iFixit guys tear down MacBook Air 11.6 inch, found it low on repairability

iFixit has opened the just unveiled MacBook Air (11.6-inch version). They revealed the following:

- Like earlier devices iFixit found MacBook Air to be very hard to open as well. The new machine has proprietary 5-point security Torx screws to attach the lower case. Inside, it's held together with more normal 6-point T5 and T8 Torx screws.

- Battery: 6 individual lithium-polymer cells, which collectively make for a 35 Watt-hour battery, offering the 30 hours of standby.

- Has the same Broadcom BCM943224 Wi-Fi / Bluetooth chip as the current MacBook Pros.

-Apple has "substantially enhanced the rigidity of the display assembly" to improve 1366x768 resolution.

iFixit gave the 11.6-inch MacBook Air a score of 4 out of 10 for repairability. --------

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