we got so many goodies in the office
this week it was like Christmas in June
which means we were super busy in the
teardown room taking our new toys apart
so buckle up cuz we've got a lot of
recap to rip through hi I'm going to Lin
with iFixit and we started this tear
down parade with the new 13-inch MacBook
Air and what we found was that on the
surface this machine was nearly
identical to the 2012 version not
surprisingly this attributed to it
receiving the exact same repair ability
score a 4 out of 10 not only was the RAM
still soldered to the logic board but
the SSDs are not compatible between
generations we made a video that goes
way more into detail about this teardown
and if you want you can see it right
here
we also took a look at the 11 inch
MacBook Air if you're looking for
differences between the 11 inch air and
the 13 inch air well beyond the obvious
size differences you're gonna have to
look pretty hard both of these machines
have the same processor and are Q
favorable in much the same ways there
are some upgrades to be found in this
latest version Apple has boosted the
battery life in this little guy from 5
hours to an impressive nine hours with
this new 5100 milliamp hour battery
which brings us to the repair ability
score just like the 13-inch and for the
exact same reasons we were only able to
give the 11 inch model a 4 out of 10
next on the teardown table were the
airport extreme and the time capsules
these ultra-hip wireless base stations
were quite a pleasure for our team to
tear down not only because they were
easy to open but because they were so
different from previous versions
something we've been a little short of
this week both of these devices were
meter for inches square but reach
extreme heights of six and a half inches
which allows their antenna to have a
higher platform for dispersing their
signals the upgrade to 802 11 AC Wi-Fi
gives these guys a little boost of up to
4 times the bandwidth as 802 11 n both
the airport extreme and the time
capsules scored an 8 out of 10 on our
repairability scale for their extremely
easy disassembly and the use of non
proprietary screws and lastly we took a
look at the new Xbox 360 II this was yet
another case of deja vu all over again
as the Texan specs are nearly identical
to the Xbox 360s
we did however notice one crucial change
after a drastic redesign
to the processors and the heatsink from
previous versions Microsoft seems to
have the red ring of death under control
it's a Christmas miracle
we gave the xbox 360 II a repair ability
score of 8 out of 10 for its new easy to
open case and its use of cards and
connectors instead of cables whenever
possible making the disassembly and
reassembly a snap and there you go a
little teardown recap from all of us
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