The Apple MacBook Air is laid out cleanly. The connecting apparatus of choice is the ribbon cable, which we find all over the place inside the MacBook Air. Of course, that fits with the thin profile of the notebook.
After removing a few screws, we can lift the hard drive right out. It is wrapped in rubber and foam to reduce shock to the drive.
Because of space restrictions, the hard-drive size is limited to 80GB, and the RPMs are limited to 4,200. The Air doesn't exactly provide high-performance storage technology.
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