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iFixit Releases MacBook Air First Look
ATASCADERO, California-- February 01, 2008.
iFixit, the leading Mac and iPod parts company, has disassembled the MacBook Air. High resolution disassembly photos are online at:
http://www.iFixit.com/Guide/First-Look/Mac/MacBook-Air
The first look contains high resolution photos of the MacBook Air's internals, including Intel's custom low-footprint Core 2 Duo processor. This guide adds another installment to iFixit's revolutionary do-it-yourself laptop repair manuals, the Fixit Guide Series. Fixit Guides are available for Apple laptops, iPods, and the iPhone. All Guides are available free online at www.iFixit.com/Guide.
The Air's hard drive is an industry standard PATA 5mm 1.8" Samsung drive. The MacBook Air only has 5 mm of vertical space allocated for the hard drive, so it will not fit the 160 GB 8mm drive shipping in the iPod Classic.
Although Apple claims the battery is not user-serviceable, the first look shows that battery installation is surprisingly easy, requiring only a Phillips screwdriver. iFixit anticipates that the demand for user-replacement of MacBook Air batteries will be significant.
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