Heat Management-Or Lack Thereof? The left half of the logic board shield is home to some graphite tape, metal supports, and not much else… But it’s not much to look at ‘til we take the clip-on shield off. Logic Boardīattery safely disconnected, we start excavating the logic board, dispatching more brackets, more screws-some of them hidden-and yeah a couple more fiddly bits, and the logic board is free. Turns out the battery socket was right here all along, using a tiny iPhone-like connector. Some pint-sized screws and brackets later-hey, that’s a neat little trap door. Cue mild panic-where’s the battery connector? Hopefully not under the logic board … Time to go digging for likely targets. Just four screws guard the entry, and after the same mildly terrifying tugging as in the 14” MacBook Pro, the lower case is free. It’s been, oh, 14 years since a joke like pulling a MacBook Air from an envelope was relevant, but this machine has come a long way in that time. Speaking of speakers, Creative Electron gives us our first look at their new placement, and they look-small? We also get a glimpse at the keyboard-not super serviceable, but at least it’s not as fragile as keyboards from the Butterfly era. And while they’re not the best speakers ever, Apple’s obsession with sound still comes through, and they sound great. Speaker grilles! No more perforated top case-the sound is pumped out between case and display. It’s also got a clever trick up its sleeve … or, spine. Exterior and PortsĮven without the slimming wedge shape, the flashy new M2 Air is not only thinner than its predecessor, but also manages to pack in more ports-the glorious return of MagSafe, two Thunderbolt 3 ports, and a headphone jack.

This summer’s M2 MacBook Air is looking like a Donna Summer-as in hot hot hot. We didn’t expect to find active cooling in this base model M2 Air, but we didn’t find much of a passive cooling system either-not even a heat spreader? But I’m getting ahead of myself.

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