By "good intentions," Chamberlain largely meant the release of the M4 MacBook Air's full service manual on release day, along with access to select parts via Apple's Self Service Repair store. Beyond that, there's not much in the way of good news for iUsers hoping their new device would be easy to maintain.

The MacBook Air M4 was released last week, and with a $100 price cut on its predecessor, it’s an easy recommendation, even if it’s not an enormous upgrade. Early adopters who don’t mind getting their hands dirty with self-repairs will find iFixIt’s teardown of the laptop a mixed bag of good and bad news,