iFixit has quickly pried off a few keys to give us a look at the return of the scissor switch mechanism, but what about the rest of the laptop? Now they’ve completed a full teardown of the latest machine and rather unsurprisingly, it has a lot in common with MacBooks Pro of years past.
Other than the biggest changes in this 2019 model have to do with its thermal management system and the battery cells. The exhaust holes are bigger than those of the outgoing 15-inch model, while inside the new fans with bigger blades allow for more performance. Also, the batteries are similar to previous cells, except they’re each just a bit thicker, all contributing to an extra 16.2 Wh of energy capacity.
Compared to the outgoing 15.4-inch MacBook Pro, the new 16-inch MacBook Pro is a massive upgrade in almost every department. The 16-inch Retina Display has a peak brightness level of 500 nits along with a slightly higher resolution. In terms of specifications, the new MacBook Pro still comes with Intel’s 9th gen Core i7 and i9 processors that were also found on the outgoing models.
The bad news arrives for anyone hoping that this model would allow for easy servicing by anyone other than authorized Mac repair. Unlike the latest laptops and tablets from Microsoft, Apple has continued to avoid making its designs more modular or easily accessible. If that’s part of your purchasing decision then you’ll have to wait and see if it changes in a future revision, otherwise you can just find out what the inside of this laptop looks like simply by clicking through.
