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Discussion on: Slid on ice, body-slammed my new Macbook Air. What should I check for?

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ItsASine (Kayla)

I just want to second this. iFixIt and a solid screwdriver will get you into anything but the most recent Macbook lines.

iFixIt claims it's a "Medium" difficulty job, but the only hard part would be fighting with getting out that screw at the dent. Pentalobe screwdriver is worth buying to keep servicing macs yourself, too, since that era macbook had its own screw type. Good luck!

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Andy Zhao (he/him)

Yeah, not sure why they said "Medium." 🤔

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ItsASine (Kayla)

Maybe it's a lot of screws to not lose haha

That feel when you tear down your computer, put it back together, and have a dozen screws left over.

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Ben Sinclair

It's better. It's lighter, sleeker, faster... mainly about 3g of metal lighter.