Replacing MacBook Air 11 inch 2015 with 1920x1080 LVDS panel?

[flyingmanatee]

I have a 2015 11.6 Inch Air as a knockaround laptop and by far the weakest link in the display. I've replaced the actual panel years ago in a white Macbook, (they were easier as you didn't have to mess around with heat guns) but it keeps gnawing at me that I could replace the 11 inch Macbook Air with a better display, a 1080p one to be specific. I've read that the 2013-2018s use LVDS as the internal connector and you can find 11.6 inch screens as imports from China.

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Most displays are sold as entire assemblies as the entire process looks like a much bigger pain the ass to pop the screen housing. Is this possible?

 

[rusavv]

Oh, hi! So, did you replaced one?

BTW, what panel you used to upgrade white MacBook?

 

[Big Apple Tim]

From experience the MacBooks don't really seem to care what screen is plugged into them, i.e. 2013 display panel in a 2017 MacBook Air so I guess the pinout is pretty generic between Apple displays, but I wouldn't put it past them to of swapped some of the rails around cos Apple...

 

[rusavv]

Well, I have a cool white Mid 2010 MacBook and wonder if I can use Late 2012 Air's display panel which is 1440x900. That's will be a valuable upgrade.

 

[A4orce84]

Any updates with this? Can we upgrade the older MBA screens to 1080P or 1440P even maybe?

Thanks!

 

[steve217]

Count me in as interested. I have a 2015 MBA that's hobbled only by a lousy TFT non-retina display.