<![CDATA[MacBook Air Tear Down: Sexy On the Inside Too - Gizmodo Comments]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/gizmodo.com.png <![CDATA[MacBook Air Tear Down: Sexy On the Inside Too - Gizmodo Comments]]> http://gizmodo.com Fri, 01 Feb 2008 05:39:42 EST Fri, 01 Feb 2008 05:39:42 EST http://gizmodo.com/348769/macbook-air-tear-down-sexy-on-the-inside-too <![CDATA[MacBook Air Tear Down: Sexy On the Inside Too]]> http://gizmodo.com/348769/macbook-air-tear-down-sexy-on-the-inside-too#c3996742 Mechanical engineers used to the poor stepchild of the computer industry. Now they will be calling the shots.

NeoPoliticus

]]> 4:348769:c3996742 Fri, 01 Feb 2008 05:39:42 EST <![CDATA[MacBook Air Tear Down: Sexy On the Inside Too]]> http://gizmodo.com/348769/macbook-air-tear-down-sexy-on-the-inside-too#c3995919 Quick question to the non fanboys for a second - My wife wants one of those small purse size windows computers - so do you have a recommendation?

larry91403

]]> 4:348769:c3995919 Fri, 01 Feb 2008 01:34:37 EST <![CDATA[MacBook Air Tear Down: Sexy On the Inside Too]]> http://gizmodo.com/348769/macbook-air-tear-down-sexy-on-the-inside-too#c3990862 OMG that guy has 3 hands! cool! if i get an Air will ir get 3 hands too?

enjoy it Draii

]]> 4:348769:c3990862 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 19:17:23 EST <![CDATA[MacBook Air Tear Down: Sexy On the Inside Too]]> http://gizmodo.com/348769/macbook-air-tear-down-sexy-on-the-inside-too#c3990048 It looks better to work on than the iBook that was a real POS to work on with lot of clips and hidden screws.

Inside placement looks very like the Sony 505/XP with a HDD and the tiny motherboard at the top of the unit.

looking at the HDD it looks like a standard ZIF socket type So sticking in a SSD shouldn't be a problem

tokyobob

]]> 4:348769:c3990048 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 18:24:49 EST <![CDATA[MacBook Air Tear Down: Sexy On the Inside Too]]> http://gizmodo.com/348769/macbook-air-tear-down-sexy-on-the-inside-too#c3982699 @scuba_steve:

Heck yeah, I want my pants to be waterproof. And a good mu for the coefficient of friction is great. I can't tell whether I'm being sarcastic or not.

secretmanofagent

]]> 4:348769:c3982699 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:07:30 EST <![CDATA[MacBook Air Tear Down: Sexy On the Inside Too]]> http://gizmodo.com/348769/macbook-air-tear-down-sexy-on-the-inside-too#c3980242 still all I hear is that this laptop is sexy. I'm not sure about you guys, but it can't be sexy without breasts, nice legs and well I won't go there. The damn machine is too crippled and too expensive. it's target market is people who don't know what they're doing and have too much money. The first part there is in extreme excess these days, but those with too much money are hard to come by. appletv failed, their cube failed and i predict this will be their next failure.

dhaberer

]]> 4:348769:c3980242 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 12:45:24 EST <![CDATA[MacBook Air Tear Down: Sexy On the Inside Too]]> http://gizmodo.com/348769/macbook-air-tear-down-sexy-on-the-inside-too#c3878472 @stubbze: It's bigger on the inside than it is on the outside...

ideaman2020

]]> 4:348769:c3878472 Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:14:37 EST <![CDATA[MacBook Air Tear Down: Sexy On the Inside Too]]> http://gizmodo.com/348769/macbook-air-tear-down-sexy-on-the-inside-too#c3876759 And yes, I would like to have morcheeba.

poisonfist

]]> 4:348769:c3876759 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 22:08:27 EST <![CDATA[MacBook Air Tear Down: Sexy On the Inside Too]]> http://gizmodo.com/348769/macbook-air-tear-down-sexy-on-the-inside-too#c3876743 @morcheeba: Well, my question was that is there no room for that extra 3mm?

poisonfist

]]> 4:348769:c3876743 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 22:07:34 EST <![CDATA[MacBook Air Tear Down: Sexy On the Inside Too]]> http://gizmodo.com/348769/macbook-air-tear-down-sexy-on-the-inside-too#c3876532 @poisonfist: Yep. The drive apple uses is 5 mm thick, while all of Samsung's larger capacity drives were 8 mm thick.

morcheeba

]]> 4:348769:c3876532 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 21:54:15 EST <![CDATA[MacBook Air Tear Down: Sexy On the Inside Too]]> http://gizmodo.com/348769/macbook-air-tear-down-sexy-on-the-inside-too#c3876518 @pomophobe: I know exactly what you mean. Form over function is just stupid.

