【IT168 真机拆解】本月26日也就是上周日，苹果秋季新款mac mini开始在国内网页销售，起步价是3588元。这款采用了更加紧凑的部件设计的台式电脑在发布会结束后的一周内，就被美国的拆解网站ifixit肢解了，下面和朋友们一起看一看它的内部设计吧(原文照片只有两张，剩下的都是文字叙述，我尽量原文翻译给大家)。
▲ifixit给出的2014秋季款Mac mini拆解
(Sometimes we just don’t understand what goes on in hardware designers’ heads. Apple took one of their most-fixable, most-upgradable products and broke it. The design didn’t change at all from the outside, so we can’t blame the product designers who keep making things smaller, thinner, and lighter.)很多时候，我们根本不知道硬件设计师的脑袋里都在想些什么东西。苹果开发了Mac里面最好拆解、最好升级的型号，而且现在又前进了一步。虽然新的mac mini在外观上没什么变化，但是设计师却把很多部件变得越来越小、越来越轻、越来越薄了。
(So what happened? Apple decided to throw us a repair curveball by preventing access to internals via T6 Torx Security screws. Thankfully, we had one prototype screwdriver on-hand; otherwise, we would’ve had to use pliers. The second detriment is the now-soldered-on RAM. So whatever RAM your Mini came with, that’s the amount it’ll take to its grave. Internal space didn’t change much, so it’s not like Apple had to solder the RAM in order to save space.)别以为这全是好事儿，这回苹果决定用新设计的六角螺丝钉来阻止我们拆机。还好我们有这种家伙事儿在手，否则就得用老虎钳子拔了~ 另一个让人感到不爽的事儿就是焊在主板上的内存，不管你买的mini是多大内存的，升级容量都是绝对不可能的事情了。由于新款mini的内部空间几乎没怎么变化，估计苹果这么干也不是出于要节省内部空间的意思。
(The 2014 Mini lost two repairability points, getting a 6 out of 10 on our scale. Quite the shame, as it used to be a repairability star in Apple’s lineup. That’s no longer the case.)2014新款Mac mini失去了两个可维修性得分，在我们的10分制规则下仅得到了6分。记得该系列电脑曾是苹果产品线下的最好维修升级的型号，可现在看来不是了~
(Teardown highlights:)拆解的亮点：
(The RAM now joins the CPU in being soldered onto the logic board. Thankfully, the storage drives are still upgradable.)首先内存和CPU一样，也被焊到了主板上，不过好在硬盘还是能升级的!
(Gone are the handy thumb indents and indicators that made for a twist-off bottom cover. But no problem — we got it off anyway.)二是用来拧下底盖的拇指凹槽和用于复位指示的小黑点儿都不见了，没事儿，那我们照样儿能搞定!
(We’re greeted with something new when the bottom cover is removed: a solid door held in place by T6 Torx Security screws, where there was once easy access to the RAM and fan. Our packrat engineers produced a lone prototype T6 Torx Security screwdriver, a tool we originally abandoned because nobody had seen such a screw used in real life.)把底盖拿下来的一瞬间还是被惊到了：原来能直接看到内存和风扇的地方被一块用六角螺丝固定的挡板替代了!不过我们的大神工程师做了一把少有的螺丝刀能轻松搞定它，这东西以前曾被我们放弃了，因为实际上没多少人能用到它。
▲可以看到，就算拆掉了底盖也不能直接看到硬件设计~
(While past Mac Minis have featured two SATA ports, allowing users to upgrade their base model with an extra hard drive, this year we only get one. However, this empty socket may well be a spot for a PCIe cable, enabling the installation of a blade SSD. More on this once we get our hands on a Fusion-equipped Mac Mini.)以前的老款Mac mini有两个SATA接口，可以自己升级第二块硬盘，这回我们就只剩一个了~ 不过，这唯一的接口还是能留给PCIe设备的，比如安装一个很薄的SSD。还有就是这回我们可以选择采用混合存储(HDD+SSD)设计的Mac mini了。
(The AirPort card is now a proper PCIe card, and is dispatched after removing one screw and disconnecting the three antennas from their sockets. On it resides:)AirPort模块被改成了PCIe接口的，拧下一颗螺丝，把三根天线从接口上拿下来之后就能把它整个取下来。无线模块上有如下这些芯片：
Broadcom BCM4360KML1G 5G WiFi 3-Stream 802.11ac Gigabit Transceiver 博通802.11ac芯片
Skyworks SE5516 Dual-Band 802.11a/b/g/n/ac WLAN Front-End Module
RF Micro RFFM4293 2.5 GHz FEMS and RFFM4591 5 GHz FEMS
Broadcom BCM20702 Single-Chip Bluetooth 4.0 HCI Solution 博通蓝牙4.0方案
Chippity-doodahs on the Mini logic board:主板上的芯片有：
Samsung K4E8E304EE-EGCE 4 GB LPDDR3 DRAM 三星4GB LPDDR3内存
Cirrus Logic 4208-CRZ Audio Codec
Broadcom BCM57766A1KMLG Ethernet PCIe Controller with SD3.0 Card Reader and ASF 2.0
Intel DSL5520 Thunderbolt 2 Controller 英特尔雷电2控制器
Delta Electronics LFE8904C-F Discrete LAN Filter
NXP 6142F and NXP PCA9501BS 8-bit I/O Expander
Microchip Technology 1428-7 420BE5A BMY System Management Bus Temperature Sensor
Cypress Semiconductor CY7C63833 LTXC enCoRe II Low Speed USB Peripheral Controller
Texas Instruments TPS51916 DDR3 Memory Power Solution Synchronous Buck Controller
Texas Instruments 58873D Synchronous Buck NexFET Power Block MOSFET Pair
Intel Core i5-4260U Processor with Intel HD Graphics 5000 英特尔酷睿i5-4260U处理器芯片和英特尔HD graphics 5000显示芯片
Texas Instruments/Stellaris LM4FS1EH Microcontroller
Parade PS8401A HDMI Jitter Cleaning Repeater
Macronix MX25L6406E 64 Mb CMOS Serial Flash
Delta Electronics LFE8904C-F Discrete LAN Filter
Intersil 958 26AHRZ M419VL
以上就是从美国拆解网站ifixit上原文翻译的内容。(完)
