Apple MacBook 2015 (Photo : Reuters)
Apple's new MacBook Pro and Air 2015 have reportedly faster solid-state drives compared to others, but is still nearly impossible to repair.
Amid the Apple Watch hype buildup, the iPhone maker announced on Monday that they will be launching upgraded versions of its MacBook lineup.
A teardown of the new MacBook Pro and Air 2015 have been conducted by iFixit, a community of tech savvy netizens who promotes DIY repair of gadgets, to compare it with its older brothers, according to ZD Net.
The upgrades on the new MacBooks was not really a huge deal, which means that its internal parts would hardly change at all. However, the new models are still very hard to repair. iFixit gave the Macbook Air 2015 a 4 out of 10 rating on how easy it is to repair, while the new MacBook Pro, which sports the Retina display, scored the lowest at 1 out of 10.
The new MacBook Air gained a higher yet still low score because of its removable battery, while the MacBook Pro's battery is sturdily fixed into its chassis.
Despite the expected rating by iFixit, the new 2015 13-inch MacBook Air somehow surprised tech fans as its new Samsung SSD has an impressive 1,285.4 MB/s read speed and a 629.9 MB/s write speed, which is double the speed of the 11-inch Air model's SanDisk SSD at 668 MB/s and 315 MB/s respectively, according to Modern Readers.
Apple's new 13-inch MacBook Air 2015 model will be priced starting at $999 on the Cupertino firm's online and retail shops, while its higher-end model with up to 512GB in flash storage will cost $1,199.
