The first M2 MacBook Airs have begun to arrive and the cool cats at the Max Tech YouTube channel recently posted a video teardown of the redesigned lightweight notebook.
Overall, the internal design of the new MacBook Air looks similar to the previous model, but the flatter shell allowed for Apple to fit larger battery cells inside the notebook. The new MacBook Air is equipped with a 52.6-watt‑hour battery, compared to a 49.9‑watt‑hour battery in the previous model, according to Apple’s tech specs. However, Apple says both the 2020 and 2022 models of the MacBook Air achieve up to 18 hours of battery life per charge.
The teardown also revealed the M2 MacBook Air’s logic board, complete with Apple’s new M2 chip. As confirmed by Apple last week, the teardown also notes that the 256GB model of the new MacBook Air is equipped with only a single NAND storage chip. The can result in up to 30 percent to 50 percent slower SSD speeds in benchmark testing compared to both higher-capacity MacBook Air models and the previous model with 256GB of storage.
The storage and RAM chips are once again soldered to the logic board of the M2 MacBook Air, making it very difficult, if not outright unfeasible, to upgrade the notebooks after purchase. In short, know what your needs will be before you order one, or things could get tricky.
Stay tuned for additional details as they become available.