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forums.macrumors.com — I recently picked up a used Macbook Air 1.6 The bottom case is black without any markings on it. Computer does boot up, but the battery has swollen and distorted the case. I removed the bottom of the case and pulled the battery with thoughts of purchasing a replacement battery. When looking at ...

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Reseller sells early MacBook Air prototype on eBay
AppleInsider — ... primarily in fixing old computers and sits across the San Francisco Bay from Apple's Cupertino headquarters. The posting cautions buyers that the system has a malfunctioning hinge and minor blemishes on the outer shell, but says little to give away its preproduction status other than to claim that it carries a 60GB hard drive and uses Mac OS X Tiger, neither of which has ever shipped with a production MacBook Air. A curious contributor from MacRumors ' forums, however, chose to buy the system and has quickly discovered that the Air in question could only be a pre-production ...

MacBook Air Prototype Sold on Ebay
Wired: Gadget Lab — ... build of OS X 10.5 Leopard, rather than Tiger, but for someone who writes "The Hinge of the LCD is Losing", we can forgive the slip. How did this mystery Mac make it out of the Cupertino campus? We don't know for sure, but MacRumors forum member brett33 is the buyer, and he's as mystified as everyone else. He's also aware that Apple may want it back: The black vans haven't shown up yet, but I have heard helicopters circling. Fake / Prototype Macbook Air [MacRumors Forums via Apple Insider] ...

Prototype Macbook Air from mid-2007 surfaces on eBay
Tech Digest — ... aluminium base and no 'Macbook Air' written on the bezel of the display. On further investigation, Brett discovered that it was a very early prototype of the device, built in May 2007. The laptop was running a build of OS X 10.5, and the device was produced six months before it was announced to the public. It's rather unusual to see one of these prototypes in the wild, given how secretive Apple is as a company. If I were Brett, I'd stick it straight back on eBay at double the price. Forum thread (via ...

Macbook Air Prototype Escapes Cupertino, Gets Sold on Ebay [MacBook Air]
Gizmodo — ... A Macforums member who bought an "as-is" Macbook Air from Ebay has ended up with some pretty strange fruit: It's actually an early Air prototype, bearing marks indicating it was built in May 2007, six months before the Air was introduced. It's got a few giveaways: the microphone positioning near the webcam is off, there's no keyboard lighting, no "MacBook Air" legend, it runs an interim build of OS X 10.5 and the bottom is black-colored aluminum, versus the usual shiny silver. Lord knows how this baby escaped Cupertino's clutches, but escape it did. Does this make it ...

MacBook Air Prototype Purchased on eBay
Tech Blog — ... recently picked up a MacBook Air on eBay for quite the deal, but didn't realize that it was a prototype model -- defined by red logic board. Click here for first picture in gallery. It's got a few giveaways: the microphone positioning near the webcam is off, there's no keyboard lighting, no "MacBook Air" legend, it runs an interim build of OS X 10.5 and the bottom is black-colored aluminum, versus the usual shiny silver. [via Gizmodo - Macrumors] ...