Chosen Solution

Until I can purchase a new laptop, my Macbook Air isn’t fast enough to handle some of the loads. I’ve read that the SSD can be upgraded for more storage, but this leads to the question of what else on this laptop can be upgraded without soldering?

The logic board can be swapped out and thats it! Jumping from a 1.8 GHz (Core i5) to a 2.2 GHz (Core i7)