Macbook Air logic board upgrade

logicboardmacbook pro

Maybe it is silly question, but is it possible to install logic board from Macbook Air i5/i7 to Macbook 1.1 body? Original Core2Duo with 2Gb of RAM is really slow for programming.

Best Answer

I think you're out of luck. From iFixit, here's the logic board from the original MacBook Air:

enter image description here

And here's the logic board from a 2012 MacBook Air:

enter image description here

Unlike desktops, which typically use standardized parts, laptops use fairly specialized components, and on top of that, Apple tends to iterate its designs fairly aggressively even within models with similar outwards appearance to achieve better cost or performance (e.g. smaller logic boards means more space for the battery). Because of this, most Apple components beyond hard drives and RAM are only interchangeable with those of the exact same generation.