There's an art to a good teardown. Todd McClellan, a Toronto photographer who’s disassembled everything from pianos to iPads, has perfected it. Read More >>
The Oculus Rift might be something out of Demolition Man. Or it might be a Virtual Boy. However it turns out, it's deeply ambitious, and iFixit has the first look at what's inside the new VR headset. Read More >>
What the little GoPro Hero 3 lacks in size, it makes up for in big pictures. But what makes that rugged camera work? The teardown scientists over at iFixit took a look under the hood of GoPro's latest. Read More >>
Featured comment by dirtymagic86:
"I used to have an original Go-Pro but tried the Hero 3 the other day. The difference in image quality is mind blowing.." More »
This is not how Sony makes its gadgets. But this video of a Sony engineer expertly assembling a Cybershot RX1, the Xperia Z phone, and an HD camcorder is an awesome look inside these devices. Read More >>
Just after the iMac went on sale Friday, a haphazard Japanese teardown turned up scant details about the new iMac's innards. Now iFixit has gotten in there for a much more in depth teardown and have found lots more. As you might have expected, the 21.5-Inch iMac's svelte new frame comes at a cost, and that cost involves a whole bunch of glue. Read More >>
Featured comment by elevenses:
"Crikey, what am I missing out on? My four year old Mac hasn't been taken to bits yet...must do it quick... (sigh...)" More »
Featured comment by the_sponge:
"I didn't mean the aesthetic appeal is negligible full stop, I meant it's negligible when folk wrap it up in a case." More »
Featured comment by daniejam:
"I wanted to go to PC world in St Helens which is right next to a curries and apparently neither of them have units..." More »
iFixit just finished a teardown of Apple's new 13-inch retina MacBook Pro, and the findings are a mixed bag of good and bad news for folks who like to fix their own gear. Compared to the 15-inch retina MBP, the smaller model should be marginally easier to tinker with. But it's still pretty much impossible to repair. Read More >>
Sony has put together a complete tech teardown of its new Xperia Tablet S, giving us a look at the magic it squeezed in to its newest lump of Android machinery. You also see the battery. And the screws. It's quite exciting. Read More >>
Above, you'll find Apple's gorgeous new MacBook Pro in all its retina display, big batteried glory, compliments of iFixIt. But look a little closer, and you'll find that Apple's made it virtually impossible to tinker with your brand new amazing. Read More >>
Featured comment by AndyR:
"So people have a choice
- a brilliant display and a machine that will last you 5 years before paying out some cash for a new battery or ram upgrade ..." More »
Sure the new MacBook Air is a fraternal twin of the last few versions, but it's got some nice new guts that are showing up in Apple products for the first time, like the MagSafe 2. As usual, iFixit's ripping the new machine to shreds. Read More >>
Featured comment by Harry:
""the MBA’s sad old fan—not the new MBP’s multi-frequency stuff."
Did you actually go through the teardown? They clearly say that the new asymme..." More »
The third generation Apple TV is the exact same size with the same exact ports as the second gen, but it's got some big upgrades under the hood. As usual, iFixit's given it the full teardown treatment. Read More >>
Featured comment by Happyal:
"Cool teardown, I've been backwards and forwards on the idea of getting Apple TV, or something like it, but at this stadge I'm going to wait a bit long..." More »