I mean, you buy your trousers based on how waterproof they are, right? and your sneakers have a decent coefficient of friction?

Your choice of ideal Apple laptop is very sensible, but is 'sensible' how you want to be seen every time you get your laptop out in public? Why is everyone happy to base their choice of clothes/phone/watch/MP3 player on fashion, then purchase a tank of a laptop with no regard for image at all?

Well I don't mind admitting that when I purchase a laptop that will be seen by joe public every time I get it out, I base a big chunk of that decision on how it looks. When I need performance I use my desktop, but when I'm on a plane or a train or wherever, I'm grateful not to look like a nerd with a GHz fetish.

scuba_steve

]]> 4:348769:c3876518 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 21:53:37 EST <![CDATA[MacBook Air Tear Down: Sexy On the Inside Too]]> http://gizmodo.com/348769/macbook-air-tear-down-sexy-on-the-inside-too#c3876401 Is what Steve Jobs said true about the dual platter 1.8"HD not fitting because it's too thick?.

poisonfist

]]> 4:348769:c3876401 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 21:46:28 EST <![CDATA[MacBook Air Tear Down: Sexy On the Inside Too]]> http://gizmodo.com/348769/macbook-air-tear-down-sexy-on-the-inside-too#c3876393 the easiest Apple notebook to diassemble IMHO was the Pismo. Just pull the two little handles in the keyboard and you are looking right at the harddisk and the RAM. Pulling out the battery was just pulling a lever, pulling the disk module pulling the other lever.

And the 5300 and 190 had 5 screws. I know, I had both of them falling down and made one machine out of two, because everything except the motherboard was the same and one of the screens had cracked and the other's case also. And then a bit later I had to solder a fuse back on to the motherboard like 3 times a week. Ah - those were the times...

My PB 12", apart from its really nice specs and size, is a complete nightmare to work on. A friend of mine, a certified Apple technician, and a good one at that, needed about half an hour to swap out the HD and the stock disc drive. A-bloody-mazing. It's something in the vicinity of 30 screws and tabs and whatever.

yogibimbi

]]> 4:348769:c3876393 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 21:45:51 EST <![CDATA[MacBook Air Tear Down: Sexy On the Inside Too]]> http://gizmodo.com/348769/macbook-air-tear-down-sexy-on-the-inside-too#c3875850 Wait, wait, wait...does dude have three hands?!

leMel

]]> 4:348769:c3875850 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 21:12:34 EST <![CDATA[MacBook Air Tear Down: Sexy On the Inside Too]]> http://gizmodo.com/348769/macbook-air-tear-down-sexy-on-the-inside-too#c3875848 the main component that is sexy inside macbook air is an intel cpu+etc package called sta. ynez. it's the 65nm core 2 duo that was flattened slim to the max. it is not penryn yet which is 45nm but we can already guess that apple will soon move to that.

jerkedge

]]> 4:348769:c3875848 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 21:12:26 EST <![CDATA[MacBook Air Tear Down: Sexy On the Inside Too]]> http://gizmodo.com/348769/macbook-air-tear-down-sexy-on-the-inside-too#c3875829 the song is on itunes just search for "mum" .99 cents :)

flir67

]]> 4:348769:c3875829 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 21:11:24 EST <![CDATA[MacBook Air Tear Down: Sexy On the Inside Too]]> http://gizmodo.com/348769/macbook-air-tear-down-sexy-on-the-inside-too#c3875814 That was like listening to Mr. Rogers meets Harry Potter while Mr. McFeely trips on acid.

TC2COOL

]]> 4:348769:c3875814 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 21:10:57 EST <![CDATA[MacBook Air Tear Down: Sexy On the Inside Too]]> http://gizmodo.com/348769/macbook-air-tear-down-sexy-on-the-inside-too#c3875714 Say what you will, but this looks sleeker on the inside than most laptops do on the out.

squirgle

]]> 4:348769:c3875714 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 21:02:58 EST <![CDATA[MacBook Air Tear Down: Sexy On the Inside Too]]> http://gizmodo.com/348769/macbook-air-tear-down-sexy-on-the-inside-too#c3875566 How does it look so far as Heat Dissipation is concerned? Are the sinks and fans adequate for a 65nm chip on a 45nm seat? Any chance of the chip causing plastic problems near either the CPU, the GPU, or their fans/sinks?

avidgator

]]> 4:348769:c3875566 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 20:49:21 EST <![CDATA[MacBook Air Tear Down: Sexy On the Inside Too]]> http://gizmodo.com/348769/macbook-air-tear-down-sexy-on-the-inside-too#c3875165 @aratuk: .. and maybe a firewire port, and a miniDVI on the side, and voila, you've got a MacBook! And magically, it costs $700 less and it's been available for quite some time. Apple already made that machine.

