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Apple MacBook Air

By Zachary Chan - 13 Mar 2008

Air Exposed

Air Exposed

What actually makes the MacBook Air tick? That's a question we've all wanted to know since Steve Jobs pulled his envelop trick and now that we finally got our hands on an actual unit, we couldn't resist taking a peek. The MacBook Air is sealed up pretty tight, with an extremely high component integration level to deter user access and upgrades. But also because of that, it is pretty easy to open up the chassis. As it is one single aluminum piece, unscrewing the screws will remove the entire bottom panel like a car bonnet. In this section, we think we'll just let the pictures speak for themselves.

Nice and compact, the MacBook Air is really only 1/3 components.

The large black block is the battery. Contrary to popular believe. It is quite easy to remove and replace it yourself. Just remember which screw goes where. Of course, without after market batteries, there's not really much use tinkering inside the MacBook Air.

A very thin heat shroud covering the core compononents on the MacBook Air so that the fan can push in airflow.

Samsung Spinpoint N HS082HB 4200RPM IDE HDD, 80GB, 8MB buffer.

On the bottom front, we've got the AirPort installation. The Broadcom intensi-fi chip can be seen above powering the Draft-N wireless AirPort.

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