The well-known dismantling agency iFixit, which focuses on the practice of electronic equipment, has completed a comprehensive analysis of the 2021 16-inch MacBook Pro notebooks.According to the latest content shared by iFixit, Apple has made some adjustments to the internal structure of the machine, while further improving the convenience of subsequent maintenance.In addition, in this video on Friday, we saw many changes in the motherboard, heat sink, speaker system, and I/O ports.
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First, iFixit found that many new components are now fixed by “adhesive pull tabs” instead of super glue.
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Due to the use of pull tabs and a new design that does not require removal of the motherboard, battery replacement is now easier.
Secondly, like the battery, the motherboard of the 2021 16-inch MacBook Pro is also easy to remove by pulling the tab.
On the side of the fuselage, the Thunderbolt/USB-C, MagSafe magnetic charging port, and headphone jack continue to use a modular design, but the HDMI video output and SD card reader are still welded to the motherboard.
Other changes include increasing the size of the fan to improve heat dissipation efficiency at a lower speed (noise) level, and the size of the speaker grille also takes this into consideration.
Of course, the replacement of certain components is still quite challenging, especially in the screen part of the 2021 MacBook Pro.
According to iFixit, it may be difficult for third-party repair service providers to replace the screen and the Touch ID fingerprint sensor of the 2021 MacBook Pro without losing the True Tone function.
Based on various factors, iFixit finally gave the 2021 MacBook Pro a repairability score of 4/10.
In contrast, the repairability score of the previous generation of 16-inch MacBook Pro is only 1/10 points, which means that the improvement of this generation is still quite significant.
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