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iFixit releases dual hard drive kit for 2011 Mac mini units

This might prove useful. Teardown specialist and accessory manufacturer iFixit has announced that the company has released its Mac Mini Dual Hard Drive Kit. While the kit doesn’t come with an additional hard drive, it provides you with the tools to install one, including a proprietary SATA hard drive cable, four shock-absorbing mounting grommets, four […]

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Mac mini News

iFixIt performs teardown of 2011 Mac mini, finds room for second hard drive

A teardown of Apple’s just-released Mac Mini reveals a similar design to the previous generation, though with the addition of the new processor, Thunderbolt controller and Bluetooth 4.0, while the company’s decision to remove the optical drive made room for a second storage drive. Apple released the latest version of the Mac Mini on Wednesday, […]

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MacBook Air News

iFixIt teardown points out upgradable SSD in 2011 MacBook Air

They snagged it. And they dissected it. Per The Unofficial Apple Weblog, the mighty iFixIt team had performed a full teardown of the 2011 13″ MacBook Air. One of the nicer things to come out of the teardown was the news that the internal solid-state drive isn’t soldered to the logic board, meaning that MBA […]

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iPad News

iFixit performs full iPad 2 3G teardown, finds antennas similar to iPhone 4 units

I think we all have a certain fondness in our hearts for iFixit, as they follow the habit we all had when we were six and took everything apart to see how things worked, even if it meant that our parents invariably wound up screaming at us for the destruction involved. On the plus side, […]

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iFixit completes iPad 2 teardown, finds 512 MB of RAM, larger battery, new controller chips and gyroscope

The iPad 2 is out. And so is the iFixit teardown in all its goodness, the cool cats over there having discovered some nifty components inside Apple’s new tablet. Immediately after Apple’s release of the iPad 2 on Friday, iFixit began a teardown of Apple’s iPad 2, discovering a slight increase in battery capacity compared […]