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MacBook Air 13" Mid 2011 Teardown

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  • MacBook Air 13" Mid 2011 Repairability: 4 out of 10 (10 is easiest to repair).

  • Once you manage to take off the bottom cover, all the parts are pretty easily replaceable.

  • Opening the bottom cover is quite difficult if you don't have the right screwdriver. It's clear that Apple didn't want people to open their machine.

  • All the components -- including RAM and SSD -- are proprietary, meaning that no off-the-shelf parts will work in it without serious rigging.

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