@yoyi2k: Now that you've even seen the inside, if you can't figure out why the battery is bolted in, I don't know how to get through to you.

@oudemia: 128GB SSD? Try almost $5000. People are in cognitive dissonance over how much solid state storage costs. They refuse to admit the shit is expensive and just whinge that Apple has a 64 GB option they can't afford.

To go from a 40GB 2.5" drive, Dell charges $600 to go to 32GB SSD, and $999 to go to a 64GB SSD. Dell actually charges MORE THAN APPLE for the part. Boom.

ludwigk

]]> 4:348769:c3875165 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 20:10:27 EST <![CDATA[MacBook Air Tear Down: Sexy On the Inside Too]]> http://gizmodo.com/348769/macbook-air-tear-down-sexy-on-the-inside-too#c3875163 @Wilson Rothman: Not Dementia Good catch and you are welcome.

j4sk868

]]> 4:348769:c3875163 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 20:10:21 EST <![CDATA[MacBook Air Tear Down: Sexy On the Inside Too]]> http://gizmodo.com/348769/macbook-air-tear-down-sexy-on-the-inside-too#c3874917 @pomophobe: Aren't 128 GB internal SSD drives $3K+? I can only imagine what the moaning would be like then!

oudemia

]]> 4:348769:c3874917 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:51:18 EST <![CDATA[MacBook Air Tear Down: Sexy On the Inside Too]]> http://gizmodo.com/348769/macbook-air-tear-down-sexy-on-the-inside-too#c3874895 Well these photos allay my fears a great deal.

It looks like the battery and the hard drive will be pretty easy to replace. None of these photos seem to show the RAM. I'd love to know where and how the RAM fits, but from these photos it looks like replacing/adding would be more trouble than its worth.

Still, as I said, good news on the HD and battery.

mattjumbo

]]> 4:348769:c3874895 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:49:53 EST <![CDATA[MacBook Air Tear Down: Sexy On the Inside Too]]> http://gizmodo.com/348769/macbook-air-tear-down-sexy-on-the-inside-too#c3874764 Too bad the RAM is soldered on :(

phungy

]]> 4:348769:c3874764 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:39:36 EST <![CDATA[MacBook Air Tear Down: Sexy On the Inside Too]]> http://gizmodo.com/348769/macbook-air-tear-down-sexy-on-the-inside-too#c3874751 @J4SK868: Sorry, but I have to ask you, does having the same "dementions" mean they both wake up each night, screaming, in a pool of their own sweat and tears? (I just enjoy a funny typo, that's all. Thanks for that one.)

Wilson Rothman

]]> 4:348769:c3874751 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:38:42 EST <![CDATA[MacBook Air Tear Down: Sexy On the Inside Too]]> http://gizmodo.com/348769/macbook-air-tear-down-sexy-on-the-inside-too#c3874737 @aratuk: It's called a Macbook.

codemancmc

]]> 4:348769:c3874737 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:37:53 EST <![CDATA[MacBook Air Tear Down: Sexy On the Inside Too]]> http://gizmodo.com/348769/macbook-air-tear-down-sexy-on-the-inside-too#c3874731 @thistle.john: yes, so when you send it to apple take out the new battery and send it back with all of the original parts. oh and dont strip any screws. One could get away with this easy.

j4sk868

]]> 4:348769:c3874731 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:37:27 EST <![CDATA[MacBook Air Tear Down: Sexy On the Inside Too]]> http://gizmodo.com/348769/macbook-air-tear-down-sexy-on-the-inside-too#c3874716 Amazingly easy to dissemble, indeed.

werk

]]> 4:348769:c3874716 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:36:44 EST <![CDATA[MacBook Air Tear Down: Sexy On the Inside Too]]> http://gizmodo.com/348769/macbook-air-tear-down-sexy-on-the-inside-too#c3874714 PANTS IT!!!

