MacBook Air M4: A Repair Win or a Locked-Down Mess?

Spring has sprung and new MacBook Airs are popping up on to our teardown table. This year’s refresh brings Apple’s most capable M4 Silicon to the iconic laptop. That means a couple more cores here or there depending on the configuration you pick, and doubling the base model’s Unified Memory from 8GB to 16GB. The camera gets a resolution bump from 1080p to 4K and, rather surprisingly, both the 13 and 15 inch versions get a $100 price cut with the 13-inch coming in at $1000 pre-tax. What will we find inside the new MacBook Air? Let’s find out!

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