It’s been a little less than two weeks since Apple introduced the new MacBook Air 15, a jump to 15 inches lighter weight Cupertino notebooks. The design, at least in the first place, seems very interesting, because the extreme portability of the Air, added to the 15-inch screen (remember that until now the only available size was 13 inches) is a very interesting proposition. for those who needed a larger display.

However, we learned a few days ago that maintaining the commitment to passive dispersion that has been a hallmark of Air since its inception, It would take its toll on this 15-inch modelwhich heats up too much, which, in addition to the deterioration of the user experience, can be reflected in the loss of its performance, thereby wasting the full potential of the Apple M2, on which this MacBook Air 15 is motorized.

Now, it seems that wouldn’t be the only design problem with the new Air family member. With an important nuance, yes, and that is that while the temperature problem can be understood as something unwanted, the second one, which we will talk about next, is. has the undisputed signature of the brand and its bitter stance against the right to repair. And that they are against the right to repair is not an opinion, until someone tells me something about it, it is a position that Apple has publicly defended for years.

iFixit has, as we all expected, done the acid test of Apple’s new laptop, and as we can see in the video they posted, The MacBook Air 15 is rated 3 out of 10 for repairability and rated as “lousy experience«. If you decide to take a look at the video, you will be able to verify that the initial opening of the device is not particularly difficult, but that from there begins a festival of screws and connectors, each from its father and mother, which not only makes the process terribly tedious, but also greatly complicates the subsequent conversion team.

I wonder if to this day they will continue to rely on arguments like users exposing themselves to possible explosions if they tampered with the inside of their devices or if they found some other excuse explanation of use a mixture of screws and other connectors. It is true that they announced their self-repair plan at the end of 2021, although we can assume that they did so out of legal imperative.

Confronting the right to repair goes against users and the environment, exactly the two elements that Apple refers to. And after the announcement in 2021, we might have thought that they were considering their position on this issue, but after seeing the teardown of this MacBook Air 15, it’s clear that none of that is the case.