M2 MacBook Air teardown reveals accelerometer, minimal heat management

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The M2 MacBook Air has been arriving to those who pre-ordered it over the past few days, and repair supplies vendor iFixit is among those who received a unit. If you've been tracking iFixit's work after other Apple launches over the past several years, you know what that means: teardown time.

A lot of empty space can be found in the MacBook Air. The battery dominates the device's interior, but we're mostly looking at mechanisms for the keyboard and logic board.

The machine won't have a heat spreader, thermal paste or active cooling.

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It's mostly business as usual for Apple laptops there. It's not known what the accelerometer is used for in the laptop.

iFixit was given a glimpse at the new system of the M2 MacBook Air. The new Air doesn't have the speakers on either side of the keyboard that we've seen before, and instead pumps sound out through a small slit between the case and the display.

The main purpose of these videos and articles is to judge repairability, and there are some good signs here. There is still a harrowing tugging process at the beginning.

iFixit has more photos and details on their website.

IFixit has a listing image.