iFixit teardowns confirm faster SSDs for new Apple MacBook Air, Pro laptops

Apple Watch aside, the company's big news from its event on Monday was a freshly designed MacBook. As is its way, Apple then casually announced that it has upgraded the other MacBooks (Air and Pro) in its lineup. While reviewers are starting to come to grips with the new-look MacBook, the teardown specialists at iFixit already have their mitts on the 2015 MacBook Air and Pro notebooks to see how they compare to their predecessors.

Since the updates were fairly minor in nature (including new Intel Broadwell processors), there won't be huge differences to the innards of this year's laptops. That still means they will be difficult -- or, in the case of the Retina MacBook Pro, nearly impossible -- to repair. The Air (in both 11-inch and 13-inch flavors) receives a 4 out of 10 (with 10 being the easiest to fix) on iFixit's grading scale, whereas the 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display earns a lowly 1 out of 10.