Erzengel

]]> 4:348769:c3874714 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:36:35 EST <![CDATA[MacBook Air Tear Down: Sexy On the Inside Too]]> http://gizmodo.com/348769/macbook-air-tear-down-sexy-on-the-inside-too#c3874649 @J4SK868: Oops... should have kept reading. Thanks.

tchangtx

]]> 4:348769:c3874649 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:32:57 EST <![CDATA[MacBook Air Tear Down: Sexy On the Inside Too]]> http://gizmodo.com/348769/macbook-air-tear-down-sexy-on-the-inside-too#c3874637 @ProsumeThis: Yeah! Good question. Was wondering if it's a MB difference or not.

tchangtx

]]> 4:348769:c3874637 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:31:30 EST <![CDATA[MacBook Air Tear Down: Sexy On the Inside Too]]> http://gizmodo.com/348769/macbook-air-tear-down-sexy-on-the-inside-too#c3874575 Hopefully some entrepreneur comes up with a screw-on replacement base that makes the thing just slightly thicker, adds replaceable battery and solders in its own optical drive, or just one more USB port. Just one more.

aratuk

]]> 4:348769:c3874575 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:26:58 EST <![CDATA[MacBook Air Tear Down: Sexy On the Inside Too]]> http://gizmodo.com/348769/macbook-air-tear-down-sexy-on-the-inside-too#c3874547 Good engineering... but overall, I still wish they had of made a high performance machine with at least 128GB SSD, no moving parts with a massive battery life. This is still form over function. Those who are willing to drop 3K for this are simply throwing money away.

I think a first gen Intel MacBook are better than this rubbish.

pomophobe

]]> 4:348769:c3874547 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:25:12 EST <![CDATA[MacBook Air Tear Down: Sexy On the Inside Too]]> http://gizmodo.com/348769/macbook-air-tear-down-sexy-on-the-inside-too#c3874472 Wow thats what i call engineering....

TallDudeFromBrazil

]]> 4:348769:c3874472 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:19:58 EST <![CDATA[MacBook Air Tear Down: Sexy On the Inside Too]]> http://gizmodo.com/348769/macbook-air-tear-down-sexy-on-the-inside-too#c3874434 @gbirrueta:

How many times... There is NO SERVICE CHARGE. The price is for the battery ALONE.

Josh*

]]> 4:348769:c3874434 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:17:35 EST <![CDATA[MacBook Air Tear Down: Sexy On the Inside Too]]> http://gizmodo.com/348769/macbook-air-tear-down-sexy-on-the-inside-too#c3874425 i think we will see lots of 3rd parties making batteries for this, and ebaying them for around $80 with a self installation guide.

warranty void?

thistle.john

]]> 4:348769:c3874425 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:17:16 EST <![CDATA[MacBook Air Tear Down: Sexy On the Inside Too]]> http://gizmodo.com/348769/macbook-air-tear-down-sexy-on-the-inside-too#c3874415 @Boognish: @hudsong: It's Flow Not So Fast Old Mountain Radio from Please Smile My Noise Bleed.

itchytooth

]]> 4:348769:c3874415 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:16:41 EST <![CDATA[MacBook Air Tear Down: Sexy On the Inside Too]]> http://gizmodo.com/348769/macbook-air-tear-down-sexy-on-the-inside-too#c3874404 @ProsumeThis: Yes, the SSD's have the same interface as the HDD. Same dementions as well.

j4sk868

]]> 4:348769:c3874404 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:15:39 EST <![CDATA[MacBook Air Tear Down: Sexy On the Inside Too]]> http://gizmodo.com/348769/macbook-air-tear-down-sexy-on-the-inside-too#c3874398 Man that thing is all battery! How come you guys didnt take out the system board? Come on you guys got it for free. lets see it all.

only 10 screws to take of the botton case. That is less screws than what it takes to take off the top cover on a MacBook pro, they have 17(15") 19(17") screws if you count the memory cover ones. But 9 screws to take out the battery?!? thats a little much. im glad its easy to get to the battery tho. not quite where the rest of the industry is, but for apple thats not bad.

j4sk868

]]> 4:348769:c3874398 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:15:04 EST <![CDATA[MacBook Air Tear Down: Sexy On the Inside Too]]> http://gizmodo.com/348769/macbook-air-tear-down-sexy-on-the-inside-too#c3874378 Wish I could unscrew some women I met...

daftrok

]]> 4:348769:c3874378 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:13:46 EST <![CDATA[MacBook Air Tear Down: Sexy On the Inside Too]]> http://gizmodo.com/348769/macbook-air-tear-down-sexy-on-the-inside-too#c3874364 a replacement battery from apple seems to be $129 for all their current notebooks

mintme

]]> 4:348769:c3874364 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:12:15 EST <![CDATA[MacBook Air Tear Down: Sexy On the Inside Too]]> http://gizmodo.com/348769/macbook-air-tear-down-sexy-on-the-inside-too#c3874289 Wow 9 screws @_@ and 130 dang anyone want me to unscrew 9 screws ill charge 60 bucks ?

