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title: "iFixit teardown scores PROLED MacBook Pro 5/10 with lighter chassis"
description: "iFixit destroyed the OLED panel reaching the glowing logo; board swaps now work with Touch ID."
url: https://mactoreality.com/ifixit-teardown-scores-proled-macbook-pro-5-10-with-lighter-chassis
published: 2026-11-10T23:30:43Z
updated: 2026-11-10T23:30:43Z
author: "Mac to Reality Newsdesk"
category: News
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publisher: Mac to Reality
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# iFixit teardown scores PROLED MacBook Pro 5/10 with lighter chassis

*iFixit destroyed the OLED panel reaching the glowing logo; board swaps now work with Touch ID.*

**Key points**

- iFixit awarded the PROLED MacBook Pro a repairability score of 5 out of 10 in a teardown published today.
- The glowing Apple logo sits behind the display, causing iFixit to break the screen during removal.
- The lower case is 92 grams lighter than the M6 MacBook Pro, and logic boards can be swapped between units.

iFixit has given the new MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display a repairability score of 5 out of 10 in its teardown published on 10 November. That is one point better than last year’s M5 MacBook Pro and one point below the MacBook Neo.

The glowing Apple logo is the headline find, and the hardest part to reach. iFixit destroyed the OLED panel getting to it and asked whether anyone had managed to remove it intact. Underneath, a strip of four LEDs works with a reflective layer and a diffuser to light the logo evenly, while a two-way mirror coating keeps it shiny when the LEDs are off. If you would rather not have it lit, the logo can be turned off with a Terminal command.

### Background

- Repairability score: 5/10 (M5 MacBook Pro 4/10, MacBook Neo 6/10).
- Weight: about 1.38 kg (3 lb), down from 1.55 kg (3.4 lb) on the standard 14-inch model.
- Chassis is 92 g lighter; the display assembly is 101 g lighter despite touch and the logo; the battery is 2 g lighter; the smaller trackpad saves 8 g.
- Soldered: HDMI port, SDXC slot, memory and storage.
- Replaceable, but only after removing the logic board: USB-C ports and fans. The headphone jack also needs the board out.

## Lighter, with a better logic-board swap

iFixit says Apple shaved weight across the chassis, even though the machine adds a touchscreen and an illuminated logo. The trackpad is slightly smaller than on the standard model.

One genuine improvement is board swapping. Last year’s M5 MacBook Pro failed Touch ID calibration through Apple’s Repair Assistant after a logic-board swap. This time, iFixit reports that the battery, display and Touch ID sensor were all recognised, True Tone, brightness controls and the touchscreen worked, and a fingerprint could be enrolled with a donor board fitted from another PROLED model.

Under a microscope, iFixit also found that the tandem OLED’s blue subpixels are larger than the red and green ones, which it says should reduce strain on the materials and may extend the display’s life.

## What it means for buyers

A 5/10 is a middling score: ports and fans are modular in principle, but soldered storage and memory, and the logic-board removal needed for simple jobs, remain. The model went on sale on 6 November; our on-sale guide has UK, EU and US prices. MacRumors also covered the teardown.

## Sources

- [9to5Mac: iFixit tears down touchscreen MacBook Pro, reveals light-up Apple logo details](https://9to5mac.com/2026/11/10/ifixit-tears-down-touchscreen-macbook-pro-reveals-light-up-apple-logo-details/)
- [MacRumors: iFixit's PROLED MacBook Pro Teardown Reveals Logo LEDs](https://www.macrumors.com/2026/11/10/ifixit-proled-macbook-pro-teardown/)

*This report was written by the Mac to Reality newsdesk with AI assistance from the sources listed above, under the editorial policy at https://mactoreality.com/editorial-policy.*