iFixit weren't exactly impressed with the new MacBook Air's upgrade potential, with Apple soldering the RAM into place and using a non-standard SSD, but that hasn't stopped PhotoFast from coming out with a new accessory. The GM2 SFV1 offers 256GB for your 11.6-inch Air (for which Apple only offers a 128GB option), as well as bundling a USB 3.0 adapter to make the most of the SSD you've removed.
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PhotoFast GM2 SFV1 256GB SSD upgrade kit for 11.6″ MacBook Air outed
MacBook Air fastboot goes head-to-head with Sony VAIO Z [Video]
As you may have gathered from our MacBook Air 2010 review, the new Apple ultraportable is one fast-booting machine. LaptopMag decided to see just how fast in comparison with one of the nippiest top-tier Windows 7 notebooks around right now, Sony's dual-SSD VAIO Z, and the advantage is most definitely in the MacBook Air's court.
Video demo after the cut
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SlashGear Week in Review – Week 42 2010
Welcome to another edition of the SlashGear Week in Review! This was a huge week with an Apple event and several new smartphones turning up. Early in the week Mercedes-Benz announced that it was offering a new Media Interface Plus that would allow the user to stream content from a Bluetooth phone to the cars audio system among other things.
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Apple MacBook Air to Sell 700,000 Units in Fourth Quarter 2010, Analyst Predicts
On Wednesday, Apple's Steve Jobs stood on stage and, as he usually does, said that he had one more thing to announce after the event supposedly ended. This time around, after unveiling plenty of new additions to the software front, Jobs introduced the brand new line-up of MacBook Air. Featuring a 13- and 11-inch model, the new laptops are certainly some of the most attractive pieces of hardware Apple has released to date. And if you find yourself wanting one, or planning on buying one, you're apparently not alone, as an analyst has come forward to predict that Apple will sell 700,000 units by the end of the fourth quarter, 2010.
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MacBook Air 11.6″ Review
Steve Jobs’ views on budget ultraportable are pretty clear. “We don’t know how to make a $500 computer that’s not a piece of junk,” he told investors back in 2008, and so the new 2010 MacBook Air is neither of those things. Instead, it’s a $999+ slice of instant-on notebook and, if you believe the hyperbole, pulls together the best of Apple’s MacBook range and their best-selling iPad. It doesn’t hurt that it’s almost indecently fabulous looking, too. Check out the SlashGear review of the 11.6-inch MacBook Air 2010 after the cut.
11.6″ MacBook Air Torn Down by iFixit
With another Apple announcement done and over with, and new hardware showcased, it's about time that iFixit gets their hands on the new toy, and starts tearing it down. And sure enough, they've wasted no time in getting the smaller version of the brand new line-up of MacBook Airs to their work benches, and tearing them down.
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Apple Back to the Mac Event: Roundup
What a fun day! We had our two men in the field snapping pics and liveblogging, lots of excitement in the air and some sweet jazz and the Peanuts theme playing before the event, and the rest of us sitting at home with our fingers crinkled in anticipation. The Apple Store went down, as expected, and then the feed began.
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11.6″ MacBook Air 2010 unboxing
If our hands-on time with the new 2010 MacBook Air models told us anything, it’s that we had to have some for ourself; happily Apple obliged, and so we thought we’d share the unboxing experience with you. As ever, Apple’s packaging design is minimalist, slick and beautiful – just like the new 11.6- and 13.3-inch ultraportables themselves, in fact.
Apple Keeps the Mac Roaring
With all the speculation and chatter about tablets eating into notebooks and desktops – Apple re-emphasized the importance of the Mac in their software and hardware ecosystem. The announcement today focused on software but also highlighted two new MacBook Air models (The smallest notebooks on the market), one starting at $999
Apple’s COO Tim Cook set the tone for the whole morning by stating the Mac business represents 33% of Apple’s revenue ($22 billion dollars). He put that in perspective and revealed that if the Mac business was a standalone company it would be listed #110 on the Fortune 500 list. 
MacBook Air 2010 hands-on
Apple’s “one more thing” today was the company’s new MacBook Air 2010 models, 11.6-inch and 13.3-inch slices of unibody aluminum promising up to 5hrs and 7hrs respectively of wireless browsing time. We’ve just gone hands-on with the pair, and they’re slick, beautiful machines that will likely persuade many Apple Store shoppers just from a quick play in-store.
MacBook Air 11.6-Inch Model Officially Unveiled
While Apple just announced a brand new MacBook Air in their legendary “One More Thing” moment, it looks like they actually had two more things to show off. The 13.3-inch variation of the MacBook Air, with all of its features tucked away inside, may have been enough to make some people want to buy it right now, there were still some people out there wanting a smaller version. And, sure enough, Apple came through. They have officially unveiled the new, 11.6-inch MacBook Air.
13.3″ MacBook Air official: 7hr super-slim ultraportable
“What would happen if a MacBook met an iPad?” Steve Jobs asked, with the instant-on, solid-state storage, amazing battery and standby time and thin & light build from the tablet crossing over to an ultraportable. The result is the new MacBook Air, “one of the most amazing things we’ve ever created” according to Jobs: an ultraportable measuring 0.68-inches at its thickest and 0.11-inches at its thinnest. Like the existing Air it has a 13.3-inch LED backlit display, this time running at 1440 x 900.
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