iFixit published its teardown of the new MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display today, revealing interesting details about how Apple brought back its illuminated logo on the lid. Watch it below.

iFixit’s teardown of the new MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display is now live, and it explores not only how the new illuminated Apple logo works, but also its tandem OLED and how Apple managed to trim its weight down to 3 pounds (1.38 kg) from 3.4 pounds (1.55 kg) on the standard 14-inch model.

The teardown opens with a close look at the tandem OLED, which stacks two light-emitting layers to deliver higher brightness than conventional single-layer OLED displays.

Under a microscope, iFixit found that the blue subpixels are larger than the red and green ones, which they say should help reduce strain on the materials and potentially extend the display’s lifespan.

Most of the teardown process is quite familiar from past models, though iFixit noted that replacing the USB-C ports or fans still requires removing the entire logic board, despite both components being independently replaceable.

iFixit noted that the headphone jack also requires logic board removal, while the HDMI port, SDXC port, RAM, and storage remain soldered to the board.

As with past teardowns, iFixit also tested what happens when swapping logic boards between two MacBooks.

While last year’s M5 MacBook Pro failed to complete Touch ID calibration through Apple’s Repair Assistant, iFixit noted that the new model successfully recognized the battery, display, and Touch ID sensor after a logic board swap, with True Tone, brightness controls, and the touchscreen all working as expected.

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