MacBook Airs On Display at Apple Stores, Disassembly Photos
We've had reports of several Apple Stores setting up their MacBook Air displays overnight, confirming that today (Friday) is the retail launch of the MacBook Air.
Overnight: Michigan Ave. Chicago
New York City's 5th Avenue store is open 24 hours and they had their MacBook Airs back on display as of midnight. They were not yet selling MacBook Airs, however.
5th Avenue. NYC
Individual store stock may vary, so readers should contact their local stores for availability.
Meanwhile, iFixit provides a detailed disassembly of the MacBook Air. The breakdown takes the MacBook Air down to its components, and shows off how to remove the internal hard drive.
A few interesting notes:
- A hard drive swap is definitely possible, but it's no longer a trivial procedure as in the MacBook.
- iFixit expects that 3rd party replacement batteries will be available soon.
- Same multi-touch controller chip as the iPhone and iPod touch.
Overnight: Michigan Ave. Chicago
New York City's 5th Avenue store is open 24 hours and they had their MacBook Airs back on display as of midnight. They were not yet selling MacBook Airs, however.
5th Avenue. NYC
Individual store stock may vary, so readers should contact their local stores for availability.
Meanwhile, iFixit provides a detailed disassembly of the MacBook Air. The breakdown takes the MacBook Air down to its components, and shows off how to remove the internal hard drive.
A few interesting notes:
- A hard drive swap is definitely possible, but it's no longer a trivial procedure as in the MacBook.
- iFixit expects that 3rd party replacement batteries will be available soon.
- Same multi-touch controller chip as the iPhone and iPod touch.
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53 months ago
So maybe we´ll have the chance to turn our photos around on the iphone in a future firmware update ? Interesting..
53 months ago
That's nice for you guys in the States. Hopefully we'll see them over here at some point.
53 months ago
What's the point of being able to swap out the hard drive though right now? Isn't 80 GB the biggest SSD right now?
53 months ago
i hope so. i guess we'll see in a few weeks when they finally release the SDK
53 months ago
What's the point of being able to swap out the hard drive though right now? Isn't 80 GB the biggest SSD right now?
64GB SSD and 80GB HDD are the options now. But people might want to replace their HDD to an SSD down the line when SSD becomes cheaper.
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53 months ago
I hope those MBA haters will now shut their mouths...in the future I will be able to replace my hard drive and battery...great news!!!:cool:
53 months ago
- A hard drive swap is definitely possible, but it's no longer a trivial procedure like in the MacBook.
What's the point of being able to swap out the hard drive though right now? Isn't 80 GB the biggest SSD right now?
And larger-capacity drives fitting the space will certainly be available in the future.
53 months ago
Who took the Michigan Ave. pic? Brave soul, the weather here in Chicago is truly awful right now, blustery snow piling up everywhere.
53 months ago
- Same multi-touch controller chip as the iPhone and iPod touch.
People take note: When the same multi-touch capabilities aren't retroactively rolled out over past generations of MacBooks and MacBook Pros once they get the new multi-touch trackpads, this is why. It isn't the same hardware as the trackpads right now.
Just a note, I'm sure we'll get complaints anyway. :p
Completely unrelated: Why must Mail.app be so slow in updating my RSS feeds? :(
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