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• pnorman - Thursday, March 26, 2009 - link

  Has anyone successfully replaced the HDD in the first generation MacBook Air 1.6GHz model with an SSD?
  
  If so, could you let us know the manufacturer and model ssd used, please? And where you purchased it?
  
  Thanks very much! Reply

• MBAir - Wednesday, February 06, 2008 - link

  There are benchmarks on both hard drive version running in OS X and Vista here:
  
  http://www.mobiletechreview.com/notebooks/MacBook-...">http://www.mobiletechreview.com/notebooks/MacBook-...
  
  The point here is that the Macbook Air is faster than ANY competitor out there. Reply

• crystal clear - Wednesday, February 06, 2008 - link

  Here is repost of my comment on Daily tech (2/3/08)-
  
  RE: The focus is on specific segemnt of the market
  By crystal clear on 2/3/08, Rating: 2
  By crystal clear on 2/3/2008 7:30:23 AM , Rating: 2
  
  quote:
  I did not have the opportunity to open up the Mac air-
  
  
  But somebody else did just that-read on
  
  See the pictures of each part with comments about it.
  
  http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/First-Look/Mac/MacBook">http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/First-Look/Mac/MacBook...
  
  http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/First-Look/Mac/MacBook...">http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/First-Look/Mac/MacBook...
  
  Compare this with Anand's version. Reply

• blueeyesm - Tuesday, February 05, 2008 - link

  Nice tear down!
  
  Hmm,.. no memory upgrade capability... Reply

• OccamsAftershave - Tuesday, February 05, 2008 - link

  Note: the review meant to say "...half of the 2GB is on the back...", not 1GB.
  
  Looks like Apple's counting on the same dupes who stood in line for their $600 iPhone, only to see Apple drop its price by 1/3rd in a few weeks. Reply

• dcalfine - Tuesday, February 05, 2008 - link

  Articles like this are why AnandTech is better than, say, Tom's Hardware.
  I love raw benchmarking as much as the next guy, but if I see one more BEST GRAPHICS CARDS FOR TEH MONAY I'm going to pop. The fact that AnandTech takes the time to explore all areas of computer hardware puts a grin on my face.
  
  YAY! Reply

• heulenwolf - Tuesday, February 05, 2008 - link

  I agree that this is a far better start than provided by other review sites. Appleinsider, for example, started with a good idea of asking its readers what they wanted answered (http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/02/02/what...">http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08...whats_wr... in their review and then completely ignored any of the feedback in the actual "in-depth review," (http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/02/04/macb...">http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08...air_hdd_.... I hope Anand can address some of those unanswered questions in his review. Reply

• Dainas - Monday, February 04, 2008 - link

  Hmm, looks like the innards of what should be a shoestring to make, apple certainly turning a tidy profit off of these(at least 100%). Reply

• Messudieh - Monday, February 04, 2008 - link

  I love it! I was really impressed at how small the motherboard was in there. In true Anandtech fashion you guys go after what we really care about. Everyone and their brother will have performance reviews of this thing. You guys took yours apart before even turning it on. Reply

• KeypoX - Monday, February 04, 2008 - link

  not to rain on your parade of anandtech butt kissing. But apple also showed the inside of this thing. Reply

• Cygni - Tuesday, February 05, 2008 - link

  They sure as hell didnt tell you how to disassemble the thing though, now did they?
  
  not to rain on your parade of internet toughguy cynicism, of course. Reply

• bigboxes - Monday, February 04, 2008 - link

  I love AT, but LOL Reply