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    • Here we have Apple's freshest fruit: the updated MacBook Air!

    • The drool-worthy specs of the 13" Air include:

    • Core i5 or Core i7 Processors

    • 128 or 256 GB Flash Memory

    • 4 GB DDR3 SDRAM

    • Intel HD 3000 Graphics with 384 MB RAM (shared with system RAM)

    • Thunderbolt Port and SD slot

    • The dimensions on this MacBook Air are exactly the same, so if you need to cut some cake, you should be okay.

    The GPU is too slow for gaming.Apple should keep using NVIDIA GPU.

    Honam1021 - Ответить

    It's a MacBook Air... Apple isn't targeting the gaming market with this machine at all. I'd invest in a MacBook Pro or if gaming is really your primary need for your portable, get an Alienware. Game selection is much better on Windows.

    John Furfaro -

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    • Luckily, this MacBook Air uses the same pentalobe screws as the previous generation on the lower case.

    • In fact, from the outside, there is not very much to differentiate this model from the previous one.

    • Looks like we'll just have to open it up!

    • It should be noted that this generation of Airs did not ship with an OS install stick. As of Lion, Macs ship with a Internet Recovery feature in firmware that will re-download and install the OS, even with a corrupt system drive.

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    • Here comes the magic moment....

    • And at first glance, everything's pretty much the same as in the previous model.

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    • Just like in the mid-2010 MacBook Air, the SSD is not soldered to the logic board. Thankfully this means you can upgrade the SSD for more storage, but you're still out of luck if you need extra RAM.

    • Seeing as how the RAM is not user-serviceable, it might be worth it to buy the nicer model from the get-go (all models except the base 11" come with 4GB).

    Look! Samsung chips!

    "Don't smack the hand that's feeding you."

    Andras Nagy - Ответить

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    • The battery is held in place by a few Torx screws.

    • Although this battery is rated the same as last year's model, it has a different model number: A1405. Last year's 13" battery was model A1377

    • With a battery like this, the 13" MacBook Air will last for up to 7 hours of constant web use, or up to 30 days in standby.

    • We'll have to wait to check for battery compatibility between the two generations.

    Lift the battery by pulling the black tab upwards away from the motherboard, use fingernails or a plastic tools

    Rob Kouwenberg - Ответить

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    • We've uncovered the Wi-Fi/Bluetooth board in the MacBook Air.

    • After disconnecting the antennas and removing a single T5 Torx screw, the board lifts out easily.

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    • The main chips on the mini-PCIe wireless card include:

    • Broadcom BCM4322 Intensi-fi® Single-Chip 802.11n Wi-Fi Transceiver

    • Broadcom BCM20702 Single-Chip Bluetooth 4.0 Processor with Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) support

    • BLE chips hold many advantages over classic Bluetooth including 128 bit AES security, 6 ms latency (classic Bluetooth is 100 ms), and less power consumption.

    • It's interesting that there's a spot for stamping the revision and serial number, but that Apple chose not to stamp a unique number on it.

    Which U.FL plug is for the wifi? the one on the left?

    uxa1 - Ответить

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    • Removing the fan. Very exciting!

    • Judging by the nice oil slick beneath the fan shaft, Apple was concerned about fan lubrication.

    • Other than a larger plate to accommodate the bigger die of the Core i5 processor, the heat sink looks nearly identical to the one used on the Core 2 Duo Airs of last year. We'll do some testing to see if temperatures are any higher in this machine.

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    • The I/O board is pretty much unchanged from the previous 13" MacBook Air.

    • The Cirrus 4206BCNZ audio controller was also used in last year's Air, as well as most of the Mac lineup in recent history.

    Does anyone know what the connector with 6 pins at the bottom right of the third photo is? Is it important?

    Dahcrazychicken - Ответить

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    • The cable being disconnected in the first picture is the new keyboard backlight ribbon cable.

    • The backlit keyboard is a returning feature to the Air lineup. It had been removed in the previous-generation model.

    • After disconnecting all the cables we could find, we moved on to the T5 Torx screws holding down the logic board.

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    • With that, we can finally remove the logic board from its home.

    • To strip down the logic board further, we remove the miniscule heat sink from its cozy position on the Core i5 processor.

    • Surprisingly, there isn't too much excess thermal paste between the processor and the heat sink. This is a nice departure from Apple's recent trend of assaulting processors with gobs of thermal paste.

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    Anand found your Thunderbolt controller. the L123TA46 is the Eagle Ridge Thunderbolt controller chip (see: http://www.anandtech.com/show/4528/the-2...)

    Andy Probert - Ответить

    Does anyone know what that white, rectangular, maze-containing component, immediately to the left of the Genesys Logic 822 SD-slot controller is?

    UPDATE Should have looked at the underside of the logic board in Step 13, it's the bottom of the SD card reader.

    Justin Freid - Ответить

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    • Chips on the back of the logic board board include:

    • Hynix H5TQ2G838ZR 4 GB RAM

    • F2117LP 20H RVP

    • TPS51980

    • SMSC USB2513B USB 2.0 Hub Controller

    • Parade PS8301

    • MAXIM 15092G

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    • Next, we turn our attention back to the upper case.

    • Here's a big surprise: the circuit board attached to the back of the trackpad is identical to the one on last year's Air.

