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iFixit Teardown of the New MacBook Air [Photos]

iFixit Teardown of the New MacBook Air [Photos]

Posted June 12, 2012 at 6:33pm by iClarified
iFixit has posted their teardown of the new MacBook Air. 'Join us as we dig into the new 13" MacBook Air, equipped with USB 3.0 and MagSafe 2.'

Highlights:
● Accompanying the audio jack on the left side of the MacBook are the new MagSafe 2 connector and the first of two USB 3.0 ports.
● On the opposite side, we find an SD card reader, the second USB 3.0 port, and - of course - Apple and Intel's brainchild: the Thunderbolt I/O.
● Port labels moved from the right side of the ports to the left.
● They gave it a new model number: A1466.
● The new MagSafe 2 connector (bottom) is much thinner and wider than its predecessor.
● At first glance, the 128 GB SSD is almost exactly the same as last year's. But upon closer inspection, the connector for this model's flash memory module is slightly different than last year!
● Plain old symmetrical fans

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iFixit Teardown of the New MacBook Air [Photos]

iFixit Teardown of the New MacBook Air [Photos]

iFixit Teardown of the New MacBook Air [Photos]
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joyz
joyz - June 12, 2012 at 6:40pm
According to Sir john Ives the fans are anything but symmetrical !
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