Apple Uses A Smaller Logic Board In The 15-Inch M2 MacBook Air To Accommodate Those Noteworthy Speaker Upgrades

The 15-inch MacBook looks like an oversized version of the 13-inch version bearing the same M2 SoC, but internally, Apple made a significant number of changes starting with the logic board. The company had every opportunity to re-use the same part present in the 13-inch MacBook Air, but that would mean the larger model would lose out on upgraded speakers, so it was a well-thought-out decision.

The logic board on the 15-inch MacBook Air is about a quarter of an inch smaller than the one present on the 13-inch model

At first glance, it does not look like Apple incorporated some hefty changes to the internals of the MacBook Air, that is, until some closer inspection is carried out. The YouTube channel Max Tech took a measuring tape and, after getting access to the battery and logic board, found out that the latter is a quarter of an inch smaller on the 15-inch MacBook Air. On previous occasions, we have seen Apple re-use older logic boards and chassis to save production costs, but not here.

It has not been shown on video if Apple asked its suppliers to shave off a quarter of an inch from the logic board that has unused space or if the company forced the production of completely new logic boards. We do know that this decision was made to give the 15-inch M2 MacBook Air some seriously upgraded speakers. If you take a look at some of the audio comparisons of the latest machine, you will notice a clear difference, indicating that Apple has also made this product for those who intend to do media consumption.

However, despite the bigger size of the notebook, the 15-inch M2 MacBook Air still gets hot, likely due to the lack of a cooling fan. In one review, an individual stated that Apple’s latest portable Mac gets toasty but not to the point where it becomes unusable. Regardless, if you live in an environment where the temperatures rise, especially in the summer, perhaps you should not focus on the speaker upgrade of the MacBook Air and focus more on something that has better cooling, such as the M2 Pro or M2 Max version of the MacBook Pro family.

Written by Omar Sohail