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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You’ve waited a while and it’s almost here. Per MacRumors, hard disk drives bearing the Golden Master version of Mac OS X 10.7 Lion have arrived at Apple’s retail stores ahead of an imminent launch, according to a new report. The site wrote on Monday it had confirmed that Apple retail stores “have begun receiving […]
Nothing’s perfect all the time. Per Macworld, Intel is investigating a potential bug that may be causing SSD 320 solid-state drives to fail. The company is offering replacement drives to affected customers until the issue is resolved, a customer service representative said. Over in Intel’s forums, users are complaining about SSD 320 drives crashing due […]
There may be yet another reason to hanker after Apple’s next-gen MacBook Air notebook. Per AppleInsider, the new MacBook Air may up the value proposition for customers through increases to the notebook’s standard memory and storage components, in addition to the latest ultra-low voltage Sandy Bridge mobile chips, should checks within the company’s supply chain […]
If you’re hankering for cool details about features for Apple’s next-gen MacBook Air, you might like this. Per Macotakara, Apple is rumored to adopt “Toggle DDR 2.0,” a 19-nanometer process for NAND flash memory offering 400 megabyte-per-second speed, in its next MacBook Air. Citing a person with an “Asian electronics component company,” the report said […]