iFixit | 15” MacBook Air Teardown: Hype or Hot Air? 😮💨 @iFixitYourself | Uploaded 1 year ago | Updated 6 hours ago
The M2 MacBook Air has grown up and has a 15” summer bod to show off, with a hefty 22% more bulk, 26% more pixels, and a mere .2 mm increase in thickness. No butterfly keyboard, extra speakers, huge trackpad, and all-day battery life—plus speedy charging with a 65 W adapter—and you’re ready for a day at the beach. But sand, as we all know, is rough, irritating, and it gets everywhere—so let’s see just how repairable the MacBook Air 15” truly is.
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Chapters
00:00 Introduction - MacBook Air 15”: Specs & New Features
00:32 MacBook Air 15” X-Ray
00:42 Teardown: Opening the MacBook Air 15”
00:56 Disconnecting the Battery in the MacBook Air 15”
01:12 Removing the New Force Canceling Speakers
01:30 Removing the MacBook Air 15” Logic Board
01:52 MacBook Air 15” Logic Board Layout
01:57 Pro’s and Con’s of Passive Cooling in the MacBook Air 15”
02:08 FLIR Heatmap of the MacBook Air 15” Under Load
02:15 Removing the Battery from the MacBook Air 15”
02:32 MacBook Air 15” Battery vs MacBook Air 13” Battery
02:50 The MacBook Air 15” Gets a Supersized Trackpad
03:00 Scoring the MacBook Air 15”: Room For Improvement
03:21 Outro
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The M2 MacBook Air has grown up and has a 15” summer bod to show off, with a hefty 22% more bulk, 26% more pixels, and a mere .2 mm increase in thickness. No butterfly keyboard, extra speakers, huge trackpad, and all-day battery life—plus speedy charging with a 65 W adapter—and you’re ready for a day at the beach. But sand, as we all know, is rough, irritating, and it gets everywhere—so let’s see just how repairable the MacBook Air 15” truly is.
Use our Pro Tech Toolkit for all your repair needs!
ifixit.com/Store/Tools/Pro-Tech-Toolkit/IF145-307?utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=ifixitchannel+&utm_campaign=15%22MacBookAirM2Teardown
Stay Organized with our FixMat!
ifixit.com/products/fixmat?utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=ifixitchannel+&utm_campaign=15%22MacBookAirM2Teardown
Fix the Mac you already have
ifixit.com/Parts/Mac?utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=ifixitchannel+&utm_campaign=15%22MacBookAirM2Teardown
Our new USB-C Fast Charger
ifixit.com/products/ifixit-65w-usb-c-ac-adapter?utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=ifixitchannel+&utm_campaign=15%22MacBookAirM2Teardown
Chapters
00:00 Introduction - MacBook Air 15”: Specs & New Features
00:32 MacBook Air 15” X-Ray
00:42 Teardown: Opening the MacBook Air 15”
00:56 Disconnecting the Battery in the MacBook Air 15”
01:12 Removing the New Force Canceling Speakers
01:30 Removing the MacBook Air 15” Logic Board
01:52 MacBook Air 15” Logic Board Layout
01:57 Pro’s and Con’s of Passive Cooling in the MacBook Air 15”
02:08 FLIR Heatmap of the MacBook Air 15” Under Load
02:15 Removing the Battery from the MacBook Air 15”
02:32 MacBook Air 15” Battery vs MacBook Air 13” Battery
02:50 The MacBook Air 15” Gets a Supersized Trackpad
03:00 Scoring the MacBook Air 15”: Room For Improvement
03:21 Outro
Subscribe to our channel for all our latest teardown and repair videos!
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