new MacBook in 2016.

Interesting iFixit statement on battery: our tests indicate that this more robust battery is compatible with the MacBook last year. In theory, it would be possible to replace the previous battery with the current one, even if the difficulties which arose during disassembly make such a purely theoretical possibility. The teardown at iFixit highlights the group of components on the mainboard including:

The new Intel Core m3-6Y30
NAND Flash Memory 256GB Toshiba production (TH58TFT0DFKLAVF) structured into two modules of 128 GB
4GB of SDRAM DDR3L Micron MT41K256M6LY-107
WiFi Universal Scientific Industrial module 339S0250
Broadcom chip BCM15700A2
National Semiconductor 48B1-11
F4432ACPE-GD-F
8GB of RAM LPDDR3 Samsung K3QF4F4 (structured in two modules for a total of 8GB)
Apple 338S00066
Controller Texas Instruments / Stellaris LM4FS1EH SMC
temperature sensor SMSC 1704-2
Texas Instruments SN650839, TPS51980A, and CD3215B01
Intersil 95828
Does not change the final judgment of iFixit its index of repairability: 1 to 10, confirming "Armoured nature" ultrabook Cupertino home that makes it particularly difficult to access and replacement of internal components. Judgment which does not change even taking into account the use of standard Philips screws that take the place of the earlier tri-wing format. iFixit detects that the processor, RAM and flash memory are anchored to the mainboard, while the battery pack remains firmly bonded to the underside of the deck. Finally, the Retina display is still fused with the glass that protects it, a circumstance that makes it more costly replacement of one of the two components in case of breakage. On a positive note represented by the fact that 2016 model shares much of components and of the 2015 model repair procedures.

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