gizmodo.com - 11/19/2008
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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 ...
forums.macrumors.com - 11/18/2008
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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 ...
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Fake / Prototype Macbook Air - Mac Forums
macrumors.com - 11/19/2008
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macrumors.com —
MacRumors forum member Brett33 bought an "as is"
MacBook Air on eBay for a selling price of
$730. As it turns out, it appears the machine is actually a prototype model of Apple's MacBook Air. After receiving the unit, Brett33 noticed ...
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Mid-2007 Prototype MacBook Air Found on eBay
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MacBook Air Prototype Purchased on eBay
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... over at Mac Rumors 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]
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