In the webcam department, iFixit discovered a ribbon cable that keeps the FaceTime HD camera in touch with the logic board.Īpple’s Late 2012 iMac uses dual-microphone technology to eliminate background noise during FaceTime calls. The computer uses a single centralized fan that draws air from the bottom vents and blows it out through the grating in the back. Because the internal components are packed more tightly, small vibrations are now carried through more components, while the rubber housing dampens the vibrations, according to iFixit. To further reduce noise, the drive is dressed in rubber. “Smaller laptop hard drives are also often quieter, thanks to smaller moving parts than their big brothers,” according to the repair shop. This means that if you want to replace one, you'll have to replace both,” iFixit notes, shaving points off the repairability scale.Īpple cleared a lot of space inside the new iMac by switching from a traditional 3.5” desktop hard drive to a 2.5” laptop drive. “To save space and eliminate the gap between the glass and the pixels, Apple opted to fuse the front glass and the LCD. To the dismay of the repair shop, the screen of the new iMac is held in place with more than magnets – “…we're forced to break out our heat gun and guitar picks to get past the adhesive holding the display down.” “At its thickest, though, it is over 4 cm thick, more than 8 times the thickness of the edge,” iFixit reports.

After prying open the entire assembly, iFixit concluded that Apple’s Late 2012 iMac is a little more than just a facelift.Īpple says the new iMac is just 5 mm thick at its thinnest point. They got their tech-savvy hands on Apple’s latest all-in-one and tore it apart without any remorse – in the name of science, of course.

Ifixit imac 27 late 2013