MacBook Air Gets Teardown Treatment
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Even if you don’t like its methods, you’ve got to appreciate iFixits’s tenacity. It rips apart every single hot new gadget the moment it hits the market. The site just got its hands on the brand new 11 inch MacBook Air and worked its magic on the ultraportable.
“Most components–RAM included–are soldered to the logic board, preventing them from being replaced,” writes iFixit–an unfortunate revelation for anyone planning to upgrade down the road. “We definitely recommend users to buy the 4GB RAM version of the Air, as the paltry 2GB already borders on obsolete by today’s standards,” the site adds.
iFixit also took a good long look at the laptop’s 64GB flash memory, which, incidentally, is the one thing that isn’t soldered to everything else. “This may enable some crafty tinkerers to rig a larger drive inside the Air, provided they can fit everything within the tight confines of the .68″ thick case.”
Those with strong stomachs can check out more lovely hi-res images of the MacBook Air being picked apart.
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