    • A new addition to the upper case is the network of LEDs attached to the keyboard backlight cable. A couple LEDs transmit light through fiber optic channels to evenly illuminate the keys on the keyboard.

    Is there a possibility of swapping the keyboard from this Mid 2011 model to the Late 2010 models? Presuming I did not misread, the LEDs are strewn across some kind of optical cable and that is what distributes the illumination through the keys.

    If that is the case, there should not be anything stopping the parts from being swapped. The next question is whether or not the ribbon connection is on the older Logic board?

    I'd love to hear your thoughts / validation of this.

    ishbar - Ответить

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    • The speakers are stuck down to the upper case with some adhesive and can be easily removed.

    • Nothing new to see here.

    • We've been impressed with the audio quality in Apple's mobile devices lately. High sound quality from such small speaker cones can be attributed to carefully tuning the speaker enclosure to maximize sound output, hence their odd L-shape.

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    • After cranking out a few T8 Torx screws, the display can be removed from the upper case.

    • This Air is equipped with the same 1440 x 900 LED backlit display as the previous 13" Air.

    • The thickness restriction of such a thin display was the deciding factor in equipping the Air with a 640x480 FaceTime camera instead of the 1280x1024 FaceTimeHD model.

    Is there evidence of a third WiFi antenna to enable 450 Mbit/sec speeds like on the Thunderbolt iMacs and MacBook Pros?

    Kenry - Ответить

    Unfortunately there is no third Wi-Fi antenna.

    Walter Galan -

    Why no display teardown? What LCD does the 2011 use?

    Miles Raymond - Ответить

    The display is glued together and if someone can get it to open without breaking the glass or tweaking the thin metal frame then it woudl be great. I just opened mine as the glass is cracked. There is no way to get it apart without ruining it.

    Joseph Collins - Ответить

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    • MacBook Air 13" Mid 2011 Repairability: 4 out of 10 (10 is easiest to repair).

    • Once you manage to take off the bottom cover, all the parts are pretty easily replaceable.

    • Opening the bottom cover is quite difficult if you don't have the right screwdriver. It's clear that Apple didn't want people to open their machine.

    • All the components -- including RAM and SSD -- are proprietary, meaning that no off-the-shelf parts will work in it without serious rigging.

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I'm surprised that Apple didn't move the Thunderbolt connector to be adjacent to the Magsafe connector so that both heads of the dual power/Thunderbolt cable in the new Cinema Display would connect on the same side of the Air. As it is, you have to plug cables onto both sides. Surprisingly ungainly for Apple.

Scott Trappe - Ответить

you were very smart thinking of that! i'm asking me the same. perhaps the cable is enough long to plug it on both sides

tomitofazzio -

Hey -- I have a few questions.

1.) What interface is the SSD? Is it's PCIe or SATA? If PCIe, is it PCIe 1.0 or 2.0? If SATA, is it SATA 3gbps or SATA 6gbps?

2.) Do you see any way of upgrading the RAM to 8gb...even if you get a professional to carefully solder it in? Would you guys consider doing it for a price? I ordered the 11" i7 with 4GB ram and 128GB SSD.

Let me know, thank you for your wonderful site!

Xrgsz - Ответить

My understanding is that it's some sort of modified SATA to be smaller. As for the RAM, honestly, I wouldn't even try soldering it in. First of all, for all we know, the motherboard can only handle 4 GB, which is unlikely, but possible. The costs of 8GB of ram and soldering service.... I wouldn't want anyone to screw up my motherboard My guess is that if it was feasible, Apple would have allowed it but for a hefty price. I guess we'll have to wait for next generation. The SSD should help mitigate some of the RAM bottlenecks because it's a faster scratch disk, unless you're doing a lot of VMs, in which case you shouldn't have gotten a MacBook Air. OtherWorldComputing has some very fast SSD upgrades for the MacbookAir you can install yourself easily. Hope this helps :)

John Furfaro -

In step two, you say this model uses the same pentalobe screws as the gen2, but you show them being taken out with your bit-driven screwdriver (which is an excellent set!), as opposed to the dedicated pentalobe screwdriver! Fess up! Is there a set of pentalobe bits available?! IAC, thanks for the teardown!

Riley Werts - Ответить

You're right, we don't have pentalobe bits in our bit driver kit just yet. However, we've been working on a new revision of the kit that among other improvements includes pentalobe bits. The specific bit we used in the teardown was one of our preproduction samples. Unfortunately I don't have a good ETA for when we'll have these pentalobe bits available, but we are actively working on the project.

Luke Soules -

umm one question , why do you ignore tearing down the LC and getting out the webcam ???

Samer - Ответить

umm one question , why do you ignore tearing down the LCD so we know the LCD manufacturer and type of lcd ? and getting out the webcam ???

Samer - Ответить

I would like to know why you didn't take apart the LCD to get to the webcam?

kmcnair - Ответить

Can you include the dimensions of the batteries, or at least the thickness of the battery packs? As portable devices improve it would be nice to have a sense of energy storage per volume.

Langosta39 - Ответить

Hi - Need to replace the MOSFET after a thrid-party charger appearantly fryed it. tried find info about it without succsess, can you see the serial number of it in this breakdown? cheers

Johan Palmer - Ответить

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