The new iMac with an M1 processor has already passed through the iFixit laboratories, and that could only mean one thing: imminent dismantling. The guys at iFixit have not thought too much about it, so they have immediately published their impressions with the exploded view of this new work of art at the engineering level from Apple.
Unmounting the iMac with M1
You know that feeling of opening a bag of potato chips and finding that there are very few potatoes and a lot of air inside? Well, that is what they have come across when accessing the interior of this slimmer desktop computer. Recall that the new iMac is based on Apple’s new processor, the Apple M1, and this has made it possible to achieve such an absurd level of integration that a large number of extra components have been removed from the inside of the equipment, resulting in a great amount of free space and completely hollow.
And among those lost components, active cooling elements also disappeared, such as heatsinks and large fans like the ones we have been finding so far in previous generations. Now we have two small fans (thus being the first M1 to have them) that accompany a motherboard very similar to that of the MacBook Air M1 . Considering that the MacBook Air only requires one fan to run, this iMac get extremely efficient cooling.
In the end, the equipment has a large amount of free space inside that surprises when opened, however, this is used to create a quite practical soundboard that allows you to enjoy a quite striking sound quality from two small speakers.
A difficult team to repair
In the end, the iFixit guides serve to know how complicated it is to repair a device on our own, and in the case of this iMac it is a rather complicated task. The problem lies in the way in which you have to access the interior, since we need to take off the glass from the screen to be able to open the device.
As expected, elements such as the RAM memory are completely soldered to the board and it is impossible to expand the memory, and as an interesting detail, the desktop support is also integrated and can only be removed by accessing the interior of the equipment, so in the If you need to attach a VESA mount in the future, you will have to risk opening the equipment. In short, it is a team designed and manufactured not to customize it too much. You will have more than and enough choosing color.
An impeccable design
You just have to see the device from the outside to verify that we are facing a product ahead of its time. We’ve been envisioning an all-in-one for years that basically translates to a desktop-stand tablet, and this iMac M1 is just that.
In its favor, it has details such as that some internal elements such as USB ports, fans, speakers, the power button, etc., are perfectly replaceable, but the problem will always be in accessing its interior, so you should take it into account in case that one day you need to take a look at his insides.