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MacBook Air 13" Mid 2012 Teardown

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  • A few more Torx screws hold the lonely fan in place.

  • We were hoping to find a new asymmetrical fan, and we were not disappointed!

  • The wider gaps in the fan blades are around 3.6 mm, while the narrower ones are approximately 2.8 mm.

  • If you're not familiar with all the hype, the "asymmetrical" design of the fan blades is supposed to disperse sound across a wide range of frequencies, rather than just one, making fan noise "hardly perceivable."

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