Gbirrueta

]]> 4:348769:c3874289 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:08:27 EST <![CDATA[MacBook Air Tear Down: Sexy On the Inside Too]]> http://gizmodo.com/348769/macbook-air-tear-down-sexy-on-the-inside-too#c3874271 @yoyi2k:

LOL top drawer!

Lapko

]]> 4:348769:c3874271 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:07:41 EST <![CDATA[MacBook Air Tear Down: Sexy On the Inside Too]]> http://gizmodo.com/348769/macbook-air-tear-down-sexy-on-the-inside-too#c3874102 Don't forget to digg!

[digg.com]

JaggedToaster

]]> 4:348769:c3874102 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 18:58:33 EST <![CDATA[MacBook Air Tear Down: Sexy On the Inside Too]]> http://gizmodo.com/348769/macbook-air-tear-down-sexy-on-the-inside-too#c3874097 @Boognish:
It's a song by the Icelandic band Múm. I can't seem to find it at the moment, but it brought back memories of summers a long time ago when I used to listen to them a lot. :'(

hudsong

]]> 4:348769:c3874097 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 18:58:19 EST <![CDATA[MacBook Air Tear Down: Sexy On the Inside Too]]> http://gizmodo.com/348769/macbook-air-tear-down-sexy-on-the-inside-too#c3874046 did u guys find the hidden reason as to why it's worth the price it costs?? Guess not... it's not worth my money then...

Crazysamz

]]> 4:348769:c3874046 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 18:55:41 EST <![CDATA[MacBook Air Tear Down: Sexy On the Inside Too]]> http://gizmodo.com/348769/macbook-air-tear-down-sexy-on-the-inside-too#c3874045 Would it be possible to replace the 1.8" HDD with an SSD?

ProsumeThis

]]> 4:348769:c3874045 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 18:55:36 EST <![CDATA[MacBook Air Tear Down: Sexy On the Inside Too]]> http://gizmodo.com/348769/macbook-air-tear-down-sexy-on-the-inside-too#c3874010 "Only 9 screws in the battery, not bad"

this guy is a real idiot, you know what is not bad ? not have to open a computer to put another battery.

stupid fanboys....

yoyi2k

]]> 4:348769:c3874010 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 18:53:44 EST <![CDATA[MacBook Air Tear Down: Sexy On the Inside Too]]> http://gizmodo.com/348769/macbook-air-tear-down-sexy-on-the-inside-too#c3873964 I want the soundtrack to that vid

Boognish

]]> 4:348769:c3873964 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 18:51:19 EST <![CDATA[MacBook Air Tear Down: Sexy On the Inside Too]]> http://gizmodo.com/348769/macbook-air-tear-down-sexy-on-the-inside-too#c3873917 The cost of the batery US 130 $ they dont charge you for the PROJob, hehehe

anyway lets start modding!!! what about a bigger HD first

Aberracus

]]> 4:348769:c3873917 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 18:48:57 EST <![CDATA[MacBook Air Tear Down: Sexy On the Inside Too]]> http://gizmodo.com/348769/macbook-air-tear-down-sexy-on-the-inside-too#c3873887 @fisherKing:

Oh right, thanks! Here's my 130 bucks Mr. Jobs!

P3nnst8r

]]> 4:348769:c3873887 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 18:47:05 EST <![CDATA[MacBook Air Tear Down: Sexy On the Inside Too]]> http://gizmodo.com/348769/macbook-air-tear-down-sexy-on-the-inside-too#c3873854 because unscrewing screws (especially that many) should be left to professionals...

fisherKing

]]> 4:348769:c3873854 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 18:45:33 EST <![CDATA[MacBook Air Tear Down: Sexy On the Inside Too]]> http://gizmodo.com/348769/macbook-air-tear-down-sexy-on-the-inside-too#c3873833 Now, why do we need to send it to Apple to replace the battery if it was THAT easy?

P3nnst8r

]]> 4:348769:c3873833 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 18:44:40 EST <![CDATA[MacBook Air Tear Down: Sexy On the Inside Too]]> http://gizmodo.com/348769/macbook-air-tear-down-sexy-on-the-inside-too#c3873744 Is it as thin on the inside as it is on the outside?

stubbze

]]> 4:348769:c3873744 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 18:39:57 EST