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Repost: The Very Attractive Macbook Air Innards

The Macbook Air is showing up at doorsteps and we've reposted our photos and video of the innards since Apple's loan unit was off limits the first time around. Even on second look, this thing is as beautiful on the inside as it is on the outside. [Gizmodo]

gadgets

Amazon Kindle Gutted, Splayed, Violated

Readers who enjoy the Amazon Kindle e-Book reader's concept for letting you consume literature in electronic form—but won't purchase one until they see what's inside—will love this post. RapidRepair's taken apart the Kindle bit by bit, showing you exactly what's inside. Unless you're a hardware engineer, seeing the internals probably don't add much to your enjoyment of anything, but it does saves yourself from having to void the warranty on your own. [RapidRepair via TheRawFeed]

ipod

iPod Teardowns Dig Up Metal Screen Backplates

iFixit tore apart the 3G iPod nano and the iPod classic, and in addition to finding the usual array of LCDs and hard drives, they discovered that the screens are now backed by a metal plate. One can only assume this is to make the screens less prone to breaking, and considering how crack-happy earlier iPod models have been at times, this is a welcome addition. More »

home entertainment

Professor Egghead Tears Down the Wii

This is them most boring Wii video I have ever seen. But it's worth watching at least 10 seconds of it to hear what must be Professor Egghead and the Scooby kids explain the sourcing on the CPU, graphics, bluetooth and WiFi chips. And they unintentionally deliver the dig at the PS3 and the XBox. "It's much easier to take apart than the Xbox and PS3." More »