Apple MacBook Air: Great Until You Need to Fix or Upgrade It
One criticism of the newly launched, super thin and light Apple MacBook Air? It's a lot more user-friendly when it's working.
"Simply put, a plethora of proprietary parts prevents people from painlessly fixing their machines," reports repair site iFixit, which following the Oct. 20 introduction and launch of Apple's "best Mac yet" performed a teardown of the 11-inch model for a look inside.
The result earned Apple an iFixit score of 4 out 10, with 10 being the easiest to repair. "While you can easily access everything once you remove the proprietary screws, you can't really replace any component with an off-the-shelf part, unless you source it from Apple or someone involved in Apple-based repair," writes iFixit, which in fact does do the latter.
