If the in depth testing and your individual eyes weren’t sufficient proof, we now have definitive proof that the 13-inch MacBook Professional M2 is nothing greater than a recycled M1.
IFixit has carried out its customary tear down of the brand new machine and confirmed what everybody anticipated: the brand new MacBook Professional is merely a 2020 MacBook Professional with a brand new logic board. The brand new machines are so comparable, actually, Apple is reusing the identical A2338 mannequin quantity on each machines. The screws, the removing course of, even the position of the chips and cables are the identical, although iFixit notes that “a few of the chips and smaller parts have modified.”
Among the many smaller adjustments iFixit found is the warmth sink on the M1 has barely rounded corners as in comparison with the squared off corners on the M2. iFixit additionally confirmed the slower SSD because of the usage of a single 256GB chip on the M2 mannequin versus two 128GB chips.
Nonetheless, if you happen to’re hoping to purchase an M2 logic board and easily swap out the M1, you may’t. Very like Luke Miani found, iFixit discovered you may’t merely swap out the logic boards. Whereas they have been capable of get the laptop computer as well, key parts wouldn’t work as a result of “baffling” resolution to make the trackpad and keyboard incompatible with the older chip. iFixit notes that the elements are equivalent, so the problem is probably going because of software program restrictions.
Consequently, iFixit feels the M2 MacBook Professional is a “missed alternative” for Apple to introduce its first upgradable laptop computer in a long time and “set the tone for repairability and eco-friendly design,” particularly since Apple is launching a brand new MacBook Air with an M2 chip this month with a brand new design and specs.
